Rolls-Royce wants to create hundreds of new jobs

Dahlewitz. It has been clear since today recently: the engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is entering a new era. On Tuesday, the latest low-CO2 conventional hydrogen jet engine from Brandenburg was handed over to a commercial airline in Qatar. This was reported by Dirk Geisinger, CEO of Rolls-Royce Germany and Director of Aviation Business, during a visit with Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke in Dahlewitz.

After the corona-related crisis in the global aerospace industry, as a result of which around 550 jobs were cut at the Rolls-Royce site in Dahlewitz, signs are now pointing to growth again. The company plans to expand its capacity in the UK and Germany. This was announced by Rob Watson, President of Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce. From 2026 onwards, the new Trent XWB-84 engines will be reassembled and tested in Dahlewitz in Brandenburg.

The Airbus Trent XWB-84 engine will be produced again in Brandenburg

“Rolls-Royce will invest more than 64 million euros and hire 300 new employees,” the company said. However, most will be invested in the UK headquarters in Derby; However, Dahlewitz is also benefiting from the boom in the aerospace industry. “We will create more than 100 new jobs,” confirmed Stefan Wriege, press spokesman at Rolls-Royce in Brandenburg.

In Dahlewitz, the existing test options for large civil engines should be used to expand the demand in the short term. From 2026 at the latest, the new Trent Engine was already built in Dahlewitz from 2017 to 2020. Then the corona crisis came and production was idle until further notice.

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“We have a partnership with a country that has continued for decades and the country has always been a loyal partner. We appreciated that especially in bad times,” said Dirk Geisinger, Chairman of the Board of Management of Rolls-Royce, with a view to the difficult economic phase during the Corona .

At the same time, Prime Minister Woidke – also with a view to state elections in the summer – campaigned for a “global Brandenburg” in which “such technological innovation” could flourish first. People from more than 60 countries work at Rolls-Royce. “We’re proud of that,” said Woidke. “If we want to stay strong, then we need to stay open to the world,” he added.

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Rolls-Royce celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary at its Brandenburg location in Dahlewitz last year. 222 engines were produced in 2023 alone, and a total of more than 8,500 engines were assembled in Dahlewitz. There are currently 2,400 employees on site. Rolls-Royce expects the number of aircraft with Trent engines to grow by seven to nine percent annually until the end of the decade. In the medium term, the company expects engine flight hours to increase to 120 to 130 percent of the 2019 level.

“We’re in a very good market at the moment,” says Rob Watson. The President of the Aviation Division at Rolls-Royce expects more contracts and full order books to be signed at the international aviation trade fair ILA, which takes place this year from July 5 to 9 in Schönefeld (Dahme-Spreewald). While carmaker Tesla has announced that it will cut 400 jobs in Grünheide, hundreds of new jobs could be added at Rolls-Royce in Dahlewitz in the next few years. Those involved are sure of this.

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