As it expands operations in Clare with the opening of a new manufacturing facility, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group will add 25 new jobs at its base in Shannon.
Further job creation at the location is anticipated for later this year, according to Lufthansa Technik Turbine Shannon (LTTS).
“We already doubled our productive headcount in Shannon over the past 18 months and now need even more people to join our team,” said CEO of LTTS, Michael Malewski.
As part of the expansion, LTTS is urgently recruiting 25 highly skilled aircraft mechanics who will be based at its new facility in the midwest. These hires will be working on state-of-the-art aviation technology and equipment.
LTTS, a company affiliated with Europe’s second-largest airline, was established in 1992 and specialises in engine repair. At its current location in Shannon Smithtown as well as locations in Dublin and Kildare, it employs about 300 people.
By March 2023, The Shannon Airport Group expects the new facility, which it has commissioned, to be fully operational.
At its new location, LTTS will also be able to supply fresh products for the turbine engines that power Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircrafts.
The company’s plans to ramp up operations in Ireland is part of an overall plan to by the IDA to create a “cluster” of aviation services in the West of Ireland, similar to the cluster of big pharma companies that operate out of Cork.
LTTS said it is experiencing a significant increase in market demand for its worldwide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for aircraft engines and components, particularly following the recovery of the aviation sector after the Covid-19 pandemic.
The business’ Shannon expansion plan comes just months after it announced the official opening of its new mobile engine services facility in Celbridge, Co Kildare.
The company claimed that at that location, it was primarily hiring for technical and engineering positions. In the next two years, it hopes to more than double the facility’s current staff of 30 employees.