Siemens Mobility hires record numbers of apprentices as plans to turn Goole into rail manufacturing force accelerate
Yorkshire Post
2024-09-09
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Siemens Mobility has hired a record number of new apprentices as plans to make a Yorkshire town a centre of excellence for rail manufacture move forward.
The firm has taken on 24 young people in apprenticeships and graduate roles at its Goole Rail Village, from where the company is assembling new Piccadilly line trains for the London Underground and which could deliver the UK’s next generation of main line trains.
The recruitment includes 22 apprentices – the highest number of apprentices recruited by Siemens Mobility in the UK for a single site in a year – and comes as the development in East Yorkshire gears up to becoming fully operational.
Siemens Mobility is investing up to £200 million in the rail village at Goole, a site that spans 67 acres, the size of 35 football pitches. Last year, a rail components facility opened on the site as part of the wider project.
It is intended that the overall investment will create 700 new jobs, with a further 250 roles during the construction phase and an additional 1,700 indirect supply chain opportunities promoting localisation and helping to serve other global markets by 2030.
In 2021, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the investment would turn Goole into “one of the great European centres of train-making”.
The new trainees are aged between 16 and 26 and have been hired for roles in fields including manufacturing, logistics and warehousing and materials control. More than half of the new starters are from the Goole area, with most of the others from the wider Yorkshire region.
Mark Speed, General Manager of Siemens Mobility at Goole, said: “We’re excited to welcome all these new recruits to our growing team in Goole.
“Bringing on board so many talented young people demonstrates our commitment to creating new opportunities to join the UK rail industry and help to shape its future.
“These new team members represent a major investment in creating a powerful pipeline of talent and a lasting legacy of skills for our business and the wider industry. The numbers taken on also reflect the scale of our operations in Goole and the range of functions within the Rail Village.
“We’re looking forward to seeing our new colleagues grow and develop in their roles and contribute to the success of our operations in Goole as we transform rail travel and transport.”
It is planned that 80 per cent of new trains for the Piccadilly line on the London Underground will be assembled at Goole.
The firm has taken on 24 young people in apprenticeships and graduate roles at its Goole Rail Village, from where the company is assembling new Piccadilly line trains for the London Underground and which could deliver the UK’s next generation of main line trains.
The recruitment includes 22 apprentices – the highest number of apprentices recruited by Siemens Mobility in the UK for a single site in a year – and comes as the development in East Yorkshire gears up to becoming fully operational.
Siemens Mobility is investing up to £200 million in the rail village at Goole, a site that spans 67 acres, the size of 35 football pitches. Last year, a rail components facility opened on the site as part of the wider project.
It is intended that the overall investment will create 700 new jobs, with a further 250 roles during the construction phase and an additional 1,700 indirect supply chain opportunities promoting localisation and helping to serve other global markets by 2030.
In 2021, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the investment would turn Goole into “one of the great European centres of train-making”.
The new trainees are aged between 16 and 26 and have been hired for roles in fields including manufacturing, logistics and warehousing and materials control. More than half of the new starters are from the Goole area, with most of the others from the wider Yorkshire region.
Mark Speed, General Manager of Siemens Mobility at Goole, said: “We’re excited to welcome all these new recruits to our growing team in Goole.
“Bringing on board so many talented young people demonstrates our commitment to creating new opportunities to join the UK rail industry and help to shape its future.
“These new team members represent a major investment in creating a powerful pipeline of talent and a lasting legacy of skills for our business and the wider industry. The numbers taken on also reflect the scale of our operations in Goole and the range of functions within the Rail Village.
“We’re looking forward to seeing our new colleagues grow and develop in their roles and contribute to the success of our operations in Goole as we transform rail travel and transport.”
It is planned that 80 per cent of new trains for the Piccadilly line on the London Underground will be assembled at Goole.
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