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 May 12, 2025

# British Steel starts recruiting for over 180 new employees to help drive business forward

    Louise Carney  ·   2 minute read

*British Steel  announced it is starting recruitment for over 180 new employees as it prepares*  
*to ramp up production.*

The company, which the UK Government oversees, has secured the raw materials to maintain a  
two-blast furnace operation and will significantly increase iron and steel production in the coming months.

To support this, and British Steel’s drive towards a sustainable future, the company is advertising a wide  
variety of professional, skilled, and non-skilled roles in Scunthorpe, Teesside and Skinningrove.  
Opportunities range from engineering and environment to chemistry and cleaning, and from legal and  
labouring to safety and stores.

*To support recruitment, British Steel is hosting a recruitment open day on Saturday 17 May 2025. The*  
*event will be staged at its Scunthorpe Conference Centre on Brigg Road between 10am-4pm, and*  
*experts will showcase the wide range of career opportunities at British Steel and answer any questions*  
*you may have.*

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Allan Bell, said: “With the backing of the UK Government, we are  
focused on cementing British Steel as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of steel. To help achieve  
this, and meet customer demand, we will be upping production across all our sites and recruiting more  
than 180 people to help drive us forward.

“These are exciting opportunities across our business, offering rewarding careers which will play  
important roles in building stronger futures for our business and the UK economy.”  
165 of the roles are in Scunthorpe, and 17 are at British Steel’s operations at Teesside and Skinningrove.

*Among the positions currently available are:*

• Engineering roles – electrical and mechanical  
• Business functional roles – including commercial, legal, and occupational health  
• Shift manufacturing operators – including at entry-level with training provided  
• Shift and day craft – electrical, mechanical, and structural  
• Technical / manufacturing roles – shift and managerial

The company, which offers competitive pay and benefits packages along with excellent training and  
career development, also has opportunities in other areas including in welding, nursing, and customer  
services.

Interim Chief Commercial Officer, Lisa Coulson, said: “Our employees always have been and always will  
be our greatest asset – they are the people who make British Steel such an incredible place to work.  
Together we have a bright future so apply now and join our team.”

To support recruitment, British Steel is hosting a recruitment open day on Saturday 17 May 2025. The  
event will be staged at its Scunthorpe Conference Centre on Brigg Road between 10am-4pm, and  
experts will showcase the wide range of career opportunities at British Steel and answer any questions  
you may have. There’s no need to book, just attend on the day.

For more information about British Steel’s vacancies, and to apply, please visit  
[www.britishsteel.co.uk/join-our-team/](http://www.britishsteel.co.uk/join-our-team/)

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