- The manufacturer of ecological engines will create 30 jobs in the next two years and will focus its search for talent on engineers and technicians in the automotive sector and alternative energies for transport.
- With this expansion, the startup reaffirms its commitment to industrialization in Bizkaia, where its main headquarters and the production cell of its 100% autogas engines are located.
- The company aims to strengthen the role of the heavy vehicle industry in Spain by providing a novel solution: the installation and replacement of diesel engines for trucks and urban buses.
Given the situation facing the industrial sector, with the fourth largest decline recorded among EU countries, according to Eurostat, the technology company BeGas is committed to boosting the economy and strengthening the Spanish automotive industrial fabric, thanks to its 2021 business strategy.
This means the creation of more than 30 jobs in the next two years, which will undoubtedly be a great boost for the sector and also for Bizkaia, in line with the company’s commitment to industrialization in this region.
“Our plan is a commitment to the future and places the development of employment in the sector as one of the central axes of our strategy. Since July we have increased our workforce by 30% and, now, we want to continue growing and innovating in the use of alternative fuels to contribute to a sustainable future in the transport of people and goods,” says Pedro Silva, CEO of BeGas.
This pioneering company in the manufacture of 100% autogas-powered engines estimates that it will double its workforce by 2023, reaching 60 people. To do so, it maintains a human resources strategy based on attracting multidisciplinary and diverse talent and creating stable, quality employment.
The objective is none other than to build a team capable of providing complementary experiences and skills at an intergenerational level that allow it to find innovative solutions to the challenges they face every day to improve the service of its customers.
“We are looking for engineers and technicians specialized in automotive and alternative energy for transport who are always looking for ways to go further, to learn new things to generate value beyond their own expertise. Characteristics such as this make our team one of the keys to our success,” says Silva.
The business development forecasts are very optimistic after several local corporations are working with BeGas to include its engine in vehicles dedicated to heavy urban transport. For this reason, in addition to hiring new professionals, the Spanish company will also focus on the internal promotion of its staff, which, together with continuous feedback and recognition of a job well done, means that there is hardly any staff turnover in the organisation.
Currently, the startup has a team spread across two locations: Bizkaia, where the production cell is located, and Madrid, where the unit for integrating the engines with cutting-edge tools is located.
BeGas, an ally of local corporations in the energy transition.
Aware of the need to rethink urban transport and promote the transition towards cleaner energies that help improve air quality, BeGas estimates that it will reach a production of more than 100 engines in 2021 and exceed 500 engines produced in the next two years.
To achieve this and so that more local companies and corporations can join the energy transition thanks to its engines, the company based in Bizkaia offers two solutions. On the one hand, the re-motorisation of a model already created for diesel, which means replacing this engine with the BeGas AVG. Thanks to this strategy, local institutions with fewer resources can opt for sustainable transport without having to invest large budgets or completely replace their fleet of vehicles.
On the other hand, BeGas also offers its engines through another branch focused on new vehicles. In this case, it works directly with the assembly lines of vehicle manufacturers, providing them with the ecological engine and offering them support at the engineering and calibration level so that the engine is optimally integrated into the vehicle.
