Our company does:

Engineer and Manufacture diesel engines and related parts and systems. Service and repair diesel engines and systems.

More information about the business:

Cummins is a global manufacturing company with HQ in Columbus Indiana USA. Cummins employees over 30,000 staff in 160 Countries.
Cummins has 4 business sections:
Engine Manufacture - 60%
Power Regeneration - 18%
Components - 14%
Districution - 8%.
Cummins employs over 5,000 in the UK and Darlington is one of the largest sites with over 1,000 staff.

The main skills you need for this industry are:

Technical, planning, organising, managing, team working, communication, IT, purchasing, selling, marketing, finance, HR and Health and Safety.

A typical day at work is:

A typical day is 60-70% at my desk working at my computer planning and communicating via email. The remaining time is spent in meetings reviewing project status and progressing various aspects of the operations needs and initiatives.

The advice I would give a young person wanting a career in this line of work is:

Concentrate on school work and make it a priority. Try to find ways of relating school work to a job to make it meaningful. Take opportunities to get part time work and take work experience in term time and holidays. Decide whether to take A Levels and University or Apprenticeships and Part time study - Both Work!

Things we look for in a employee are:

Enthusiasm, hard work, capability, motivation, ambition, good communication skills and good team working skills. Be adaptable and flexible.

Our business is involved with schools and the new specialised diplomas by:

We can contribute with work experience placements and provide input to curriculum. We can possibly run project work on or off site.

Our hopes for the future of the business are:

Continued success and stability.