By Jamie White – Head of Communications

 

Ford is planning to recruit 250 new production operators for a new diesel engine production line being installed in the Ford Dagenham Engine Plant.

 

This next-generation, low-CO2, 2.0-litre diesel engine family represents an investment of over £380 million, including support from the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund.

 

The engine has been designed and developed at Ford Dagenham and at the Ford Dunton Technical Centre in Essex, with the first engine set for production in Dagenham towards the end of 2015, with production capacity reaching 350,000 units per annum. The new diesel engine will be installed in Ford vehicles from 2016.

 

The first wave of new employees, joining the company on a 23-month fixed-term contract, are planned to start in December and will be followed by further waves in the first half of 2015.

 

This latest diesel engine programme at Ford Dagenham is part of a £1.5 billion investment by Ford in low-carbon and environmentally friendly engine and vehicle technology over five years. Last year Ford Dagenham produced 787,398 diesel engines with 85 per cent exported.

 

Mark Ovenden, Ford of Britain Chairman and Managing Director, said: “This recruitment programme underlines Ford’s commitment to the UK and signals the final step towards the production of an all-new, state-of-the-art, low carbon diesel engine that has been designed, developed and manufactured by Ford in the UK.”

 

Applications for the new jobs can be made online at www.randstad.co.uk/ford

 

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