Uk companies finding it recruit staff for Automotive Industry

dvcireland

There was a report on the BBC news last night about how employers in the Automotive industry, are having problems finding staff. Dave Richards, Chairman of Prodrive, said that he needed 100 engineers.

Motorsport Valley is an area of the UK with a high concentration of Automotive companies.

Some more information on Motorsport Valley

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/Corporate/pages.nsf/Links/4A7C3185EEEB0C4B80257210003C51C2/$file/2007+Brochure+final.pdf

BFassassin

Interesting.
Pity we cant watch the news piece on the iplayer here. I would have liked to hear what they said.
This is any area I would love to get into.
Any idea where these types of jobs are posted? I know prodrive, m-sport etc have their own vacancy pages.

dvcireland

BFassassin wrote: »

Interesting.
Pity we cant watch the news piece on the iplayer here. I would have liked to hear what they said.
This is any area I would love to get into.
Any idea where these types of jobs are posted? I know prodrive, m-sport etc have their own vacancy pages.

I did a search after seeing this report and I couldnt find anyting on the BBC website, but Dave Richards of Prodrive was interviewed and he stated that he needed 100 engineers asap. The Prodrive might not list all the vacancies they have.

x in the city

i get lots of emails for auto jobs, in electronics mostly

these are pretty specific jobs by all accounts and hardly anyone in Ireland would have these skills, Germany also has $hit loads of jobs like these.

CatFromHue

i saw mclaren are looking for a cfd engineer and a composite design engineer.

DublinDilbert

x in the city wrote: »

i get lots of emails for auto jobs, in electronics mostly

these are pretty specific jobs by all accounts and hardly anyone in Ireland would have these skills, Germany also has $hit loads of jobs like these.

You would have to ask why the universities aren't producing people suitable for these positions. An automotive supplier in the west is having serious problems filling positions....

Daniel S

I'm hoping to be an F1 engineer (F1 woud be amazing, but I'd do cars in general as long as its the "m" version for BMW or the equivilant). I'm 17, they'll have to wait

CatFromHue

DublinDilbert wrote: »

You would have to ask why the universities aren't producing people suitable for these positions. An automotive supplier in the west is having serious problems filling positions....

If it's the company I'm thinking of I did have a look at some of their mechanical positions but most of them required 5 years experience in X, Y, and Z.

Doesn't matter what the universities are doing if the employer requires X amount of years at a minimum.

CatFromHue

mtb_kng wrote: »

I'm hoping to be an F1 engineer (F1 woud be amazing, but I'd do cars in general as long as its the "m" version for BMW or the equivilant). I'm 17, they'll have to wait

You should keep on eye on this page in the future so

http://www.mclaren-jobs.com/mclaren_work_experience.php

DublinDilbert

CatFromHue wrote: »

If it's the company I'm thinking of I did have a look at some of their mechanical positions but most of them required 5 years experience in X, Y, and Z.

Doesn't matter what the universities are doing if the employer requires X amount of years at a minimum.

That's why universities should be looking at doing work placement and co-op programs so the students are finishing with relevant experience.

Also unfortunately the whole 5 years experience thing is often put in by HR people, as its an easy way for them to sort CV's. There's often people out there with limited experience, but they would be better than someone with 10 years etc..

DublinDilbert

mtb_kng wrote: »

I'm hoping to be an F1 engineer (F1 woud be amazing, but I'd do cars in general as long as its the "m" version for BMW or the equivilant). I'm 17, they'll have to wait

You'll probably find that F1 isn't all its cracked up to be. They really work their staff hard and don't pay amazingly well. Its often seen that it should be an honour to work for them.

CatFromHue

DublinDilbert wrote: »

That's why universities should be looking at doing work placement and co-op programs so the students are finishing with relevant experience.

Also unfortunately the whole 5 years experience thing is often put in by HR people, as its an easy way for them to sort CV's. There's often people out there with limited experience, but they would be better than someone with 10 years etc..

UL have a work placement called Co-op that lasts for 8 months. I did it myself and while at the time I didnt think it was great, in hindisght it really helped my career get started.

I know DCU have a similar program called INTRA but I believe this is for 6 months. It is a good start though.

The 5 years thing though is a put off if you don't have it. I've actually noticed some companies in Northern Ireland and the U.K. no longer use time frames like that. They would state areas they are looking for candidates to have experience in / exposure to on top of their qualifications.

x in the city

DublinDilbert wrote: »

You'll probably find that F1 isn't all its cracked up to be. They really work their staff hard and don't pay amazingly well. Its often seen that it should be an honour to work for them.

BMW called me for an assessment day months ago but I didnt bother.

no idea on what the salary was and hate assessment crap anyway.

Daniel S

CatFromHue wrote: »

You should keep on eye on this page in the future so

http://www.mclaren-jobs.com/mclaren_work_experience.php

I hate McClaren :rolleyes: Sauber F1 is where I want to be!!!

(Really, I'd take any team :pac:)

DublinDilbert wrote: »

You'll probably find that F1 isn't all its cracked up to be. They really work their staff hard and don't pay amazingly well. Its often seen that it should be an honour to work for them.

I feel like it would be an honour to work for them! I'd work my ass off to try and become the next Adrian Newey (without a dodgey steering rack).