A fourth team of 600 people at the Sevelnord plant in Lieu-Saint-Amand. More than 300 recruitments underway at Toyota in Onnaing. 100 others in the Renault MCA factory in Maubeuge. Not to mention the birth in a few months of a plant Safran-Air France aircraft engine maintenance: the dynamics of industrial employment is distributed in the borough of Valenciennes.
To the point that, despite 15% of the active population still unemployed, and painful cases like Ascoval or Vallourec, the tension rises on the job market. “All manufacturers are looking for qualified personnel because all are experiencing a recovery,” says Jean-Francois Bedu, president of the UIMM Grand Hainaut. The man points particularly strong shortages among the welders, the turners, but also the engineers.
Bottlenecks
” It becomes difficult to find the right profiles, because the situation combines two major projects at Toyota and Sevelnord, combined with changes in business, “adds Luc Messien, general delegate of theARIA, the regional association of the automobile industry, which does not hesitate to speak of “bottleneck”.
Even though car manufacturers have long established bus collection systems in a radius near factories, Toyota this time goes much further. With the UIMM, a bus system up to Fourmies and Trelon, 50 km, is set up. The builders also commit themselves with the department of the North to put back to work the recipients of the RSA.
Trades change
At Adecco, a large supplier of temporary industrial workers, the report of an all-out tension is shared. ” These are the professions that are changing, with robotisation, automation, digitization. We do not find, hence the need to work in the medium and long term, “says Gaëlle Hennion, head of the shared skills center of Valenciennes, the first set up by the group in France. Adecco multiplies the temporary CDI. This status, which has been open since March 2014, makes it possible to “build loyalty and secure career paths” through training courses geared towards the job market.
Bruno Fontaine, president of the CCI Grand Hainaut, considers that the training is only part of the answer. “To solve the equation, you have to do it by changing the behavior,” says the former leader of the automotive world.