Stuart Albert, a member of the civilian Engineering Ops Team based at RAF Henlow, was tasked with a recruitment drive to seek out new talent and was invited to talk to the Bedford College Engineering students.
Samuel and James were so impressed they applied for and won new roles as Network Design Engineers.
Sam started his new job on 16 December 2019 and James this year on 6 January 2020. Once fully trained the pair will be able to work from locations across the world. As civilians the posts are not ‘front-line’ but they will provide a rapid specialist engineering support service to all three military services.
Group Captain Darren Thorley is Deputy Head of the department overseeing Engineering Operations:
“This is a new recruitment approach for us, seeking out new talent locally in addition to our national apprentice scheme. James and Samuel will each have a training plan created for them, allowing them to continue their studies whilst learning on the job.
Once they have gained security clearance they will be working with the very latest communications and cyber security technology and, if they wish, will be able to take opportunities to deploy to Military bases and Embassies all over the globe to carry out engineering tasks.”
The partnership with Bedford College has been so successful the Engineering Ops team plan to return next year, looking for more potential recruits.
