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CAREERS INFORMATION for BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Construction is a massive sector, embracing civil and structural engineering, construction, building services and surveying, and blurring into engineering construction, where scientific, mechanical engineering and construction disciplines all meet. It incorporates everything from house building to constructing dams and bridges; to road, rail and air transport infrastructures; and industrial plant, power stations and gas platforms. For further information, have a look at this overview of the Construction Sector

The Engineering sector is truly huge. The Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) is more than 6,000 member firms strong. There are an estimated 800,000 engineers employed in the UK and the output of engineering manufacturing, which employs 1.7 million people in total, is in the region of £67 billion annually. For further information, have a look at this overview of the Engineering Sector

CONTENTS

• OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES look at the many types of jobs which are available in these sectors
• PROFESSIONAL BODIES link through to building and engineering related careers advice from the professionals (some sites also include vacancies)
• JOBSEEKING SITES AND RECRUITMENT AGENCIES look at vacancies posted by a variety of recruitment agencies, and other organisations.

OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES

Detailed profiles of types of jobs available in the following areas:

• Engineering includes information on: Commercial Engineering and Customer Services, Engineering Design, Engineering Research and Development, Process Engineering, Control and Maintenance
• Logistics and Transport includes information on: Storage and Distribution, Transport
• Manufacturing and Processing includes information on: Plant and Production Management, Production Engineering, Quality Assurance and Testing

PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Many of the professional bodies listed below have careers sections on their websites.

• Association of Building Engineers www.abe.org.uk
• Chartered Institute of Building (includes a careers section) www.ciob.org.uk
• Chartered Institute of Housing www.cih.org
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (includes a careers section) www.cibse.org
• Engineering Council www.engc.org.uk
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (includes an industry and careers section) www.ecitb.org.uk
• Institution of Civil Engineers www.ice.org.uk
• Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors www.ices.org.uk
• Institution of Electrical Engineers (includes a careers section) www.iee.org
• Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers www.ihie.org.uk
• Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (includes a careers section) www.plumbers.org.uk
• Institution of Structural Engineers www.istructe.org.uk
• Institution of Civil Engineers www.ice.org.uk
• Landscape Institute (includes an education and careers section) www.l-i.org.uk
• Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland www.rias.org.uk
• Royal Institute of British Architects (includes a careers section) www.architecture.com
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (includes a careers section) www.rics.org/careers
• Royal Town Planning Institute (includes a careers section) www.rtpi.org.uk

JOB SEEKING SITES AND RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

• Allen & York www.allen-york.com recruitment in the built and natural environment
• Anders Elite Technical Recruitment Agency www.anderselite.com construction jobs, architecture careers, rail recruitment, building services, surveying careers, social housing jobs, consulting engineering and jobs in facilities management, Town Planning, Telecomms, Health & Safety, IT.
• Argent Recruitment www.argent-recruitment.co.uk specialising in placements in the Construction Consultancy Sector
• Building 4Jobs www.building4jobs.co.uk job site for construction professionals working in the Built Environment, from Building magazine
• Building Services Journal www.bsjonline.co.uk job vacancies and links to recruitment agencies
• Building Services Jobs http://www.buildingservicesjobs.co.uk/
• Careers in Construction www.careersinconstruction.com recruitment agency
• Critical Project Resourcing www.cpresourcing.co.uk Technical and Construction Sectors, focusing in particular on Rail, the Built Environment and Transport and Planning.
• Eden Brown www.edenbrown.com/content_static/home.asp technical recruitment agency for jobs in architecture, interior design, building services, engineering, town planning, charities, construction, education, housing and social care besides others.
• EM Jobs www.em-jobs.co.uk engineering and construction jobs.
• Jobcentre Plus www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk don't forget this straightforward website which allows sophisticated searching based on job type and location
• New Civil Engineer www.nce.co.uk online jobs and careers pages

See also our property/housing careers page www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/property.htm

Last fully updated 2013

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