HD Hyundai Shipbuilding Trio Conducts Open Recruitment for Up to 160 Production Technicians

HD Hyundai three shipbuilding companies (HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries) announced on the 20th that they will conduct open recruitment for production technical positions without career and major restrictions. Departing from the existing method of primarily recruiting from in-house technical training institute graduates and 2+ year subcontractor career holders, they are expanding recruitment to a broader pool of applicants. This is a strategic measure to respond to increased ship construction volume following shipbuilding market recovery and to secure and develop stable production technical personnel. HD Hyundai three shipbuilding companies operate major shipyards in Ulsan Metropolitan City and Jeolla Province. Total recruitment up to 160 people; positions in hull production, outfitting, painting, and precision machining. The shipbuilding market context: global ship orderbooks are at their highest level since 2007; LNG tanker, container ship, and VLCC demand has surged as energy transition and supply chain diversification drive newbuilding orders; Korean shipbuilders (HD Hyundai, Samsung Heavy, Hanwha Ocean) have full orderbooks through 2027-2028; the bottleneck is not orders but production capacity, which is constrained by skilled workforce availability; the unrestricted open recruitment reflects urgency to expand production workforce regardless of traditional qualification pathways.