LIBERTY Steel Group seeks to hire almost 650 new employees at LIBERTY Galati in 2021.The expansion highlights LIBERTY Galati’s ongoing transformation strategy, with 100 new roles having been created by the plant’s increased production and its digitalisation and automation projects.
LIBERTY Steel Group employs around 7,000 people in Romania, of whom more than 1,100 are women, making it one of the country’s largest employers. The team’s expansion is supporting LIBERTY Galati’s growth over 2021, with the plant now targeting an annual production of 3 million tons of steel.
“Our group’s vision is to transform LIBERTY Galati into a company of the future through sustainability, digitalization and upskilling. We have a transformational plan – GREENSTEEL – to produce carbon-neutral steel, which combines innovative technologies with renewable energy and steel scrap recycling. Our human resources strategy places the LIBERTY team at the heart of this transformation. We intend to strengthen the team further, attracting more young people to help us transform the steel industry and investing in upskilling our people to develop and use the technologies of the future,” said Paramjit Kahlon, CEO of LIBERTY Steel Group Primary Steel and Mining.
The strategy of LIBERTY Galati includes a range of upskilling, development and training programmes in collaboration with the GREENSTEEL Academy, as well as comprehensive health and safety programmes. The company has recently launched an accelerated learning programme, which has already led to 84 employees being trained with 100 employees to benefit soon. In collaboration with the Galati County Employment Agency, LIBERTY Galati continues the project of training future workers through the local Apprenticeship School.
In order to encourage more young people into the steel industry and help develop more sustainable production methods, the company launched GREENSTEEL Academy in collaboration with energy and academia partners, including the University “Dunărea de Jos” of Galati who supports us in building a mentorship programme for students. In addition, LIBERTY Steel Group’s global specialists – with an extensive expertise in the steel industry and advanced technologies – work closely with the teams in Galati to innovate future solutions for employees, customers, partners and the Romanian society.
Steel mill Liberty Galati reported a turnover of RON2.4 billion (EUR492 million) for the second quarter of 2021, 37% higher than in the first quarter of 2021, a period that brought the best quarterly performance for the company since 2008.
The steel mill was acquired by Liberty House Group, held by Indian tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, from Lakshmi Mittal, at mid-2019, in a deal worth EUR740 million, which also included the assets in the Czech Republic.