Last autumn, some 600 new employees from all over the world gathered in Berlin to be welcomed by Siemens Energy chief executive Christian Bruch – prized recruits who are in high demand to fuel the green energy revolution. Over the next few years, they will be instrumental in moving the dial forward.
Some 35% of cuts to carbon emissions required to meet net zero by 2050 will come from technologies that are still being created, says Mai-Britt Søndberg, Siemens Energy’s head of HR in Europe. “There are future roles downstream that we’ll be hiring for that are still in development, which makes this an incredibly exciting time both for companies like ours and for people looking for a career in energy.”