Full time jobs for hundreds of workers at Amazon Rugeley
Hundreds of temporary workers at Amazon's huge warehouse at Rugeley in Staffordshire have been given full time jobs as the company aims to create a record 5,000 new full-time jobs this year across the UK.
The online retail giant says more than 500 part-timers taken on last year and over Christmas have joined the full-time workforce at the 700,000 sq ft centre, which now totals 2,000.
Along with major recruitment at its UK headquarters and across all its operations, the company says it will boost its workforce in this country to 24,000.
The new jobs are for people with all types of experience, education and skill levels – from software developers, engineers and technicians, to those seeking entry-level positions and on-the-job training.
Amazon said it aims to offer the new permanent jobs to as many people as possible who took up seasonal jobs over Christmas – 4,000 extra workers were brought in at Rugeley alone over the festive period.
Doug Gurr, Amazon's UK manager, said: "We are creating thousands of new UK jobs including hundreds of apprenticeship opportunities as we continue to innovate for our customers and provide them with even faster delivery, more selection and better value.
"We are hiring for all types of roles from flight test engineers, software engineers and corporate managers in our development centres and head office, to operations managers, supervisors, engineers, service technicians, HR roles and order fulfilment roles in our fulfilment centres."
The company says its new apprenticeship programme will offer hundreds of places in engineering, logistics and warehousing roles at its fulfilment centres across the country.
Amazon's 5,000 new full-time UK jobs will be created at the UK head office in London, customer service centre in Edinburgh, fashion photography studio in Shoreditch, Amazon Web Services regional office in London and fulfilment centres across the UK, including three new sites set to open in Tilbury, Doncaster and Daventry.
