Engineering Careers in the North East of England
Providing engineering careers to driven and skilled individuals. Our engineering jobs in the North East of England help supply our products and services around the world. Ford Engineering are an award-winning specialist in the high precision machining, and manufacture of parts sub-assemblies and laminate shim products for the Aerospace and other high-spec industries. Our businesses provide a first-class, make-to-print turnkey service to a broad range of customers. With our foundations established in 1910, we are a trusted name within a wide range of aerospace engineering industries both at home and overseas.
At Ford we are a family business and we’ve always believed in the ethos that creates. Looking after our staff and developing our people to enable us to be the best. We have a strong history of training, apprenticeships and even set up our own academy with engineering Level 1 (https://gateshead.ac.uk/courses/ford-engineering-academy-level-1) and Level 2 (https://gateshead.ac.uk/courses/ford-engineering-academy-level-2) to support the North East Engineering Industries.
If you choose an aerospace engineering career with us, we provide a supportive working environment and help you develop your existing skills and knowledge, as well as putting the tools in place for you to expand your abilities each day. There are always opportunities for you to develop and progress your career with us, with a dedicated training team who will mentor your learning and development careers process.
With a strong family heritage, we believe we have a responsibility to nurture and educate our existing staff as well as create opportunities for the future of Ford engineering jobs. Because of this, we have developed several internal initiatives including the Ford Engineering Academy.
If you would like to find out more or apply for an engineering role in the North East, please send your CV and covering letter stating current salary to: [email protected]
You can find out more about the most up-to-date roles we are recruiting for by looking at our ‘Current Vacancies’ here.
Current Vacancies
Ford Engineering Academy
We have always been committed to supporting career opportunities available to young people in the North East. Today we work with Gateshead College and South Tyneside College, with both colleges running pre-apprenticeship courses. Trainees have been graduating from the academy since 2017 and number of successful students continues to grow year on year.
The academy was inspired by our former Chairman, Geoff Ford MBE and it continues to support apprentices and young people today.
Everyone who attends the Academy learns a range of employment skills, including basic numeracy and literacy, as well as understanding the expectations of the world of work.
