BAE recruitment drive set to see Fylde coast roles

Jobs will be created at a Warton aerospace plant as BAE Systems prepares to take on 710 apprentices across the UK this year – the highest intake in the company’s history.

By The Newsroom

Published 6th Jan 2015, 14:00 BST

Business support engineer Sally Topping, who joined BAE at
Warton as an apprentice in 2011 — Business support engineer Sally Topping, who joined BAE at Warton as an apprentice in 2011

It surpasses the record set last year by 142 places and includes 45 places for apprentices who will eventually join companies in BAE Systems’ supply chain or work in local engineering companies, funded under the government’s employer ownership programme.

The new recruits, two-thirds of who will be employed in engineering-related roles, will work across 14 of BAE Systems’ aerospace, security and defence sites around the UK and join the company in September.

A total of 83 apprentice and 51 higher apprentice roles will be required for the military aircraft design and production sites in Warton, as well as at Brough in Yorkshire and Yeovil, Somerset.

An additional 25 apprentices will be trained for supplier companies in the North West.