100 more jobs on offer at Siemens' Hull factory
The green energy giant has launched the next phase of its major recruitment drive in the city.
100 more jobs are on offer at Siemen's multi-million pound wind turbine factory in Hull.
The green energy giant has today launched the next phase of recruitment for its huge development at Alexandra Dock.
The positions include warehouse and maintenance operatives and it'll take the number of people hired by the company in Hull to over 500.
Siemens has so far received 16,500 applications from people looking to work at its new facility - which opens in September.
These are also the first roles that will not require recruits to travel to Siemens’ sister blade factory in Aalborg, Denmark, for training.
From September all training will take place at a combination of the Hull College Group Composites Training Centre on Hull’s Preston Road estate, at a warehouse at Alexandra Dock which has been converted into a training facility, and the factory itself.
The new positions are advertised from today at http://greenporthull.co.uk/jobs-training/siemens-careers
The latest phase of recruitment will take Siemens over half way to its target of employing 1,000 people across the Alexandra Dock site in manufacturing, engineering, logistics and service roles.
Carolyn Woolway, Siemens’ Head of Human Resources for the Hull project, said:
“We have had a tremendous response to the hundreds of jobs we have advertised so far and we have been delighted with the quality of applications and appointments.
“We are building a team of amazing people in Hull and these latest jobs open up opportunities for many more local people to be part of creating a world-class manufacturing operation that will help to create a sustainable future for generations to come.
“As we have stressed previously, we are committed to diversity in the workplace and want to ensure women make up a substantial part of our workforce, as they do in similar Siemens manufacturing operations elsewhere in the world. We will be taking part in an event on August 20 to encourage girls and women to consider manufacturing and engineering as careers. Details of this event will be published on the Green Port Hull website shortly.
“The fact that these roles will not involve periods of training in Denmark may make them more attractive to women with family commitments and we really want to encourage female candidates to put themselves forward.”