jobs in greenock

A GREENOCK business is set to create up to 30 new jobs, the Tele can reveal. Social enterprise company Solas is currently looking for three customer service staff and an energy saving technician and says that a further 26 workers are expected to be taken on over the next six months. Half of the workers will be based at the firm's Greenock office at Lynedoch Industrial Estate and the others will work at their site in Dumbarton. The extra staff are needed to help with the company's plans to install solar technology which takes energy from the sun to create electricity that will operate electrical appliances. Jim Percival, energy advice and community participation manager at Solas, is delighted with the new plans for the future. Mr Percival said: "As other companies are finding it difficult to make ends meet we are trying to help. "This opens a whole new area for Solas and it is extremely exciting for us. "We are a small company but our aim is to become a world leading social enterprise. "It's very exciting - every day is an adventure." Solas already has 40 staff working at its Greenock and Dumbarton bases and its core business involves home insulation installation, expert energy advice and the provision of energy performance certificates. The firm says that the solar technology it will be able to install thanks to the new jobs boost will allow property owners to accrue an income for generating electricity. The organisation, which was set up nearly 25 years ago to create sustainable high-quality employment and fight fuel poverty, is also involved in a new partnership that will offer support to the non-domestic market on energy issues. The scheme is set to be launched at the Scottish Parliament at the end of this month