UPMC anticipates mega HIRING next year, nearly 1,900 new jobs, positions that range from medical professionals to administrators, administration and IT professionals.
The expansion follows a banner year for the region's largest employer, with 50,000 employees and a network of 20 hospitals, 400 doctors' offices and outpatient sites. UPMC's operating revenues grew by $955 million to $9 billion and operating income climbed from $166 million to $406 million. Most of the positions will be in hospital services and physician services.
UPMC spent $450 million in capital expenditures in 2011 to upgrade patient care, technology and facilities through several major construction and renovation projects. The company hired 1,900 people during the year and expects to bookend that figure with another 1,900 jobs during fiscal year 2012.
“We continue to grow and invest,” said Robert A. DeMichiei, senior vice president and chief financial officer. “Our financial position allows us to advance our nationally recognized clinical excellence, growing our services to meet the needs of our local communities and, at the same time, reinvesting in research and innovation to improve health care now and into the future.”
Overall, the job picture in Pittsburgh showed steady improvement in July, according to several reports. Pittsburgh Today reported a total of 143,700 jobs in July, a 1.3% increase over July 2010.
PNC says the six-county jobless rate of 7.3 is expected to decline to 6 percent by the end of 2014. The region has added 10,900 jobs this year and projects 40,000 will be created in the next 2 and a half years if the nation avoids a recession, says PNC.
In local hiring, RE2 recently won a major contract to develop multiple components for explosive ordnance disposal, resulting in the hiring of two senior mechanical engineers and support the additional hiring of an electrical engineer and CNC machinist.
CombineNet added 10 people in 2011 and expects to add three to five more positions in Pittsburgh.
Accounting and financial consulting firm, Siterson & Co., recently added five new associates to their staff.
Source: UPMC, Douglas Peters, RE2, CombineNet and Siterson & Co
Writer: Deb Smit
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