Airbus Atlantic Portugal will hire another 50 employees to join its Santo Tirso unit, aiming to have 350 workers by the end of 2024, the company said today.
In addition to hiring new employees, Airbus Atlantic has implemented a program to attract and retain talent that focuses on team autonomy, continuous training and mentoring, as stated in a press release.
“We want to become the benchmark in the national aerospace sector and strengthen the Airbus Atlantic brand in Portugal, and we know that retaining talent is crucial to achieving this goal. Since we started operating in Santo Tirso, we have consistently increased the number of employees, responding to the major challenges posed by a sustainable and high-performance aerospace industry,” says Pedro Estrela, Director of Human Resources at Airbus Atlantic Portugal, quoted in the statement.
Airbus Atlantic Portugal currently produces a wide range of sub-assemblies for the various Airbus programs, with a focus on the A320 program.
The installation in Portugal is intended to develop competence in the manufacture of aerostructures in the north of the country, complementing the brand’s global industrial presence on three continents and in five countries.
Construction of the factory in Portugal began in 2020 and production also started that year. The factory has 20,000 square meters (m2) of covered area on a 7.2 hectare site.
