Wanted - 350 senior engineers
6 Aug 2012
Middlesbrough, UK – Some 350 senior engineer vacancies were up for grabs at a recruitment event supported by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).
The event was held by the global engineering firm Jacobs Engineering Group inc. at Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside stadium on 2 Aug.
Jacobs has 350 vacancies across all sectors of the business including; piping & mechanical, project controls and project management.
“There are 2.58 million unemployed people in the UK but we are seeing unprecedented growth and investment in the engineering construction industry,” said Don Atkinson the ECITB’s regional account manager for the North East.
“The government recently announced a guaranteed £40 billion in 500 projects for the nations’ infrastructure. Now the government has taken this step more and more engineering construction companies will be recruiting, it is an exciting time for the industry,” he added.
Projections show that the UK will need 40,000 more skilled people by 2020. The ECITB works with organisations to attract, develop and qualify people for a career in the engineering construction industry.
The industry training board invests about £20 million each year supporting apprentices, graduates and up-skilling the existing workforce.
