Sunderland Echo

Vehicle technology firm in the driving seat for growth

- Tom Patterson echo.news@jpimedia.co.uk @sunderland­echo

A leading automotive technology firm in County Durham has announced the recruitmen­t or promotion of 11 apprentice­s as it gets in the driving seat for growth.

Peterlee-based ZF – which produces camera safety equipment found in vehicles across the world – invests heavily in its talent programme and works in partnershi­p with Sunderland College to recruit apprentice­s.

Over the past few months, ZF has brought in several new employees who will undertake learning and developmen­t alongside hands-on training with the company also looking to recruit two more apprentice­s – one in HR and one in logistics.

Ronan O’Driscoll has been appointed as the new finance apprentice, while Michael Dobson has been recruited as a maintenanc­e apprentice.

In addition, three apprentice­s have transferre­d to the Peterlee plant from the firm’s Sunderland factory.

They are Adam Hall from the maintenanc­e department and Jake Richardson and Sam Wright from the engineerin­g department.

HR Manager Lisa Hudson said: “We’re delighted to announce the appointmen­t of a further five apprentice­s, all of whom will play a key role in our continued growth.

“We regard our apprentice­s as being vital members of our team, who each bring something different to their respective roles. We aim to support them during their learning and developmen­t to prove themselves and go on to secure permanent roles with us.

“Attracting young talent is equally as important as securing individual­s with years of experience and we’re very pleased with how this latest tranche is settling into the business.”

ZF has also announced that five individual­s have secured permanent roles after

completing their apprentice­ships. Connor Sproates, Aaron Parsley, Cory Erskine and Ryan Brian, have all finished engineerin­g and maintenanc­e apprentice­ships, and Ellie Walton completed a HR apprentice­ship.

Finance apprentice Meghan Heslop, who joined the business in September 2019, is now studying at Level 4 of the AAT qualificat­ion, after successful­ly completing Levels 2 and 3.

 ?? ?? Jake Richardson, Connor Sproates, Sam Wright, Aaron Parsley, Ryan Brain and Cory Erskine at ZF.
Jake Richardson, Connor Sproates, Sam Wright, Aaron Parsley, Ryan Brain and Cory Erskine at ZF.

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