Continental recruiting 1,500 new employees in Romania

According to local media source Mediafax, Continental intends to hire an additional 1,500 workers in Romania during 2017. The company, which operates plants and R&D centres at six sites within the country, including a tyre factory in Timișoara, is primarily looking to employ software specialists. According to Christian von Albrichsfeld, general manager of Continental’s Romanian operation, the company is seeking experts who can bring added value to vehicle systems.

Continental reports having invested 1.2 billion euros in Romania between 1999 and 2016. As of last year, it employed 18,200 people at its plants and centres throughout the country.