Engineering and Manufacturing Careers Guide
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The UK engineering industry has so many great opportunities for young people, and these jobs have a bright future. Here are just a few ways to take your first steps into a manufacturing or engineering career. You don’t always need a degree to turn tech dreams into reality – and skills like creativity are valued too!
Engineering & Manufacturing Career Guides
Get into engineering careers and manufacturing roles with advice for all the routes you can take after school, college, university, and training. Get work experience and first job tips, example salaries and discover youth-friendly employers who want to help you get ahead!
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ABP Apprenticeships, Graduate Schemes and Early Careers
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Aerospace Engineer Careers
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Agricultural Engineering Technician Careers
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Apprentice Electronics Technician with BT Group Careers
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Apprenticeships with Youth Friendly Employer ABP
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BT Group Field Support Technician Apprenticeship
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BT Group Power Technician Apprenticeship
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CAD Technician Careers
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Chemical Engineer – Cleaning Careers
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Chemical Engineer Careers
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Civil Engineer Careers
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Civil Engineering Technician Careers
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Design Engineer Careers
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Electrical Engineer Careers
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Electrical Engineering Technician Careers
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Engineering Maintenance Technician Careers
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Food Manufacturing Inspector Careers
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Food Technologist Careers
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Graduate Schemes with ABP
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Lens Designer – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Marine Engineer Careers
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Mechanic Careers
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Mechanical Engineer – Cleaning Careers
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Mechanical Engineer Careers
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QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety & Health) Degree Apprenticeship with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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Rail Engineering Technician Careers
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Smart Meter Installer Careers
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Sodexo Apprenticeships
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Vehicle Technician – Automotive Careers | School of Thought
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Welder Careers
Engineering Career FAQs & Insights
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Get Into Engineering & Manufacturing Careers With Youth-Friendly Employers
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How Much Can You Earn With Engineering & Manufacturing Careers?
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List of Engineering and Manufacturing Careers
Here’s a full list of roles and areas you could work in, so you can see how much variety there is in this sector!
Engineering / maintenance jobs
- Acoustics consultant
- Aerospace engineer
- Aerospace engineering technician
- Agricultural contractor
- Agricultural engineer
- Agricultural engineering technician
- Air accident investigator
- Analytical textile technologist
- Audio-visual technician
- Auto electrician
- Automotive engineer
- Boat builder
- Bottler
- Broadcast engineer
- Building control officer
- Building services engineer
- Building site inspector
- CAD technician
- CNC machinist
- Caretaker
- Cellar technician
- Chemical engineer
- Chemical engineering technician
- Chimney sweep
- Civil engineer
- Civil engineering technician
- Clinical engineer
- Construction plant mechanic
- Critical care technologist
- Cycle mechanic
- Design and development engineer
- Diver
- Domestic appliance service engineer
- Drone pilot
- Electrical engineer
- Electrical engineering technician
- Electrician
- Electricity distribution worker
- Electricity generation worker
- Electronics engineer
- Electronics engineering technician
- Energy engineer
- Engineering construction craftworker
- Engineering construction technician
- Engineering craft machinist
- Engineering maintenance technician
- Engineering operative
- Ergonomist
- Farrier
- Food factory worker
- Food Technologist
- Forklift truck engineer
- Foundry mould maker
- Foundry process operator
- Furniture maker
- Garage manager
- Gas mains layer
- Gas service technician
- Glazier
- Handyperson
- Heating and ventilation engineer
- Helicopter engineer
- Hydrologist
- Lift engineer
(and there’s more)
- Lighting technician
- Live sound engineer
- Lock keeper
- Locksmith
- Maintenance fitter
- Manufacturing systems engineer
- Marine engineer
- Marine engineering technician
- Materials engineer
- Materials technician
- Mechanical engineer
- Mechanical engineering technician
- Merchant Navy engineering officer
- Metrologist
- Model maker
- Motor mechanic
- Motor vehicle breakdown engineer
- Motor vehicle fitter
- Motorcycle mechanic
- Motorsport engineer
- Naval architect
- Non-destructive testing technician
- Nuclear engineer
- Nuclear technician
- Offshore drilling worker
- Oil and gas operations manager
- Patent attorney
- Physicist
- Pipe fitter
- Plumber
- Product designer
- Quality control assistant
- Quantity surveyor
- Quarry engineer
- Quarry worker
- Rail engineering technician
- Rail track maintenance worker
- Railway signaller
- Recycling operative
- Refrigeration and air-conditioning installer
- Road worker
- Robotics engineer
- Roustabout
- Satellite engineer
- Security systems installer
- Shoe repairer
- Signalling technician
- Smart meter installer
- Steel erector
- Steel fixer
- Sterile services technician
- Structural engineer
- TV or film sound technician
- Technical brewer
- Technical surveyor
- Telecoms engineer
- Textile machinery technician
- Thatcher
- Thermal insulation engineer
- Toolmaker
- Upholsterer
- Vehicle body repairer
- Vending machine operator
- Watch or clock repairer
- Water network operative
- Water treatment worker
- Wind turbine technician
- Window fitter
- Windscreen fitter
Manufacturing jobs
- 3D printing technician
- Aerospace engineer
- Agricultural engineering technician
- Textile technologist
- Blacksmith
- Bottler
- Brewery worker
- Building services engineer
- CNC machinist
- Car manufacturing worker
- Chemical plant process operator
- Crane driver
- Design and development engineer
- Dressmaker
- Engineering construction technician
- Engineering craft machinist
- Engineering maintenance technician
- Engineering operative
- Food manufacturing inspector
- Food packaging operative
- Food scientist
- Footwear manufacturing operative
- Foundry mould maker
- Foundry process operator
- Garment technologist
- Leather technologist
- Maintenance fitter
- Manufacturing supervisor
- Manufacturing systems engineer
- Materials engineer
- Materials technician
- Meat process worker
- Mechanical engineering technician
- Metrologist
- Microbrewer
- Motor mechanic
- Motorsport engineer
- Musical instrument maker
- Naval architect
- Non-destructive testing technician
- Packaging technologist
- Packer
- Paint sprayer
- Patent attorney
- Pattern cutter
- Product designer
- Production manager
- Production worker
- Quality control assistant
- Quarry worker
- Recycling operative
- Reprographic assistant
- Research and development manager
- Roustabout
- Sewing machinist
- Signmaker
- Technical brewer
- Technical textiles designer
- Textile dyeing technician
- Textile machinery technician
- Textile operative
- Textiles production manager
- Toolmaker
- Vehicle body repairer
- Welder
- Window fabricator
- Wood machinist
Engineering Career Tips & Opportunities
Career Resources
Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET)
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