During August, we accepted the first placement students of our 2022 Early Career cohort. Throughout the month, and into September, we were delighted to welcome so many enthusiastic new apprentices and graduates, as well as those embarking on a Year in Industry, at our sites across the UK. Our Early Careers 2023 roles are live now and you can learn more about our wide range of opportunities if you are looking to start your career next year.
We welcomed some of those already considering a career with Leonardo, when a team of Open University students visited our Luton site for an ‘Insight Week’, which provided a glimpse into engineering careers at Leonardo, as well as workshops in Python programming, Antennas and Microwave Engineering.
August is always a time of excitement and anxiety over exam results. It was good to reassure all those receiving their results – including GCSEs, Scottish Highers and A-Levels – that there is no wrong path into a career at Leonardo. We are pleased to offer many apprenticeships and other schemes on which young people can approach training in a different way and still achieve a degree or professional qualification while earning.
We were proud to continue to inspire the next generation of engineers later in the month, as we saw the return of The Smallpeice Trust’s Girls Into Engineering residential course. Designed for female school students in years 8-9, the course allowed attendees to gain hands-on experience of creating, designing and inventing under the mentorship of engineers, including Leonardo experts.
August also saw Leonardo in the UK sign the Mental Health at Work Commitment, as we continued to demonstrate our ambition to develop a workplace environment and culture where all employees can thrive.
We celebrated three decades of Praetorian Defensive Aid Sub System (DASS), marking 30 years since the DASS Business Agreement was signed, with a Supplier Conference at the RAF Museum in Hendon, London.
The month also marked the conclusion of the company’s walking challenge which saw teams around the UK compete to achieve the most steps while raising money for charity. As part of the challenge, a group of Leonardo team members embedded within the Typhoon Delivery Team at the Ministry of Defence (MOD) completed a 5-day 140-mile walk from the MOD Abbey Wood site in Bristol to Leonardo’s Luton site. The team raised over £2,500 for Cancer Research UK – the chosen charity of those working at the Luton site.