South Florida Business Journal
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 1:10pm ESTBechtel Power Corp. has warned the state of Florida of 277 possible layoffs at Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in Florida City.
The Frederick, Md.-based company filed a Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification notice with the state on Tuesday.
The Bechtel employees have been working on contracts with FPL to expand two nuclear units at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. One of the units is completed.
The projects have employed about 5,000 workers over the past several years.
FPL spokesman Peter Robbins said the remaining work is on schedule and due to be completed in spring of 2013.
All work by Bechtel is expected to be completed by May 26, according to the WARN.
“Construction project work by its very nature has a defined completion date," Bechtel Manager of Operations Brian Reilly said in a statement. "As a project nears completion, the skill sets of specific people are no longer required. We provide our people with assistance with this transition and, quite often, we are able to find positions for people on other Bechtel projects.”
The 277 employees are to be laid off between Jan. 6 and May 26. The workers include 77 field engineers, 49 superintendents, 44 design engineers and 22 welding field engineers.
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