Nexus creates 30 new apprenticeships-and a route to the top

摘要

Nexus is creating 30 new apprenticeships over the next three years as it re-vitalises its skilled rail engineering workforce. And new starters can look forward to a long and rewarding career with the public body which owns, manages and is modernising the Tyne and Wear Metro, as well as planning and providing all kinds of public transport in North East England. One-time apprentices include the current head of renewals, Neil Blagburn, now looking after capital projects worth £40 million a year, after starting with Nexus as a teenager 20 years ago. Former apprentices fill many other management and supervisory posts - including until recently Metro's train fleet director and head of stations and facilities, both of whom have since moved on to top jobs elsewhere. It is an indication of why Nexus sees apprenticeships as an investment that will pay back for many years to come.