Anthony Broadhead, Energy Director at North East recruitment specialists Jackson Hogg, said: “There is a real opportunity for our region in exporting skills to support the new Nuclear Power Plant at Hinkley Point. There are expert professional and skilled engineers working in our region, as well as consultancies, manufacturing and sub-contract engineering companies that make up part of the global nuclear supply chain.
“The drive for companies in the energy sector to diversify and look beyond their traditional customer base has already brought new skills and technologies to other low carbon sources of energy. Combined with the sensitivities of national energy security, this could make North East engineers very attractive to the developers of Hinkley Point C.”