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TRSA offers high-paying opportunity

MANILA

The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Madrid has
secured high-end and better-paying jobs for
overseas Filipino workers from the largest Spanish
engineering and construction company, the
Department of Labor and Employment said.

Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D Brion,
citing a report from Madrid-based Labor Attache
Ramon T Tionloc, Jr, said that the Tecnicas
Reunicas, SA (TRSA) has sought the POLO’s
approval for the recruitment of 45 Filipino engineers
from the Philippines.

TRSA is the largest Spanish engineering and
construction company in the oil and gas sector with
existing and forthcoming projects in various
countries worldwide.

The company was recently awarded by the Saudi
Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) the
construction of the phenolics facilities project which
will be implemented by Saudi Kayan Petrochemical
Co in Al-Jubail.

Aside from constructing the facilities, TRSA will also
carry out the engineering design, procurement, and
the management of the project.

Brion said the labor office in Madrid negotiated with
the TRSA to get the jobs for highly skilled Filipino
engineers, adding that the effort is in line with the
government’s aim to find high-end jobs.
“High-end jobs ensure better pay and other
employment conditions that promote the welfare of
OFWs,” he said.

“This has been the main consideration of the labor
attaches during a web conference they conducted
recently as a group.”

Brion also said that the Labor Attaches manning the
34 labor offices situated in locations with high
concentration of OFWs worldwide have been alerted
during the conference to pay closer attention to
labor markets that can offer high-end employment
opportunities.

Tionloc, in his report, said that his office found the
TRSA’s employment terms and conditions
acceptable and favorable.

The labor office, he said, subsequently approved
the request of TRSA to recruit 45 engineers from the
Philippines.

The labor attaché also reported that the office in
Madrid is continuously networking with various
Spanish firms especially in the engineering and
heavy industries sector with projects in the Middle
East in a bid to corner more high-end jobs.

He further said that his post is also closely
monitoring the developments in Spain’s maritime
sector in view of the programs of the Spanish
government to shift to the use of liquefied natural
gas and expand its national fleet through tie-ups
with LNG and chemical carriers worldwide.

Brion said that the labor office in Madrid has started
networking with Spain’s maritime sector to seek
employment opportunities that could be made
available for Filipino seafarers, port and other
maritime workers.