Japanese
car maker Nissan is seeking 60 engineers to work at it Nissan European Technical
centre (NETC) Cranfield, Bedfordshire, according to a senior manager.
Nissan’s site in
Cranfield employs about 1,000 people creating vehicle designs for the world
market but claims to need engineers to fill a big skills gap.
David Moss, vice
president of vehicle research and development at Nissan, said the company is
about 60 engineers short, but is particularly short of electronic engineers. Cars are
becoming more and more electronics based and the lack of local skills is a
threat to the company.
Moss spoke in favour
of new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) during an event at the Central
Bedfordshire UTC, in Houghton Regis, near Dunstable, on Wednesday. UTCs
concentrate on science, engineering and technical skills for 14-19 year-olds.
Moss claimed also a
lack of female engineers and he is keen to encourage young women to take up
careers in the field.
He added that NETC is
keen to recruit females into product design. One major area of NETC product dessign is the Quasqai.
“You cannot get the
same views from a group of blokes,” he claimed. “Engineering isn’t about
getting your hands dirty, it’s about making products in the best way possible,”
he said.
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