Yuchengco group-led construction giant EEI Corp. plans to hire over 10,000 skilled workers to flesh out what is expected to be a bigger pipeline of projects from both the public and private sectors in 2022.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, EEI vice-president for human resources management Reynaldo Dizon announced that the company would be running on "sustained high gear" in the next years as it would participate in bidding for big-ticket projects.

The new workers that EEI intends to hire in 2022 include carpenters, masons, rebarmen, scaffolders, welders, pipe-fitters, steel workers, engineers, architects, safety, quality control personnel, electricians, and civil works supervisors. 

"The economy is picking up and the construction industry is flexing its muscles as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed. EEI Corp. will take advantage of this development and will go full blast next year," Dizon said. 

Presently, EEI has 13,382 employees across different construction projects in the Philippines, while it has another 6,909 deployed overseas, while subsidiaries separately employ another 3,201.