More than 2,000 new hires are expected in the Marcellus Shale region in 2014, according to a new report from the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC). The new workers will be mostly in the engineering and construction, operations and maintenance, and midstream sectors, according to the report. In 2013, 26.5% of workers were in engineering and construction, 22.5% were in equipment operations, and 15.2% were in operations and maintenance.
The figures were released in the trade organization’s annual workforce survey, which culled data from a “large majority” of its member companies, representing 95% of Pennsylvania’s shale production, according to a release.
“These survey results are purely a snapshot of some of the MSC’s membership – not the entire organization and certainly not the entire industry,” MSC spokesman Travis Windle wrote in an email to UgCenter. But the figures are important--especially in Coal Country, where many fear job losses as the mining industry declines.
Other items of note from the report include:
-- Nearly 80% of 2014 new hires are expected to be in southwestern Pennsylvania.
-- The top three challenges identified by those surveyed were finding qualified talent, competition for talent, and willingness of workers to relocate.
-- More than 50% of respondents named social media, such as Facebook or LinkedIn, as a top recruiting method, beating newspaper ads, PA CareerLink (the state’s online job gateway), and schools/training centers.
-- 84% of Marcellus workers are white, and nearly 76% are male.
According to a fact sheet from Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry, fourth-quarter 2013 employment in Marcellus Shale-related industries was 237,741. In the first quarter 2014, new hires grew year-over-year by 23.6%.
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