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Jaguar Land Rover creates more than 1,000 Solihull jobs | Jaguar Land Rover creates more than 1,000 Solihull jobs |
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More than 1,000 new jobs are to be created by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in the West Midlands. | More than 1,000 new jobs are to be created by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in the West Midlands. |
The new posts are being created at the company's Land Rover plant in Solihull, where nearly 5,000 people currently work, the firm said. | The new posts are being created at the company's Land Rover plant in Solihull, where nearly 5,000 people currently work, the firm said. |
They are in support of the company's ambition to deliver "40 significant product actions over the next five years". | They are in support of the company's ambition to deliver "40 significant product actions over the next five years". |
It said these could include new models or derivatives of existing cars. | It said these could include new models or derivatives of existing cars. |
Recruitment campaign | |
Des Thurlby, human resources director at JLR, said: "This is great news for Solihull. We shall be increasing the plant workforce by more than 25%. | |
"These jobs are well paid with great benefits. We expect to receive many thousands of applications." | |
The recruitment campaign, which has launched with national print and radio advertisements, is looking for production operators and skilled trades people. | The recruitment campaign, which has launched with national print and radio advertisements, is looking for production operators and skilled trades people. |
JLR said the announcement meant this year more than 3,500 jobs had been or were being recruited for, including corporate posts such as in financing or purchasing. | JLR said the announcement meant this year more than 3,500 jobs had been or were being recruited for, including corporate posts such as in financing or purchasing. |
In April it announced plans for 1,000 engineering jobs in the West Midlands region, with the majority of people now in position at Whitley and Gaydon. | |
About 1,500 apprenticeship jobs have been created at Halewood, Merseyside. | |
The group HQ is based in Warwickshire, with Land Rover vehicles manufactured in Solihull and at Halewood. | |
Jaguars are produced by the same group - owned by Indian car manufacturer Tata - at Castle Bromwich, West Midlands. | |
In September JLR said it was to create up to 750 jobs at a new factory on a site near Wolverhampton on the Staffordshire-Wolverhampton border. | |
The luxury carmaker is spending £355m to build low-emission engines on a 120-hectare site at a business park near the M54. Work at the site is due to start early next year. |