ENGINEERING company Day and Zimmerman has won a contract to provide efficiency improvements that will create ten jobs at its Teesside base.

The contract will see the company offering engineering design work on a plant improvement project for polyester manufacturer Advansa UK.

Day and Zimmerman employs 54 people at its base at Wilton, on Teesside.

Day and Zimmerman is a member of the Tees Valley Engineering Partnership, an engineering employer alliance set up in 2001 to provide a platform for senior managers and directors to meet and discuss common concerns.