http://www.kigro.com/how-abundant-are-mechanical-engineering-jobs-in-the-united-kingdom.html Mechanical Engineering Design Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kigro.com/how-abundant-are-mechanical-engineering-jobs-in-the-united-kingdom.html/comment-page-1#comment-45 Molly Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:22:20 +0000 #comment-45 There are plenty of mechancal engineering jobs in the UK. Thats because its not seen as a cool profession to go into. Probably lots of other reasons too. Though you have to make sure which sector you go into. My advice is certainly dont bother with manufacturing and production engineering. There are less and less options in this section as manufacturing goes to countries where labour is a lot cheaper. Stick to sectors that arent so easy to be taken overseas. Examples are Building Services , Nuclear, structural, site engineering etc When you eventually get good experience in engineering you'll become hot property and able to name your price. A good qualification will get you a long way, but you need some years experience under your belt before you can make good money. For the first 10 years you may well find that its not paying as much as other professional careers. So my general answer is yes it can pay well if you get into the right field. Look at the adverts, see which job titles seem to be offering higher rates of pay. Engineers arent respected ( in terms of £££££ ) in the UK. I am lead to believe US engineers can get paid more. But its so hard to make such a comparison. Cost of living etc is higher here in the UK. You will find the cost of buying a house exceptionally high compared to US. Petrol costs are so much higher (they are going crazy at the moment £1.20 per litre - madness) Gloomy picture? sorry .. I am giving you my honest opinion There are plenty of mechancal engineering jobs in the UK.
Thats because its not seen as a cool profession to go into. Probably lots of other reasons too.
Though you have to make sure which sector you go into.
My advice is certainly dont bother with manufacturing and production engineering. There are less and less options in this section as manufacturing goes to countries where labour is a lot cheaper.
Stick to sectors that arent so easy to be taken overseas. Examples are Building Services , Nuclear, structural, site engineering etc
When you eventually get good experience in engineering you’ll become hot property and able to name your price. A good qualification will get you a long way, but you need some years experience under your belt before you can make good money.
For the first 10 years you may well find that its not paying as much as other professional careers.
So my general answer is yes it can pay well if you get into the right field. Look at the adverts, see which job titles seem to be offering higher rates of pay.
Engineers arent respected ( in terms of £££££ ) in the UK. I am lead to believe US engineers can get paid more.
But its so hard to make such a comparison. Cost of living etc is higher here in the UK. You will find the cost of buying a house exceptionally high compared to US. Petrol costs are so much higher (they are going crazy at the moment £1.20 per litre – madness)
Gloomy picture? sorry .. I am giving you my honest opinion

]]> http://www.kigro.com/how-abundant-are-mechanical-engineering-jobs-in-the-united-kingdom.html/comment-page-1#comment-46 dannyuku Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:05:10 +0000 #comment-46 The question makes perfect sense. Here is a list of advertised jobs, and of course it does not count the jobs that are usually filled without advertising or the contracting and consulting positions.http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/job-listing/… The question makes perfect sense.
Here is a list of advertised jobs, and of course it does not count the jobs that are usually filled without advertising or the contracting and consulting positions.http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/job-listing/…

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