New Linjebygg cuts – Romsdals Budstikke

Prezioso Linjebygg will have 70 redundant workers from fall and enters a new cut round. Some of those affected will be able to get jobs in other parts of the company.

It informs Managing. Director Christopher B. Jenssen Prezioso Linjebygg.

– Where are the cuts?

– They are spread across the country. Part of the surplus can get new job elsewhere in the company. We operate and employ people in relation to both onshore and offshore at the moment. But it’s a slightly different skills profile of those we now employ. But I reckon that some of them now being redundant, are eligible. it will now be meetings where this is discussed with them, said Christopher B. Jenssen. It is not clear how many in Molde affected.

– How many do you expect being terminated?

– I can not yet say how many there are. But I expect that there will be fewer than 70, in that part may get into other areas of business, says Christopher B. Jenssen.

Demanding

He maintains that market for service companies in the oil and gas are demanding.

– The situation seems to persist beyond 2016 and probably also in 2017. In the long term our market segment, which is primarily located within operations and maintenance, expected to get an improvement again. This is driven by the aging of existing installations, and that several new fields under development, says Kristoffer B. Jenssen.

Prezoso Linjebygg AS works within three business areas.

– One of them has considerably weakened orders, and it is this business area that will have a redundancy of approximately 70 employees from fall 2016. Most offshore employees, but there are also some countries employees. There is growth in another business another business, which now employs personnel, says Kristoffer B. Jenssen.

Very regrettable

He maintains that it is very regrettable that Prezioso Linjebygg now must take this step.

– Since the problems in the oil and gas began in 2014, approximately 100 employees lost their jobs in Prezioso Linjebygg AS. Because of solid order backlog overall, and increase manpower another business, however, is expected to be roughly the same number of employees at year-end as previously, namely over 600, says Kristoffer B. Jenssen.