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International Career Opportunities for Engineers

International Career Opportunities for Engineers. Why study Engineering?. Engineers are always needed globally What skills will I gain as an Engineer? Where could I go with an MSc Engineering from Warwick? International opportunities- paid and voluntary. Current economic climate.

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International Career Opportunities for Engineers

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  1. International Career Opportunities for Engineers

  2. Why study Engineering? • Engineers are always needed globally • What skills will I gain as an Engineer? • Where could I go with an MSc Engineering from Warwick? • International opportunities- paid and voluntary

  3. Current economic climate • UK and European economies are recovering with limited opportunity for employment of civil engineering graduates • Following parts of the world still need engineers: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand • Demand is constantly changing and engineers are always needed www.ice.org.uk/qualification-careers/Graduate-careers-section/International-opportunities

  4. Skills of an Engineering graduate • cost/value-conscious and aware of the necessary social, cultural, environmental, health and safety, and wider professional responsibilities; • capable of careful attention to detail, exercising good judgement and accepting responsibility; • able to communicate with others and work in multidisciplinary teams. • Team working • Critical thinking • able to solve problems using both logic and creative/innovative approaches; • numerate and highly computer literate, with excellent analytical skills; • able to plan and prioritise, work to deadlines and under pressure; Taken from Prospects.ac.uk

  5. Where do Warwick Engineers go? Engineering roles Non-engineering roles Project Manager, Information Security, Procter and Gamble System Analyst, IBM Senior Project Accountant, Network Rail IT Consultant, Citibank Analyst consultant, Accenture • Production Planner, Colgate Palmolive • Engineering Consultant, Arup • Graduate Leadership Programme, Unilever • Distribution Manager, AstraZeneca • Engineer, Cathay Pacific Airlines Destinations 2008/2009

  6. Employers who take on Warwick Engineering graduates • Procter & Gamble • Centrica • Unilever • Cummins • GE Aviation • EDF Energy • Fujitsu • National Grid • Rolls Royce • Aston Martin • Lagonda Ltd • Airbus • Atkins • IBM • Network Rail • RWE • Npower • Schlumberger • Siemens Destinations 20011/2012

  7. International opportunities for Engineers • Graduate schemes E.g. BP Graduate Scheme (International) • Large multi national employers E.g. Siemens Pakistan

  8. Charity &Voluntary Sector • Engineers without Borders • World Bank • Redr

  9. Useful links for further research • www.ice.org.uk/qualification-careers/Graduate-careers-section/International-opportunities • www.prospects.ac.uk/already_in_uk_applying_for_non_uk_jobs.htm • www.gradcracker.com/engineering-microsite/graduate-programme/111/bp • http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/findingajob/ambitions

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