Jaguar Land Rover supplier looks to recruit dozens of staff for new factory

A Jaguar Land Rover supplier creating hundreds of jobs at its new factory has teamed up with a Shropshire college to try and recruit some of the workers it needs.

Cosma Casting, part of Magna International, is due to open a new 225,000 sq ft aluminium casting facility at Stafford Park in Telford this autumn.

The factory will employ around 300 people and the company is staging a recruitment event at Telford College next month to try and fill dozens of vacancies.

The two-day event, at the college’s Haybridge Road campus in Wellington, takes place between September 8-9.

Craig Howard, business development manager at the college, said: “A wide range of job opportunities will be on offer, including production operatives, laboratory technicians, tool makers, and maintenance staff.

“The company is also looking for quality engineers, metrologists, materials planners, laboratory supervisors, and much more.

“This event will be a fantastic opportunity to secure a job with what will become one of Shropshire’s largest manufacturing facilities.”

Cosma’s factory will be supplying aluminium castings for the Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre at the i54 site, near Wolverhampton.

The Cosma management team will be holding a series of talks on both days, to give an in-depth perspective of the organisation and future career prospects for staff.