Moors opens recruitment for apprentice
THE NORTH Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has announced a vacancy for a Heritage Engineering Steam/Diesel Apprentice based primarily at its headquarters in Grosmont. It comes 25 years after Traction and Rolling Stock Manager Paul Middleton (aka ‘Piglet’) joined as a fresh-faced 16-yearold engineering maintenance apprentice in December 1996. Paul’s mum had spotted an advert in the Whitby Gazette for an apprenticeship and made him apply because he owed her £50!
Paul has worked at the NYMR ever since; he was promoted to Foreman in 2007, then Depot Manager in 2016, and Traction and Rolling Stock Manager in 2017. “The key benefits of an apprenticeship for me were that it gave me immediate income and freedom,” he said. “I was itching for freedom, and I was able to buy a motorbike only a few months after starting my apprenticeship. It also gave me the skillset to get to grips with my trade, gave me more life skills, and allowed me to progress. Here I am, 25 years later, in a senior management role. Just because you’re an apprentice doesn’t mean you can’t climb the ladder of promotion; you don’t have to go to university to end up as a senior manager if you can prove your worth.”
The closing date for applications is March 15. Details at www.nymr.co.uk/ apprenticeship-heritagemechanical-engineer