As we celebrate International Womens Day on Friday the 8th March 2024 JDR take the time to celebrate one of our longest serving females. Showcasing her inspiring achievements Vilma Janusauskiene, ERP Data Lead talks us through her career journey overcoming hurdles where she can honestly say she has inspired inclusion! My journey at JDR started […]

My arrival into JDR Cable’s apprenticeship scheme was a little unorthodox; I was part way through a mechanical engineering apprenticeship elsewhere when the firm I was working for went out of business. The race was on to find an employer that was prepared to take me on mid-way through. Not only did I find that […]

I first met JDR in 2009 as a sub-contract installation electrician, helping install new machinery. As the contract was coming to a close I approached the Maintenance Manager about a vacant maintenance electrician position. I applied for the post and after the interview stages was offered the position. As the maintenance team grew, a role […]

Before completing my GCSEs I was given the opportunity to study engineering. It wasn’t something I had really looked at before but I was interested to try something new. As the course progressed I realised this was an area I could really see myself taking an interest in and being a part of. I went […]

I started with JDR in 2006, working in research and development. One of my first major projects was to design a large hyperbaric chamber in the Inspection department. It was a big challenge and I wasn’t sure I could actually finish the job, but eventually it was complete. I find it particularly rewarding to the […]