NGCP sees 200 new jobs available in 4 Visayas, Mindanao provinces

By Lenie Lectura - June 21, 2018

https://businessmirror.com.ph/ngcp-sees-200-new-jobs-available-in-4-visayas-mindanao-provinces/

THE P51.6-billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) will not only strengthen the country’s transmission network but will also open more opportunities for employment for host communities.

The grid operator said on Thursday that over 200 jobs will be open for employment in the substation and transmission line portions of the project. These job vacancies range from site civil and electrical engineers, timekeepers, safety officers and nurses, to laborers and skilled workers like carpenters, welders, masons, warehousemen and electricians, among others. Local residents who are fit and qualified are given priority for the available positions.

The MVIP, which will link Mindanao to the already connected Luzon-Visayas Grid, is currently in the works, and is targeted for completion in December 2020.

With the construction of the project to run in parts of Cebu in the Visayas and in Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Lanao del Norte in Mindanao, NGCP expects job opportunities to become available in these areas.

The MVIP will directly traverse 35 barangays across the four provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao. With construction to run for about two years, many residents will benefit from
these prospects.

Last year the NGCP was given the go signal by the Energy Regulatory Commission to proceed with the interconnection project. The project was conceptualized by the government as early as in the 1980. The project was shelved until NGCP took over the transmission business. With the planned interconnection for a single, unified Philippine power grid, the country is expected to benefit from a more safe and reliable grid with less power interruptions, and efficient use of energy resources nationwide.

“This is the largest transmission undertaking in the country’s history,” the company said. “The benefits to the public will come not just when the facility is energized and begins to facilitate power exchange across the three main island groups, but will begin encouraging economic activity in remote areas as soon as construction begins this year.”

The NGCP is a Filipino-led, privately owned company in charge of operating, maintaining and developing the country’s power grid, led by majority shareholders Henry Sy Jr. and Robert Coyiuto Jr.