Msc technolgy hires 200 IT experts

Msc technology Italia, the technological division dedicated to the cargo part of Mediterranean shipping company (the group headed by the Aponte family), has set up a recruitment plan for 200 professionals with experience in the information technology sector. The initiative is part of a medium-long term path that aims to involve middle (i.e. already with some training in the sector) and senior figures, destined for the company's Turin headquarters: 11 thousand square metres of office space in the Lingotto, the building that was once the production heart of Fiat.

The recruiting campaign, on which the company is spending a budget of more than 12 million euros, is part of a project to strengthen the Turin office, launched in 2020, and will bring to over 900 the total number of employees working in the Italia hub, which will join the other Msc technology offices in Warren (USA), Chennai (India) and Riga (Latvia). Centres that, overall, including the one in Italia now have more than 3,000 employees. "The Turin facility," explains Roberto Musumeci, Managing Director of Msc technlogy Italia, "today represents a technological pole of excellence at European level, equipped with cutting-edge technologies for the development of software for integrated logistics and IT security. Applications are open to profiles such as developers (engineers and software architects), testers, business intelligence specialists and noc (network operations centre) engineers. The objective, continues Musumeci, is to find experienced professionals 'accustomed to working in structured contexts with whom to build a long-term growth path'. It is no coincidence that the package offered to those coming from outside includes incentives such as 'contribution to moving expenses, support in finding accommodation, and a professional development path'. Recruitment is for an indefinite period and all measures are linked to a minimum stay of 39 months.

'At the end of 2020, in the Turin office, which started in July of that year,' Musumeci recounts, 'we were 30; then the numbers gradually grew and we managed to reach 750 people. Now the goal is to bring us to over 900 with these 200 hires, also taking into account the natural turnover. It is a good fight. We would like to hit the target by the end of 2026 but we will probably go into the first or second quarter of 2027. We are looking for middle and seniors because the added value of having experienced staff is to ensure quality but also speed in studying solutions. Msc has always been a very fast decision maker and so it has managed to keep up with the market and become the world's leading operator' in container transport.

Musumeci does not hide how complex it is to find qualified personnel: "When we started out, we beat the Turin market, then Piedmont, Northern Italia, the rest of the peninsula, and finally, we turned to foreign countries: today we have 33 ethnic groups. It is, therefore, a very stimulating environment, always in contact with both the Geneva headquarters and the other Msc technology offices'.