A worldwide engineering design consultancy with experience in information centres and complicated infrastructure initiatives is ready to create 60 new high-tech engineering jobs in Dublin.
Black & White Engineering just lately accomplished the acquisition of Homan O’Brien, one among Eire’s longest-established consulting engineering corporations. The deal marks Black & White’s first European acquisition and a big funding within the Irish market.
Homan O’Brien traces its roots again greater than 65 years by way of the merger of Robert Jacob and Companions (based in 1955) and Seamus Homan Associates (based in 1978). It has constructed a powerful repute throughout healthcare, schooling, laboratories, business, residential and industrial sectors, along with its experience in information centres.
Simon O’Brien, Nation Director, Eire at Black & White Engineering, mentioned: “We’re presently 32 individuals in Dublin and over the following three years we plan to develop the crew to round 90. That’s 60 new high-tech engineering jobs and an actual funding in Irish expertise and abilities. For our shoppers, it means continuity and stability with the identical degree of service we’ve all the time supplied, whereas giving us the dimensions and help of a world community.”
The enlargement types a key a part of Black & White’s European development technique, supported by its funding companions Waterland. Selecting Dublin for the corporate’s first European acquisition displays each town’s significance as a base for multinational shoppers and the depth of engineering experience obtainable in Eire. With Waterland’s backing, Black & White is accelerating its worldwide development and constructing the dimensions wanted to help shoppers throughout more and more advanced international initiatives.
Mick Cairns, CEO and Founding father of Black & White Engineering, mentioned: “Dublin is a strategic hub for a lot of of our international shoppers and having a powerful presence right here means we might be nearer to them whereas creating important new alternatives for engineers in Eire. That is an thrilling step in our development journey, and we’re delighted to spend money on the way forward for the Irish engineering sector.”
Black & White Engineering now operates throughout greater than 18 cities worldwide with a crew of over 1,000 individuals. The corporate has seen fast development lately, attaining a 500% improve in dimension since 2020 and is recognised throughout trade for its technical excellence, information centre experience and sustainable design options.
Steven Horn, Managing Director, Europe at Black & White Engineering, added: “Creating 60 new high-tech engineering roles in Dublin is a serious step in constructing our European functionality. These jobs characterize actual alternatives for gifted engineers in Eire to work on initiatives which have each an area and worldwide impression. Increasing the crew in Dublin additionally strengthens our potential to help shoppers throughout Europe with the depth of experience and assets they want.”
