10/02/2022 For Information
This briefing is for all Communications Providers (CPs).
This briefing is to inform CPs about our intention to create over 4,000 new UK-based jobs, to be filled during 2022.
Openreach is pleased to announce we’re creating and filling more than 4,000 jobs during 2022, including around 3,000 apprenticeships, as we continue to invest billions of pounds into our broadband network, people and training.
The new recruits will be based throughout the UK, working to build and connect end customers to our ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband network, which is on track to reach 25 million homes and businesses by December 2026.
This is part of the largest recruitment drive in Openreach’s history, and it will also help deliver further improvements in customer satisfaction.
We already employ the UK’s largest team of telecoms engineers and professionals, and we are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive team. Last year, we attracted 600 women into trainee engineering roles – more than double the previous year.
Openreach CEO, Clive Selley, said: “Openreach is a people business first and foremost, so I’m proud that we’re continuing to invest heavily in our people, having hired and trained more than 8,000 new engineers over the last two years. We’re rightly recognised as one of the best big companies to work for in the UK, and we’re determined to stay that way, so we’ve been building state of the art training schools all over the country where we can teach people the skills and techniques they need for long, exciting and rewarding careers in engineering.
“We want to reflect the communities we serve and give opportunities to people from all backgrounds, so I’m encouraged that we’ve recruited more women and minority groups this year compared to last year, but we’ve got much more to do in an industry that hasn’t been very diverse historically.
“These new recruits will play a crucial role as we continue to improve services for our customers and build the biggest and best broadband network in the UK, covering millions of rural and urban homes.”
We also plan to retrain more than 3,000 of our existing engineers during the next year, changing their focus from fixing copper-based technologies to installing and maintaining faster, more reliable fibre connections.
You can read the full statement here https://www.openreach.com/news/
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