Morocco: Second Best Job Market for Spanish Engineers
4 October 2012
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With the crisis in Spain, more and more Spanish engineers are moving to Morocco to work, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors. The kingdom, which suffers from a lack of skilled labor, has no choice but to call on this foreign expertise. Explanations.
In times of crisis, it is better to see if the grass is not greener on the other side of the Mediterranean barrier. This seems to be the new credo of Spanish engineers who, failing to find a job in Spain, are increasingly moving to Morocco for professional reasons. According to an interactive map developed by Structuralia, one of the Spanish leaders in the energy, engineering and infrastructure sectors, the kingdom is in fact the second country in terms of market opportunities and therefore employment, for Spanish engineers and companies in this field, alongside Thailand and Russia, reports Les Echos Quotidiens, this Monday.
The Moroccan Eldorado
It must be said that with the major infrastructure and energy projects underway or in the pipeline, Morocco has the appearance of an Eldorado for Iberian engineers. Faced with a very sluggish employment market in Spain, they know that their expertise is highly sought after in Morocco where qualified job offers abound. So, rather than waiting for the economic situation to improve in their country, they do not hesitate to pack their bags and migrate to the kingdom for work, like young French graduates. "We are no longer talking about a brain drain but a circulation of talent. Our infographic highlights the markets that Spanish engineers and companies should not miss," informs Juan Antonio Cuartero, marketing director of Structuralia. According to the interactive map, Morocco ranks second in these markets, just behind China, Brazil and the United States, prime destinations for Spanish engineers and companies.
Morocco: A blessing for Spanish companies
Like engineers, Iberian companies are also on the lookout for the opportunities that Morocco has to offer. And with the cascade of solar, wind, electrification and port projects that follow one another, these opportunities are not lacking. The lack of sufficiently qualified manpower forces the kingdom to call on foreign expertise. Now, when this expertise is not French, it is, most of the time, Spanish, allowing companies from the peninsula to win very lucrative markets. This is evidenced by the recent awarding of the Ouarzazate solar power plant to a Spanish-Saudi consortium, which allowed its Spanish contractor, Acciona, to win the largest contract ever awarded to a Spanish company in Morocco (€700 million).
For this market alone, the needs should not stop there. As Les Echos recalls, 4 other solar power plants are planned by 2020 to reach the quota of 42% of renewable energy in national energy production. To this end, the Moroccan Solar Plan provides for the hiring of 47,000 people, including nearly 3,000 engineers over the next eight years. It is likely that, in the absence of adequate training in Morocco, most of these positions should go to foreign engineers. A blessing, therefore, for Spanish engineers.
Yabiladi.com
Published on October 1, 2012.
Posted online on October 4, 2012.
In times of crisis, it is better to see if the grass is not greener on the other side of the Mediterranean barrier. This seems to be the new credo of Spanish engineers who, failing to find a job in Spain, are increasingly moving to Morocco for professional reasons. According to an interactive map developed by Structuralia, one of the Spanish leaders in the energy, engineering and infrastructure sectors, the kingdom is in fact the second country in terms of market opportunities and therefore employment, for Spanish engineers and companies in this field, alongside Thailand and Russia, reports Les Echos Quotidiens, this Monday.
The Moroccan Eldorado
It must be said that with the major infrastructure and energy projects underway or in the pipeline, Morocco has the appearance of an Eldorado for Iberian engineers. Faced with a very sluggish employment market in Spain, they know that their expertise is highly sought after in Morocco where qualified job offers abound. So, rather than waiting for the economic situation to improve in their country, they do not hesitate to pack their bags and migrate to the kingdom for work, like young French graduates. "We are no longer talking about a brain drain but a circulation of talent. Our infographic highlights the markets that Spanish engineers and companies should not miss," informs Juan Antonio Cuartero, marketing director of Structuralia. According to the interactive map, Morocco ranks second in these markets, just behind China, Brazil and the United States, prime destinations for Spanish engineers and companies.
Morocco: A blessing for Spanish companies
Like engineers, Iberian companies are also on the lookout for the opportunities that Morocco has to offer. And with the cascade of solar, wind, electrification and port projects that follow one another, these opportunities are not lacking. The lack of sufficiently qualified manpower forces the kingdom to call on foreign expertise. Now, when this expertise is not French, it is, most of the time, Spanish, allowing companies from the peninsula to win very lucrative markets. This is evidenced by the recent awarding of the Ouarzazate solar power plant to a Spanish-Saudi consortium, which allowed its Spanish contractor, Acciona, to win the largest contract ever awarded to a Spanish company in Morocco (€700 million).
For this market alone, the needs should not stop there. As Les Echos recalls, 4 other solar power plants are planned by 2020 to reach the quota of 42% of renewable energy in national energy production. To this end, the Moroccan Solar Plan provides for the hiring of 47,000 people, including nearly 3,000 engineers over the next eight years. It is likely that, in the absence of adequate training in Morocco, most of these positions should go to foreign engineers. A blessing, therefore, for Spanish engineers.
Yabiladi.com
Published on October 1, 2012.
Posted online on October 4, 2012.
