Engineering, manufacturing and processing
Engineering, manufacturing and processing
This sector has remained largely buoyant throughout the recent down turn in the jobs market, and the demand for 'good' graduates continues particularly in the civil and mechanical fields. Electronics engineers are however, still finding jobs harder to come by.
The combination of a degree from Exeter with some engineering work experience can open door in many sectors so it's a good idea to look for relevant vacation work experience. Many companies offer such schemes from large multinationals (where the competition can be fierce) to small local companies and public utilities. The Student Business Partnerships scheme is very worthwhile for gaining this type of experience.
The Career Zone receives a number of specialist engineering graduate recruitment magazines, so make sure you visit our Information Roomcollect your free copies.
The engineering industry
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Job and information sources
- My Career Zone - our vacancy database with employers who are targeting University of Exeter students.
- Prospects Job Vacancies Search under 'Engineering', 'Manufacturing and Processing' and/or 'Construction and Property Management' .
- TARGETjobs Vacancies Search under 'Civil engineering', 'Construction', 'Engineering' and/or 'IT & telecoms'.
- Graduate-jobs.com Search under 'Engineering'.
- Prospects - Explore Job Sectors: Engineering.pdf
- Prospects - Explore Types of Jobs 'Engineering', 'Manufacturing and processing' and/or 'Construction and property management'.
- Inside Careers - Engineering and Technology
Reference Books available from the Career Zone: Vault Guide to the Top Engineering Firms.
Additional resources
- KTP Knowledge Transfer partnerships - research and development vacancies in smaller companies in association with universities
- Institution of Engineering and Technology - includes job search facility
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Engineering Council
- Electronics Weekly - jobs, news and careers advice
- Jimfinder - engineering and manufacturing graduate entry level jobs throughout the UK
- Career Engineer - engineering and Construction industry jobs
- BBC - graduate technology jobs
- equal itec - dti sponsored scheme to find work placements for women in the IT, electronics and communications industry in UK and abroad
- Fast Stream - entry to the Civil Service including Science and Engineering Fast Stream
- Marine Engineering Programme - sponsored training
- MOD - jobs and information for scientists and engineers in the defence industry
- Government Communications Centre - software and electronic design engineers
- Graduate Recruitment Bureau - search under 'engineering'.
- Matchtech - engineering and technical job agency with section for new graduates
- Nuclear graduates - jobs in the nuclear industry
- Jobmall - a selection of employment agencies for jobs in IT, engineering, etc
- New Civil Engineer - contains jobs section
- Just Engineers - engineering recruitment site
- Gradcracker - engineering recruitment site
- Giraffe Recruitment - engineering recruitment agency, includes advice and jobs for graduates
- Targetjobs - engineering
- Topengineeringjobs -job board that lists many engineering roles in different sectors in the UK and abroad.
- UK Engineering Recruitment - site includes section for graduate positions
- Wikijob - information on companies, application and assessment procedures, typical interview questions
National newspapers carrying job adverts for this area include Independent (Mondays), Guardian, Daily Telegraph and The Times (Thursdays)
