A TOTAL of 40 engineering jobs to be filled in 2021 have been created in Glasgow by Openreach. The company says the roles will enable them to continue improving service levels across existing networks, whilst building and connecting customers to its new, ultrafast, ultra-reliable ‘full fibre’ broadband network at a record pace. Openreach will create 275 positions across Scotland including roles in their supply chain. Robert Thorburn, Openreach Scotland partnership director, said: “As a major employer and infrastructure builder, we believe Openreach can play a leading role in helping Scotland to build back better and greener. “Our full fibre network build is going faster than ever and we’re now looking for people across the country to build a career with Openreach and help us upgrade broadband connections and continue improving service levels.
23rd January 2020
Openreach training centre, Legrams Lane, Bradford.
Names left to right: Shaun Steward, Emily Wardle, Liam Guardascione and James Redman. By Scott Wright OPENREACH has handed the Scottish economy a much-needed jobs boost by revealing plans to create at least 275 engineering jobs in 2021. The digital infrastructure company, part of BT Group, is adding the roles as it steps up the rollout of its ultra-fast broadband network. It is estimated that nearly two million more people than previously thought could choose to work from home in the long term following the massive shift out of offices sparked by the pandemic.
New jobs created in Inverness and Moray as telecoms group continues broadband roll out By Calum MacLeod
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Updated: 12:53, 18 December 2020
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Openreach is recruiting new engineers in Inverness and Moray.
Six new jobs are to be created in Inverness, with a further eight new roles in Moray, as Openreach continues to roll out superfast broadband across the country.
The Inverness and Moray posts are among 275 new engineering jobs to be filled across Scotland during 2021.
These new roles, alongside more roles in its supply chain, will enable Openreach to continue improving service levels across its existing networks, whilst building and connecting customers to its new, ultrafast full fibre broadband network.
OPPORTUNITY: Engineers from Openreach in the north west head to Breightmet for their training A NEW raft of engineering jobs have been pledged for the north-west - and most will come to Bolton for their training. Bosses at Openreach, the BT subsidiary responsible for the domestic telecoms network, say they are creating 255 posts across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire and Cumbria. This is to mainly support the roll-out of their full-fibre service and forms part of a wider 5,300-strong recruitment programme by the outfit. And the new £1.7m Openreach training centre at Breightmet is expected to welcome the bulk of the north-west new starters.
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The announcement comes as the firm hit a record build rate for its Full Fibre broadband programme – which aims to reach 20 million homes and businesses by the mid-to-late 2020s.
Openreach engineers are now delivering faster, more reliable connectivity to another 40,000 homes and businesses every week, or the equivalent of a home every 15 seconds.
Full fibre build is already underway in dozens of locations across the North West, including the urban areas of Manchester, Liverpool, Bury and Ormskirk as well as harder to reach locations including Penrith, Millom, Great Eccleston, Burscough, Congleton and Frodsham.
The pandemic has accelerated changes in working patterns and, with full fibre, nearly two million more people than previously estimated could also choose to work from home in the long term, reducing transport and housing pressures in big cities and boosting local and rural economies across the country.