ENGINEERING YOUR FUTURE
Made of steel – Paralloy has a 20-strong Teesside apprenticeship team .
Experience - apprentice Adam welding a socket / weldolet on to a seamless tube .
TEES STEEL FIRM KEEN TO
AA successful steel firm says it ’ s keen to bring more local young people into the engineering world .
Paralloy Group employs more than 1,000 people across Europe – including 470 here on Teesside .
TAKE ON MORE APPRENTICES
Paralloy designs and produces specialist stainless steel products and materials at sites in Middlesbrough and Billingham and was recognised this year when it received the prestigious King ’ s Award for Enterprise for Excellence in International Trade
Lift-off – Paralloy apprentice Millie conducting lifting operations .
Those products are used by all kinds of sectors , including petrochemicals , aerospace , nuclear and defence .
Paralloy operates in more than 45 countries globally , with a turnover – the amount of money it brings in each year – currently exceeding £ 200 million per year .
And apprenticeships are keenly encouraged to bring local young people into the engineering world .
WE SEE IT AS A WAY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMBAT GROWING SKILLS SHORTAGES IN THE INDUSTRY .”
HR manager Ian Grimes said : “ As of today , we have 20 apprentices aged 17 to 20 . But we ’ ll look to increase those numbers , because we see it as a way to provide opportunities to young people and combat growing skills shortages in the industry .”
Currently , only 12 per cent of the UK ’ s engineering workforce are women .
But Paralloy is keen to change that , with three females among its apprentices and , hopefully , more to follow .
Paralloy is always looking to develop and improve its current practices . It has recently been working with Next Gen Makers , a company that liaises with students , education providers and private businesses to develop and deliver an improved standard of apprenticeship service to the learners .
But what ’ s it like to work at Paralloy ? We asked four apprentices about their roles …
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