4000 new jobs in Severodvinsk
The three military shipyards in Severodvinsk are ready to hire 4000 new people. Most of them will come from the crisis-ridden regional forestry industry.
As reported recently by BarentsObserver, the Sevmash yard alone is ready to hire 2500 new people. Now also the Zvezdochka yard and the Arktika yard confirm that they are ready to increase staff. The military yards in Severodvinsk have long been seeking more qualified workers. The plants are engaged in a number of complex construction operations, among them an aircraft carrier, new generation nuclear submarines, oil rigs and platforms, as well as several ships. Head of the Sevmash employment office, Aleksandra Afonina, confirms to newspaper Business Class that most of the new people will be recruited from the regional forestry processing industry, which is currently experiencing major major economic hardships.
