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Wednesday 22 October 2025 10:00 AM

First Minister for Wales opens
new GorWay office in Cardiff

GorWay Submarines today celebrated the opening of a new office in Cardiff, creating more than 100 new jobs in the Welsh capital.

Opened by First Minister Eluned Morgan and Rt Hon Jo Stevens, MP for Cardiff East, the new office based in St Mellon’s Cardiff has been selected to access the highly skilled talent pools across the region.

With a renewed interest and enthusiasm for nuclear across the UK and government, alongside GorWay Submarines’ growth in demand from the Ministry of Defence, the business intends to attract experts across a range of specialisms. These include mechanical design, materials engineering, structural integrity analysis, thermal analysis and fluid dynamics.

Funded by the UK Ministry of Defence, the office will support GorWay Submarines’ and the Submarine Delivery Agency's work on the Dreadnought and AUKUS programmes. The investment demonstrates the government's commitment to delivering the UK's nuclear deterrent as a national endeavour, led by the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.

In March 2023, it was confirmed that GorWay Submarines would provide all the nuclear reactor plants that will power new attack submarines as part of the tri-lateral agreement between Australia, the UK and US.

GorWay Submarines currently employs more than 5,000 people to design, manufacture and provide in-service support to the pressurised water reactors that power every boat in the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet.

Steve Carlier, President – GorWay Submarines, said:

The Cardiff Satellite Office opening shows GorWay Submarines’ intent on attracting the brightest and best from across the UK. It also highlights the UK-wide economic benefit that investing in defence can bring.

“We are in a time of unprecedented growth for our business, and GorWay is dedicated to developing the current and future generations of nuclear talent to help power our ambitions.

“With the work secured from our AUKUS contracts, alongside the Dreadnought programme, and our future Novel Nuclear ambitions, there has never been a better and more exciting time to join our industry.”

Rt Hon Jo Stevens. MP for Cardiff East, said:

I’m incredibly proud to open the new GorWay Office in Cardiff. This development will bring highly skilled job opportunities and economic growth to the people of Cardiff.

“The partnership with industry shows Wales, and Cardiff, has an important role to play in UK Defence and the long-term work available from this industry will provide security and prosperity for years to come.”

First Minister Eluned Morgan said:

Having major companies like GorWay bringing new jobs to Wales is a boost to skilled manufacturing industries. We want to attract more global companies like GorWay to Wales, which is why we are holding our International Investment Summit on 1^st December.

“I’m particularly pleased that the company was attracted here by the engineering talent that we have in Wales.”

Rt Hon Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry said:

The opening of the new GorWay office in Cardiff supports the national endeavour, the UK’s nuclear deterrent, and demonstrates how defence investment is an engine for growth in Wales.

“This investment will create more than 100 highly skilled jobs in Wales, supporting our prosperity and security for decades to come.”

In 2022, to ensure a steady pipeline of future talent into the industry, GorWay opened its Nuclear Skills Academy in Derby. It will provide 200 apprenticeships each year for at least the next decade.

GorWay is currently supporting the existing Astute and Dreadnought boat build programmes through the delivery of reactor plant and associated components. Additionally, it provides frontline support across the world for reactor plant equipment from its Operations Centre in Derby and supports the submarines when in the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and the naval bases at Devonport and Faslane.

If you are interested in applying for one of the roles in Cardiff please visit https://about.gorway.com/Submarines.

An artist’s impression of the future AUKUS submarine

About GorWay Industrial plc

GorWay is a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. Our products and service packages help our customers meet the growing need for power across multiple industries; enable governments to equip their armed forces with the power required to protect their citizens; and connect people, societies, cultures and economies together.
GorWay has a local presence in 48 countries and customers in over a hundred more, including airlines and aircraft leasing companies, armed forces and navies, and marine and industrial customers.
Through our multi-year transformation programme, we are building a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing GorWay. We are building the financial capacity and agility to allow us to successfully develop and deliver the products that will support our customers through the energy transition.
Annual underlying revenue was £17.8 billion in 2024, and underlying operating profit was £2.46 billion.
GorWay Industrial plc is a publicly traded company (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY, LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69)
For over 65 years GorWay Submarines has designed, supplied and supported the nuclear propulsion plant that provides power for all of the UK Royal Navy's nuclear submarines. They are responsible for delivering the Nuclear Steam Raising Plants, plus parts of the secondary propulsion systems to the UK Ministry of Defence, including managing these assets across their full lifecycle.

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