New jobs in Wales: where employers are hiring now.

The precision engineering firm marked 15 years at Miskin with a £70m expansion that will double the size of the site, adding around 464,000 sq ft of production space plus a staff wellbeing centre. Around 950 people from across South Wales already work there, and the company has invested about £150m in the site since 2011. Its open day showcased early-careers pathways into the business.

The £160m, ten-year Investment Zone has moved into delivery. It aims to attract more than £500m of private investment and create up to 4,000 high-skilled jobs, building on the region's compound semiconductor cluster alongside advanced manufacturing, cyber security, creative and digital businesses. A £4m skills programme is open for delivery partners to help local people into the roles it creates.

The renewable-energy and electrical contractor is building a new headquarters at the Cross Hands East employment site with £312,000 of Welsh Government funding. It will create 24 jobs over three years and six more over the following two, including qualified electricians and apprentices, more than doubling its workforce.

The £1.25bn programme to replace blast furnaces with an electric arc furnace has entered its main construction phase, with a south Wales firm awarded the contract to build a new pickle line. Work across the site includes furnace groundworks, scrap handling and a National Grid connection, creating demand for construction, electrical and project roles across the regional supply chain.

Wales recorded the strongest regional investment growth in the UK during the first half of 2026, with total investment reaching £159.3m, up more than 530% on the previous half-year. The figures include an £81m funding round for Cardiff semiconductor supplier IQE, part of a wider surge in digital and advanced manufacturing investment.

Plastics reprocessing firm Jayplas is creating 100 new jobs across sites in Swansea and Blaenau Gwent, backed by earlier Welsh Government support, as part of Wales' circular economy and green manufacturing push.

Wales attracted 75 foreign direct investment projects in 2025-26, the biggest annual increase since 2020-21, creating more than 1,500 new jobs and protecting thousands more, according to UK Government figures.

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Norgine is investing £23m to expand warehousing and production at its Hengoed site, creating more than 40 new roles. The expansion was unlocked by the UK Government's Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund.

A £50m green hydrogen plant planned for the Impala terminal site is due to be running by early 2028, producing around 2,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen a year under a 15-year government revenue guarantee. Developers say it will create around 60 construction jobs and up to 10 permanent roles.