What could you future career look like?
Cheshire and Warrington is a thriving economy. There are lots of exciting plans for future developments across Cheshire and Warrington. A brief description of some of these developments is below with links for further information.
As well as future developments we also have 18k current job vacancies. To find out more about current vacancies follow this link.
Future developments
There will be all sorts of different jobs including, part time, hybrid, admin, security as well as more technical jobs. Explore some of the exciting projects below including:
- Whitby Hydrogen Village
- Cheshire Science Corridor
- HS2
- Green skills
Whitby Hydrogen Village
It is hoped that around 2,000 homes in the Whitby area of the town will be the UK’s first ‘Hydrogen Village’. They will use 100% hydrogen for heating, cooking and hot water, instead of the natural gas they use now. Everything is on track for this to happen in 2025.
Find out more about Whitby Hydrogen Village (link)
Cheshire Science Corridor
The Cheshire Science Corridor is a crescent that crosses the northern part of the Cheshire & Warrington sub-region linking together nationally and internationally significant research facilities and established science based businesses including Urenco, Sellafield Ltd, Rolls Royce, Essar, AstraZeneca and Waters Corporation to name a few. The area sits within and supports the growth aspirations of the Atlantic Gateway.
HS2
HS2 is creating jobs and benefiting the economy. Local opportunists include - Bogies for HS2’s fleet of 54 high-speed trains being assembled and maintained at Alstom’s Crewe factory, supporting more local jobs.
Find out more about HS2 Jobs (Link)
Find out more about skills, education and employment opportunities at HS2 by clicking here.
Green skills
Every job of the future will need people with green skills that help to reduce the carbon footprint of businesses and ensure a sustainable future for everyone. Some jobs will change out of all recognition, examples include:
- heating engineers will need to be able to fit heat pumps
- electrical engineers will need to know how to install solar panels
- people working in the manufacturing sector will need to understand how to reduce waste and improve energy efficiency
- construction workers will need to understand more about retrofitting homes without damaging buildings
farmers will need to understand about vertical farming
Hydrogen Village - Whitby, Ellesmere Port.
Cadent, British Gas and Cheshire West and Chester Council have opened the Hydrogen Experience Centre, off McGarva Way, Whitby.
Email: [email protected]
Call us: 0800 035 3371 (Freephone) Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 9am-3pm
Your transferable skills
You likely have a lot of employable skills which could be transferred to a variety of new occupations across different industries.