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CESI uses mentoring and training to retain engineering skills
CESI is an Italian company that works in energy, engineering and testing, and is partly owned by Enel and Terna.
Its Tech Academy pairs experienced staff with younger colleagues to preserve company knowledge and help new employees develop their skills.
In the past 15 months, CESI hired 150 people worldwide, including about 60 in Italy, while its workforce grew by around 15%.
About 40% of the Italian hires replaced early retirees.
The group plans to hire around 50 more highly skilled employees by the end of the year, including 10 in Italy.
It mainly seeks electrical engineers and electrotechnical technicians, working with universities and technical institutes to find candidates.
CESI offers both management and technical career paths, so technical experts can advance without becoming managers.
The Academy is part of CESI's plan to manage staff turnover as retirements continue and the average employee age falls.
CESI uses its Tech Academy to preserve and renew company knowledge through mentoring between senior and junior staff.
The Italian engineering group has recorded retirements each year and uses training to support the transfer of technical skills.
In the past 15 months, CESI made about 60 hires in Italy out of 150 global hires, and 40% of those hires replaced early retirements.
The group’s workforce grew by about 15%, and it planned to hire about 50 highly skilled staff by the end of 2026.
CESI recruits electrical engineers and electrotechnical technicians, working with Politecnico di Milano and technical institutes.
- Who
- CESI, an Italian multinational partly owned by Enel and Terna.
- What
- It uses its Tech Academy and mentoring to retain and develop engineering skills.
- When
- The article was published on 17 October 2026. It also reports hiring over the previous 15 months.
- Where
- CESI operates globally; about 60 of its 150 hires in the previous 15 months were in Italy.
- Why
- To preserve company knowledge, renew skills and manage staff turnover linked to retirements.
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CESI’s average employee age was 48.
CESI recorded 150 hires globally, including about 60 in Italy; 40% of the Italian hires replaced early retirements.
Corriere della Sera published the article, which reported CESI’s average employee age had fallen to 47.
CESI planned to hire about 50 highly skilled staff, including 10 in Italy.
- Global hires in previous 15 months
- 150
- Hires in Italy in previous 15 months
- About 60
- Italian hires replacing early retirements
- 40%
- Workforce growth
- About 15%
- Planned hires by end of 2026
- About 50, including 10 in Italy
- Average employee age
- 48 in 2024; 47 at the time of publication
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One of our priorities is to ensure that the company’s knowledge base is not lost, but preserved and also renewed.
Through our Academy we promote mentoring, creating a positive dialogue between senior and junior profiles.