Caterpillar to create 200 office jobs in Belfast

Caterpillar plans to create 200 new back-office jobs at its shared services centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, less than five months after a major redundancy programme at its wholly-owned subsidiary FG Wilson which resulted in 760 job losses. The new jobs, in areas such as finance and human resources, are expected to provide support services for Caterpillar’s European, African and Middle-Eastern operations. Robert Kennedy, Caterpillar Northern Ireland operations director, said Belfast was chosen ahead of
February 25, 2013 Read time: 1 min

395 Caterpillar plans to create 200 new back-office jobs at its shared services centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, less than five months after a major redundancy programme at its wholly-owned subsidiary FG Wilson which resulted in 760 job losses. The new jobs, in areas such as finance and human resources, are expected to provide support services for Caterpillar’s European, African and Middle-Eastern operations. Robert Kennedy, Caterpillar Northern Ireland operations director, said Belfast was chosen ahead of a number of sites in Europe.

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