10.02.2011

JCB on recruitment drive

Telehandler manufacturer JCB is on a UK recruitment drive, looking for 80 design engineers as growth returns. The vacancies are across all the company’s sites in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wales.

JCB chief executive Alan Blake said: “JCB’s success over the past 65 years has been built on having the very best engineering talent. This year has started very strongly and all the signs at this stage are that growth will continue throughout 2011.

“We need to respond to that growth and strengthen our team of engineers with new talent as demand for our machines increases and as we develop a range of exciting new products for the future.”

The vacancies include mechanical, electronic and electrical design engineers, development engineers, research and development engineers, engine design and development engineers, technicians, apprentice engineers, undergraduate engineers and graduate engineers.