Meldrum bulks team with apprentice intake
In a move that stands out against other companies in its industry who are laying off staff, Meldrum Construction has just taken in its latest raft of apprentices, boosting the 80 plus team by nine, with another intake planned for September this year.
Covering a variety of roles, including ground working, joinery, bricklaying and electrics, the apprentices will receive on the job training with the Birtley based company.
Managed by Ian Howmans, construction manager at Meldrum, the team is already at work on the sites across the region being worked on by Meldrum in a variety of projects from full design and build through to maintenance contracts.
Ian said:
“We are very proud of the quality of our apprentices who are a great asset to Meldrum Construction. We strongly believe in developing our personnel to enable us to have a skilled highly motivated workforce capable of carrying out all trades within the industry. This can only benefit the company in the future with our full package design and build projects.”
The new additions to the ground works team are Carl Rutter (22) from Walker, Shane Barberel (22) from Blaydon and David Wharton (20) from Dunston.
Daniel Rouse (23)from Sunderland has joined as senior apprentice electrician from Sunderland, along with Craig Rook (20) from Winlaton Mill as apprentice electrician.
The shopfitting and joinery department has also received a boost in numbers with the addition of Lewis Young (20) as senior apprentice joiner and Robert Walton (18) from Sacriston Durham as apprentice joiner.
Finally Liam Kenworthy (18) from Shiremoor and Dean Humphrey (23) from Sunderland join as apprentice Bricklayers.
Meldrum Construction offers an innovative and customer focussed service with a fully trained team delivering quality results, on time, within budget. Set up in early 2000, the company has grown rapidly with a turnover of over £9million projected this year. Now in a strong position to continue growing, Meldrum is hungry for more challenges, and welcomes enquiries from anywhere in the country for any size of contract.