As B.C. continues to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most important priorities for government, industry and business needs to be ensuring there are high-quality, well-paying jobs right here in our communities.
Last month, Woodfibre LNG signed an Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction (EPFC) contract with McDermott International, which means the project is moving from the design stage into pre-construction.
After years of planning, Woodfibre is now ready to begin the process of recruiting and training people for over one hundred Squamish-based operations jobs. While the initial phases will move more slowly as the team focuses on pre-construction planning, activity will start to speed up in the 12-24 months following.
What can Squamish residents expect? While the economic impact of the facility construction will be huge for Squamish, the meaningful people investment will be for operations – the actual day to day running of the project. Over 100 local jobs mean years of recruiting and training ahead for Squamish to get ready for operations.
The EPFC contract commits McDermott to Woodfibre LNG’s hiring priority for Squamish Nation members and Squamish residents first, followed by British Columbians and then Canadians from other provinces. This means as the project continues, so will the benefits and opportunities for Squamish and the people who live here, including great jobs close to home.
Woodfibre regularly contracts Squamish-based businesses, like B.C. Marine Logistics and John Hunter Co.
Local businesses get priority status when it comes to sourcing partnerships for things like transport, site safety and construction, and this will continue as activity starts to ramp up.
In the coming months, the Woodfibre team will be out in the community hosting information sessions to give further insight into what future hiring and procurement opportunities are going to look like.
One of the top priorities will be working together with the Squamish Nation to design and deliver programs to support Indigenous employment, education, and skills training opportunities. The project agreement between the Squamish Nation and Woodfibre is already a leading example globally of what a successful corporate partnership with Indigenous communities looks like.
Big projects like Woodfibre not only need the support from the community to be successful, but the talent and insight from the local workforce to make this a made-in-Squamish success story.
The B.C. Government’s environmental approval process ensures Woodfibre develops and adheres to local hiring and training strategies, and with the wide array of incredible talent already here, that strategy won’t be hard to execute. This community has a long history of building and providing responsibly sourced resources to B.C., and it’s time to share that expertise and energy with the rest of the world, from right here in Squamish.
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