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Engineering Professionals

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of professional engineering functions.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£25,816
£42,271
£63,830

New workers start around £25,816. Normal pay is £42,271 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £63,830.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 124,090 vacancies for this type of job

4.79%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Provides technical consultancy services.

  • Examines and advises on patent applications.

  • Prepares sketches, drawings and specifications showing materials to be used, construction and finishing methods and other details.

  • Devises and implements control systems to monitor operational efficiency and performance of system and materials.

  • Designs new systems and equipment with regard to cost, market requirements and feasibility of manufacture.

  • Establishes principles and techniques to improve the quality, durability and performance of materials such as textiles, glass, rubber, plastics, ceramics, metals and alloys.

  • Researches into problem areas to advance basic knowledge, evaluate new theories and techniques and to solve specific problems.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Water Treatment

  • Wastewater

  • Business Development

  • Smart Meter Systems

  • Renewable Energy

  • Materials Science

  • Engineering Design Process

  • Dual Fuel Smart Meter

  • Materials Engineering

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Problem Solving

  • Planning

  • Customer Service

  • Innovation

  • Detail Oriented

  • Operations

  • Investigation

  • Self-Motivation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Mechanical Engineering

Nottingham College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Civil Engineering

Bristol, University of the West of England

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Bristol · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

General Engineering

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

HNC · 2 Years · Part-time · Nuneaton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Engineering (General Engineering)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Mechanical Engineering

University of Leeds

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time with year in industry · Leeds · 25/09/2024

Tariff points: 144/165

Civil Engineering

University of Huddersfield

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Huddersfield · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Global Design Engineering

The Engineering & Design Institute London

CertHE · 1 Year · Full-time · London · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Civil Engineering

Liverpool John Moores University

MEng (Hon) · 5 Years · Sandwich · Liverpool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 128/136

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