Doncasters tackles UK skills shortage with double digit graduate hires
13 Nov 2018
Metallurgical engineering company Doncasters has struck graduate gold with a rich seam of 10 entrants for its development programme.
They were chosen from a total of 639 university leavers who applied for the two-year programme that is hosted across the company’s six sites in the UK.
“We believe that it’s vital to tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage head-on, develop a pipeline of graduate engineers and a programme to give them the industry experience and specialist knowledge they need to develop their careers and fully contribute to the success of the business,” said Lorraine Parker-Clegg, chief human resources officer.
“Our graduate development programme is designed to attract high-calibre talent, whom we hope will be the future of Doncasters.”
Doncasters specialises in high precision investment castings, forgings and fabricated parts primarily for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets.
Its scheme provides the graduates with various placements, including opportunities in experiential learning and focused training in mechanical, quality and metallurgy engineering.
Recent research by The Open University reports that 53% of UK businesses expect problems with recruitment to deepen in the next 12 months as the country leaves the EU and in the aftermath of Brexit.
High-level skills are one of a particular concern, with more than half of those polled said they had struggled to fill management positions over the past year.
