EEI BUILDING UP WORKFORCE IN PREPARATION TO MORE PROJECTS

Yuchengco group-led construction giant EEI Corp. plans to hire more than 10,000 skilled workers for what is expected to be a bigger pipeline of projects in both the public and private sectors in 2022— in yet another signal that the country’s economic recovery is underway.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, EEI vice president for human resources management Reynaldo Dizon said the company would be running on “sustained high gear” in the coming years as it would participate in bidding for big-ticket projects.

The more than 10,000 workers that EEI intends to hire in 2022 include carpenters, masons, rebarmen, scaffolders, welders, pipe-fitters, steel workers, engineers, architects, safety, quality control personnel, electricians and civil works supervisors.

“The economy is picking up and the construction industry is flexing its muscles as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed. EEI Corp. will take advantage of this development and will go full blast next year,” Dizon said.

To date, EEI has 13,382 employees across different construction projects in the Philippines, and another 6,909 people deployed overseas, while its subsidiaries separately employ another 3,201.

One of these employees is Nestor Delos Santos, 56, who has been working with the company for the last 27 years. He considers EEI a “great” employer.

“As long as the company needs me, I will remain until my retirement,” Delos Santos said, as quoted in the EEI statement. “I learned a lot from EEI, which allowed me to climb the corporate ladder to my current position.”