Can a foreign engineer work in the UK?

As it currently stands, any EEA or Swiss national with the correct qualifications and experience can work within any engineering role in the UK without having to obtain a visa, according to the Free Movement Policy.

How much do engineers make UK?

According to The Engineer’s 2018 Salary Survey, the average salary for all engineers is £47,896, a slight decrease on last year’s survey average of £48,197. The average salary in the oil and gas sector, the highest-paid sector in engineering, is £53,900.

How hard is it to get a job as an engineer?

The critical challenge is getting the first job out of college. That’s where GPA makes the difference. And what I learned was that, if you take any entry level Engineering job to get started, work there for at least three years, and make sure you get a glowing reference, you can do better from there.

Is there a graduate engineer shortage?

Reports of a graduate engineer shortage are common yet competition for jobs remains fierce. Our roundtable panel proposed some potential solutions to the industry’s graduate problem. The Engineer’s graduate skills panel picked apart the industry’s recruitment problem.

What happens if you don’t know which engineering field to go into?

‘If people don’t know which area of engineering they want to go into, they won’t know which companies to apply to and what to put in their applications,’ said Rosie Tomlinson, a graduate mission systems engineer for Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium). ‘Some people apply for the top 10 companies, they don’t get a job so they give up.’

Do engineering firms contact universities to recruit new graduates?

In fact, it’s not unusual for engineering firms, especially interesting startups, to get in touch with universities they’ve worked with in the past to search for new recruits for graduate jobs.