Firm seeks engineering apprentices

VACANCIES AT OPENREACH

APPRENTICE engineers are wanted as Openreach sets out to fill 141 posts in 2021.

Jobs will be throughout the East Midlands and include 21 based in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Kasam Hussain, Openreach regional director, said: “As a major employer and infrastructure builder, we believe we can play a leading role in helping the UK to build back better and greener.

“Our Full Fibre network build is going faster than ever and we’re now looking for people across the East Midlands to build a career with Openreach and help us upgrade broadband connections and continue improving service levels throughout the region.

“We’re also investing in our supply chain, which will support the creation of thousands of jobs based all over the UK.”

Full fibre build is already underway in locations across the East Midlands, including parts of Nottingham, Derby and Northampton.

Overall, more than 5,300 engineering jobs are being created, including more than 2,500 full-time posts in Openreach’s own service and network build divisions, as well as an estimated 2,800 positions in its UK supply chain, through partners such as Kelly Group, Kier, MJ Quinn and Telent.

The new roles come with a starting salary of £21,845 and recruits can be earning up to £28,353 following 12 months of specialist training to achieve an NVQ level 2, in one of Openreach’s training centres.

Over the past two years, the firm has created more than 6,500 trainee engineering roles.

Anyone wishing to find out more about the roles available should visit the company’s website at: