These guides will give you the lowdown on the opportunities in the UK's key engineering sectors
Aerospace
Casting for a career: how to get ahead at Grainger & Worrall
Grainger & Worrall is a Shropshire based provider of high-precision casting technologies that is looking to develop the talent of tomorrow.
Flight path: aerospace career guide for graduate engineers
Aerospace is one of the UK’s most important and most exciting engineering sectors, offering graduates a wealth of job opportunities across the country.
Automotive
Full speed ahead: motorsport industry career guide for graduate engineers
Motorsport has one of the most exciting images of any engineering sector and the UK is its global capital. But behind the glamour lies a hugely rewarding intellectual challenge that stretches far beyond Formula One.
In the driving seat: automotive career guide for graduate engineers
With the UK’s car industry booming but also facing a host of technological challenges, there’s arguably never been a better time to enter the automotive sector.
Civil
Building society: civil engineering career guide for graduates
With the UK on the brink of an infrastructure renaissance, there are numerous reasons students and graduates should consider a career in civil engineering - and many options open to them.
Defence & Security
Ethical hacking: cyber-security career guide for engineering graduates
The rapid pace of technology development means every day is different when you’re defending against cyber attacks.
On target: defence career guide for graduate engineers
Defence - which brings in one of the widest ranges of engineering disciplines of any sector - offers graduates a host of opportunities at the cutting edge of technology
Electronics & IT
Cracking the code: graduate engineer career guide to the software industry
Few engineering sectors offer as many different possibilities to impact the world as the software industry, whether it’s defending against cyber crime or launching the next big internet startup.
Bright sparks: electronics industry career guide for graduate engineers
The UK electronics industry is the biggest producer of consumer devices in Europe but also offers a huge variety of careers helping develop everything from medical equipment to spacecraft.
Energy
Go with the flow: oil and gas industry career guide for graduate engineers
The fossil fuel industry is entering a new era of technological challenges and it needs highly skilled engineers to help keep the lights on.
Atomic pathway: graduate engineer career guide to the nuclear industry
The UK’s decision to build a new fleet of nuclear power stations is opening up an exciting set of career paths for young engineers.
Green shoots: graduate engineering career guide to renewable energy
The renewables industry offers a chance to be part of an almighty shift in Britain’s energy landscape with many options for new graduates interested in the sector.
Manufacturing
Appetite for success: food and drink industry careers for engineering graduates
The food industry is Britain’s largest and arguably most important manufacturing sector - and offers some fascinating jobs for engineers.
Making the future: engineering graduate career guide to manufacturing
Manufacturing is back in fashion and the variety of opportunities open to engineers is astounding.
Drug delivery: pharmaceuticals industry career guide for graduate engineers
If you want to put your engineering skills towards helping to tackle deadly diseases then the pharmaceutical sector offers a range of options.
Talent pipeline: chemicals industry career guide for graduate engineers
Chemical engineers tend to be the best paid in the industry and get to work on some of the most important challenges for our society, from preventing an energy crisis to developing life-saving drugs.
Medical
Life-savers: graduate career guide to medical and healthcare engineering
The UK is home to thousands of innovative firms translating cutting edge science into vital medical technology.
Rail
Right track: rail sector career guide for graduate engineers
Both in the UK and overseas rail is a rapidly growing sector that offers great opportunities to engineers of all disciplines
Utilities
Get connected: graduate engineer career guide to the telecoms sector
Keeping the country online amid constantly changing technology is just one of the challenges in this innovative and fast-paced industry.
Poll
George Osborne's announcement of new funding for the Faslane submarine base has brought the UK's renewal of Trident back into the news. With which of these statements do you most strongly agree?
