Corus Construction & Industrial
Description
Corus Construction and Industrial, Corus' 2nd largest UK site is headquartered at Scunthorpe, employing just over 4,000 people.
The site in Scunthorpe measures some 2,000 acres and is home to the four famous blast furnaces, which are all named after queens - Victoria, Bess, Anne and Mary. It is fully integrated which means its operations cover the whole steelmaking process from raw material to finished products.
Corus' Scunthorpe site is part way through the commissioning of £235 million of investments as it strives to continually improve product quality and customer service and secure its long-term future. UK rail manufacture has moved to Scunthorpe and the new investments are enabling Corus to roll rail up to 120 metres long, a first for the UK, and of significant interest to rail customers as they endeavour to improve safety along their networks. Enhancements in the Scunthorpe site's iron and steelmaking processes as well as in some of its manufacturing routes and despatch centres are allowing Corus to introduce best practice, product enhancement and differentiation as well as efficiency and improved safety standards.
Over the past century, Scunthorpe has been dominated by the iron and steelworks that now comprise one of Corus' key manufacturing sites in the UK. Corus is proud of its heritage and mindful that it has, and continues to, influence the livelihoods of employees, former employees and the local businesses on which it depends.
Corus relies on the skills and dedication of its employees and invests in its current workforce as well as sponsoring its potential future workforce. Training and development remains a key component of the company's drive to improve performance with the added benefit of allowing employees to realise their full potential. Corus is keen to attract school or college leavers into industry and last year, its Scunthorpe site took 68 Young Apprentices onto engineering, manufacturing, technical and administrative schemes, 26 graduates onto individually tailored training programmes and offered work experience for under-16s and undergraduate student placements. In addition, Corus has donated over £150,000 to North Lindsey College to help them upgrade their engineering training facilities.
Employees are keen to give something back into the community. Corus Scunthorpe funded over 40 'Ambassadors' last year to help with a range of local initiatives, from coaching local junior football teams to Air Training Corps to school governors. On top of this, employees raised £130,000 for worthwhile causes last year, the major local beneficiary being Lindsey Lodge Hospice, with funds also going to a number of other local and national charities.
In responding to the ever-increasing global environmental challenge, good environmental practice has a high profile within Corus. The company has continually worked to improve energy efficiency throughout its manufacturing processes and protect the wildlife habitats in and around its sites. Corus is the largest recycler of steel in the UK and continues to work with its customers to enhance the sustainable credentials of steel in end use products.
Corus relies on a significant number of local companies to support steel manufacturing at Scunthorpe. In addition to the day-to-day support, the commissioning of the investment programme has allowed Corus Scunthorpe to work with a wide range of local and regional companies to help it to deliver an array of sophisticated and demanding steel products.
Corus is now embracing a new era as a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel - the world's best steel maker according to World Steel Dynamics - together becoming the sixth largest steel company in the world. We look to the future with a new confidence and welcome the opportunities that the new enlarged group will bring.
Products and services
Products are typically found in the construction, earthmoving equipment, automotive, renewable energy, offshore, mining and quarrying, shipbuilding and repair markets with total business capacity reaching over 4 million tonnes per annum.
End products the steel is used in
Scunthorpe steel has been used in a wide range of applications from the construction of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the T'sing Ma bridge in Hong Kong to simple every day objects such as paperclips and light bulbs.
Closer to home, Scunthorpe steel has been used in applications such as the new Wembley stadium, the Humber Bridge and Heathrow Terminal 5.
Graduates and Placements - Where do they live?
The cost of living is still low and house prices although rising are still reasonable. Rent costs are approximately £150-250 per calendar month (room in a 3-4 bedroom house).
Graduates and students tend to live either in the town or surrounding areas such as Messingham, Burringham, Broughton, Scotter, Brigg, Scawby, Burton Upon Stather or Winterton.
For more information on Scunthorpe or the surrounding areas please visit the following websites:
www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk
www.northlincs.gov.uk
www.locallife.co.uk/scunthorpe
www.aboutbritain.com/towns/scunthorpe
Additional information
Scunthorpe is a garden town notable for its attractive parks and open spaces, and owes its rapid growth to the discovery of vast ironstone deposits and the development of the steel industry.
Scunthorpe has a population of around 62,000 and is located to the east of the River Trent, in the county of Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe is approximately 160 miles north of London and just over 20 miles north east of Doncaster.
The town has major road and rail links with other close cities such as Hull, Sheffield, Leeds and Lincoln which all offer major attractions such as the Deep (Hull), Meadowhall (Sheffield), Lincoln Cathedral, and the Armouries (Leeds).
Scunthorpe is a friendly town and living in Scunthorpe can prove to be an entertaining and enjoyable experience. It is a growing town with new pubs and nightlife developing likewise. There is a good selection of pubs for all tastes ranging from country pubs to lively town centre pubs. The town has a number of restaurants, cafes and takeaways to choose from and a selection of alternative entertainment including regular bands at The Baths Hall, a multiplex cinema, a theatre and bowling alleys. We are also close to Winteringham Fields - voted one of the best restaurants in the country, which is very popular with celebrities!
Scunthorpe town centre has recently gone through a refurbishment with the opening of The Parishes and Westgate Mall offering a variety of popular high street stores and boutiques. On the outskirts of Scunthorpe are a number of retail outlets.
Scunthorpe also has a number of leisure centres that offer swimming pools, fitness classes, training classes, sport hall facilities, health and beauty facilities and gyms.
