Engineering and Manufacturing Careers
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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!
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Each career listed tells you what qualifications, experience and skills you might need. PLUS: Discover youth friendly employers offering you opportunities like these.
Worried you haven’t got the right qualifications, skills or experience yet? There’s more than one way into any career. We’re here to help you find them!
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Apprentice Electronic Technician with BT Careers
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Early Careers and Jobs with Youth Friendly Employer ABP
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Graduate Schemes with ABP
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Apprenticeships with Youth Friendly Employer ABP
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QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety & Health) Degree Apprenticeship with Coca-Cola European Partners
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Smart Meter Installer
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Electrical Engineering Technician
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Rail Engineering Technician
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Civil Engineering Technician
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CAD Technician
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Design Engineer
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Mechanical Engineer
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Electrical Engineer
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Civil Engineer
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Chemical Engineer
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Agricultural Engineering Technician
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PR Account Manager
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Food Technologist
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Food Manufacturing Inspector
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Marine Engineer
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Aerospace Engineer
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Welder
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Mechanic
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Engineering Maintenance Technician
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Administrative Assistant
What are the top engineering and manufacturing job types in the UK?
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
(and there’s more)
- Helicopter engineer
- Hydrologist
- Lift engineer
- 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
- Aerospace engineering technician
- Agricultural engineer
- Agricultural engineering technician
- Analytical textile technologist
- Automotive engineer
- Blacksmith
- Bottler
- Brewery worker
- Building services engineer
- CNC machinist
- Car manufacturing worker
- Chemical engineer
- Chemical engineering technician
- Chemical plant process operator
- Crane driver
- Design and development engineer
- Dressmaker
- Electronics engineer
- Energy engineer
- 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
- Glassmaker
- Knitter
- Leather craftworker
- Leather technologist
- Maintenance fitter
- Manufacturing supervisor
- Manufacturing systems engineer
- Marine engineer
- Materials engineer
- Materials technician
- Meat process worker
- Mechanical engineering technician
- Metrologist
- Microbrewer
- Motor mechanic
- Motorsport engineer
- Musical instrument maker and repairer
- Naval architect
- Non-destructive testing technician
- Packaging technologist
- Packer
- Paint sprayer
- Paper maker
- Patent attorney
- Pattern cutter
- Product designer
- Production manager (manufacturing)
- Production worker (manufacturing)
- Quality control assistant
- Quarry worker
- Rail engineering technician
- Recycling operative
- Reprographic assistant
- Research and development manager
- Roustabout
- Sample machinist
- 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
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