To help ensure that majority of the workers who will build the 688km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) are locals, project owner Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) is holding a series of recruitment campaigns, reported the New Straits Times.
According to MRL’s CEO Datuk Seri Darwis Abdul Razak, they are on track to accomplish the goal that 70 percent of the 30,000 manpower needed during the ECRL’s peak construction period in late-2019 consists of Malaysians.
In line with this, they will hold a one-day recruitment drive at Bentong, Pahang, which is among the transit point along the ECRL, with Pahang having a total of eight stations.
MRL and the ECRL’s main contractor, China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC), will hold the recruitment at the Bentong Chinese Town Hall on Friday (4 May) from 9 am to 5 pm.
Darwis said this is part of a nationwide recruitment roadshow that started in March 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan, Dungun and Kota Bharu.
“MRL and CCCC also plan to actively hold recruitment drives in the west coast states of Peninsular Malaysia and in Sabah and Sarawak to rapidly reach out to potential workers to participate in the infra-rakyat project.”
“We will go all out to encourage professionals, skilled and semi-skilled workers with an interest in the rail infrastructure to join the ECRL bandwagon at the soonest. The on-going technology transfer from the project will also enable Malaysians to embrace the most modern and efficient rail technology from China,” he noted.
Job available for immediate hiring during the Bentong event include those for engineering, construction management, administration and laboratory work. Other available jobs include welder, electrician, concreter, barbender, formworker, tester, wheel loader and excavator operator.
Skilled, semi-skilled and entry-level workers are encouraged to attend the walk-in interviews preferably between the ages of 18 and 35.
“Candidates also stand a chance to be enrolled into the three-month ECRL Industrial Skills Training Programme aimed at training Malaysians with railway technology skill sets. Upon successful completion, the trainees will be absorbed as full-time employees by either MRL, CCCC, or its subcontractors,” said MRL.
Interested job applicants are advised to bring their resumes and passport-sized photos plus the original and photocopies of their educational credentials.
Image sourced from NST Online
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