Siemens Mobility started to recruit apprentices for its new world-class rail manufacturing facility in Goole, East Yorkshire, with first trainee roles being announced.
The 12 apprenticeships will be among the first of up to 700 jobs to be created by the development, along with a further 250 during the construction period and an additional 1,700 UK supply chain roles.
Applications are now open for the three-year, Level 3 Rail Engineering Technician Apprenticeship positions. The new apprentices will start this September and spend their first year at college, developing core engineering knowledge and competencies.
In their second year, they will spend one day a week at college and four days a week on placement at Siemens Mobility traincare facilities, building up their practical skills and experience.
Their third year will be split between working full-time at Siemens Mobility’s new Goole facility for six months, followed by a six-month placement at the company’s trains factory in Vienna, Austria, where they will learn from colleagues in a well-established rail manufacturing operation.
“We are delighted to announce we will be taking on our first apprentices for the pioneering Goole rail manufacturing development in September and that applications are now open. This will provide a fantastic opportunity for 12 aspiring engineers to launch their careers with us and become among the first members of the team at Goole when the facility becomes operational,” said William Wilson, CEO of Siemens Mobility Limited.
The launch of the apprenticeships is part of Siemens Mobility’s strategy to develop a pipeline of future talent for the new Goole facility, supported by comprehensive, high-quality training programmes. It also illustrates Siemens Mobility’s commitment to apprenticeships, with around 150 people in such roles in the UK and a further 400 in other Siemens operations across the country.
Siemens Mobility is investing up to £200 million (EUR 226.5 million) in the new Goole facility. A detailed planning application for the development, at the Goole 36 enterprise zone site, was put forward to East Riding of Yorkshire Council last month following the granting of outline planning consent in July 2019. Pending approval, construction is expected to start by early summer, with the first phase of manufacturing facilities operational by 2023, when the first 12 apprentices will complete their training.
At the new facility, new state-of-the-art Tube trains for London’s Piccadilly line will be built under a £ 1.5 billion (EUR 1.7 billion) contract, replacing the existing 1970s fleet. Siemens Mobility is working with London Underground to maximize the number of Tube trains to be built at the Goole facility.
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