Empower to further enforce Emiratisation in its recruitment drive

Increase in Emiratisation to reach 13% in 2016

Dubai, UAE, 21 December 2016:  As part of the Emiratisation initiative to employ more UAE nationals in the private and public sectors, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), world’s largest district cooling services provider, has announced today an increase by 13% in 2016 in the employment of UAE nationals in the company.

“We, Empower, are operating in a very specific and prolific industry, with so much potential for growth. As a dynamic employer, we are always searching for qualified profiles and highly experienced specialists but also opening our door for the young Emirati talents, in the fields of energy, R&D, sales, marketing, and engineering among others and we also pay special attention to employ women of the UAE nationals,” said HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower.

He added: “Empower aims to sustain its leading and instrumental position in the global district cooling industry. This is only reachable when we have on board the right human resources. We call UAE nationals to join our growth-journey, and to get advantage of all the opportunities that our company represents in terms of career development, innovation and prosperity.”
“The UAE and Dubai economy are more diversified and creating new possibilities for the locals and expatriates. We are very proud to take part in the national initiative that helps national talents to integrate the work market and contribute efficiently to build our country and prepare them to become the future leaders of our economy,” concluded Bin Shafar.

Empower was established in 2003 with an objective to enable the real estate sector to efficiently utilize energy resources through District Cooling Services (DCS).

Empower currently operates more than 1 million 200 thousands RT, providing environmentally responsible district cooling services to large-scale real estate developments, such as Jumeirah Group, Business Bay, Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai International Financial Centre, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Ibn Battuta Mall, Discovery Gardens, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai World Trade Centre Residences and Dubai Design District, among others.