Openreach jobs for Tayside and Fife

More than 70 trainee engineers will be hired by Openreach in Tayside and Fife as part of the firm’s largest ever recruitment drive.

Openreach, Scotland’s leading digital network business, will accelerate plans to build more ultrafast Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) broadband, a move that will lead to 400 trainee engineers hired across Scotland and 3,500 new roles in the UK.

Some 25 posts will be created in both Angus and Perth & Kinross, 17 jobs in Fife, and seven positions in Dundee.

Openreach chief executive Clive Selley said: “These trainee engineers will be playing a vital role in the future success and prosperity of Scotland.

“Over the last year our 3,000 Scottish engineers have been the driving force behind making superfast broadband available to more than 93% of the country, whilst also improving our customer service performance, but we want to do more.”

Openreach’s Fibre First programme will deliver expanded ‘full-fibre’ FTTP networks in up to 40 towns, cities and boroughs, setting it on a trajectory to reach 10 million British premises by the mid-2020s.

Mr Selley added: “We are already investing in upskilling our engineering team and today’s announcement of new jobs, including 400 in Scotland, underlines our commitment to make our Fibre First programme a reality — future-proofing Britain’s broadband network and supporting emerging mobile technologies like 5G.”

Scottish Government Connectivity Secretary Fergus Ewing said it was very welcome news for broadband users across Scotland, not to mention the 400 trainee engineers who will help to implement Openreach’s plans.

Openreach is looking to recruit 400 trainees in Scotland.