All across the industry companies are facing a skills issue – a “people challenge”. At ILA 2008 Grob Aerospace not only promoted its aircraft but also its business and its attractiveness as an employer. The company has decided to actively face the industry-wide shortage of skilled engineering resources by focussing on a recruitment drive in the months to come. Grob Aerospace has set itself the task to appoint 60 new engineers within the next three to six months.

The company’s priority is to recruit engineers and technicians to be based and Grob’s main engineering and production facility in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany and at its new facility in St. Gallen, Altenhrein, Switzerland, where it will undergo completions of the spn light jet.

A number of these new jobs will be offered to ab initio and trainee engineers who will work alongside fully qualified and experienced engineers mentoring them. Grob Aerospace is committing to provide inhouse training for the youngsters, working in co-operation with several Universities in Germany for the theory training..

Grob Aerospace – 37 Years of Aviation History

Grob Aerospace is one of the world’s largest and most experienced composite aircraft manufacturers. It has delivered more than 3,500 aircraft that have flown over seven million hours on five continents. The company is headquartered in Switzerland but maintains its own purpose built airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany that accommodates its manufacturing and assembly facilities. In 2007 Grob Aerospace established a wholly-owned US subsidiary to provide a complete, world-class ownership experience to North American customers. Grob Aerospace‘s central base in the United States is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with several regional sales offices throughout the USA. In February 2008 Grob Aerospace has formed a strategic alliance with Bombardier Aerospace. Grob Aerospace will develop the all-composite structure of its new Learjet 85 aircraft and also build the first three prototype aircraft for the program. In May 2008, Grob Aerospace announced its new trainings and completions facility at St. Gallen-Altenrhein, Switzerland. www.grob-aerospace.com

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