Stokesley School Engineering Careers Evening

Stewart BrennanBEng(hons) CEng FIMechE

Jay Brooks BEng(hons) CEng MIMechE

www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk

What isengineering?

What is Engineering?

“Scientists investigate that which already is;

Engineers create that which has never been”Albert Einstein

Hans Christian Ørsted- Physicist

Design, develop, produce…

Engineering is about…

• Engineers make things, they make

things work and they make things

work better

• Engineers use their creativity to

design and make solutions to the

World’s problems

• Engineers work in teams with

other Engineers and non-Engineers

Which involve engineering?

Providingwater

Health &medicine

Gadgetsgalore Fashion

& beauty

Creatingcars

Climate Change

FoodBuilt

environment

Sport

AUTOMOTIVE

• 1.6 million vehicles• 80% exported• 1972’s peak production will be exceeded in 2017

AEROSPACE

• 2nd largest aerospace industry in the World

• Rolls Royce 50% market share of widebody aircraft engines

CONSTRUCTION

• 3 million jobs in the UK• 10% total UK employment• £50 billion new infrastructure

investment

SPACE

• UK major producer of satellites • High growth rate industry• 15% employment growth/year

OIL & GAS

• UK’s largest industrial sector

• Unconventional gas new growth area

LIFE SCIENCES

• 380 Pharmaceutical companies in UK

• 59% of UK’s manufacturing R&D spend

• Active Biotechnology and Biomedical sectors

RENEWABLES

• Offshore wind• Biomass power stations• Commercial and Domestic

Solar PV, Biomass, Wind …..

NUCLEAR

• New nuclear build at Hinkley Point

• Huge projects of national importance

FOOD

MANUFACTURING

Dead ???

“UK 4th most competitive global manufacturing nation”Boston Consulting Group - 2014

Petrochemicals, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Manufacture on Teesside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di4FlirFMNU

School subjects lead to

real world engineering

• Maths

• Physics

• Design and

Technology

• ICT

• Biology

• ChemistryEnglish

What’s in it for you?

• Loads of different types of roles – such

as:Design

Research & Development

Operations & Maintenance

Production

Buying

Management of Engineering

Project Management

• Opportunities to travel and meet

interesting people

• Plus the money isn’t bad either…

How much do you get

paid? Top 10 Average Graduate Salaries - by Degree course

Position Subject Salary 1 Dentistry 30,3952 Chemical Engineering 29,5823 Medicine 28,5484 General Engineering 26,3625 Economics 26,2836 Mechanical Engineering 26,0767 Aeronautical Engineering 25,3438 Vetinary Medicine 24,9349 Electrical & Electronic Engineering 24,63910 Civil Engineering 24,534

Source: The Times

How much do you get

paid? Typical median, basic salaries…

Chartered Engineer £63,000/year*

Incorporated Engineer £45,000/year

Engineering Technician £40,000/year

Based on Engineering Council Survey 2013

* Increased +14% since 2010

Are there enough jobs

available?

Engineering Graduates

20,855/year* Needed 42,000

Level 4+ Engineering 51,000/year

Needed 87,000

Level 3 Apprentices 23,000/year

Needed 69,000

Based on Engineering UK 2014 Report

* 16% women

Professional

Qualifications…

CEng, IEng, EngTech • Once in work, consider becoming

professionally registered and earn the

right to use letters after your name

• Registration requires a combination of

qualifications and work experience

• Some degree courses are accredited and

will give you a head start

Learn more from the Engineering Council –

www.engc.org.uk

And the Engineering Institutions here tonight!!!

Why I recommend

engineering…

• Being part of a creative process

• Designing solutions to meet

customers’ needs

• Testing and improving technology

• Range of roles and responsibilities

• Working in a multidisciplinary team

• Doing something different every day

• Good salaries are achievable

www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk

Now it’s up to you!

www.tomorrowsengineers.or

g.uk

Stokesley Engineering

Careers evening

Here tonight:

• Engineering Institutions

• Teesside University

• Apprentice Training schools

• Employers & Businesses Plus Videos in the Cyber Cafe

Time Room 1 Room 2 Room 4

7.00 – 7.20

Johnson Matthey

Jacobs Analox

7.20 – 7.40

AMEC Foster

Wheeler

Jacobs

Labman

7.40 - 8.00

Johnson Matthey

Express Engineering

KHome

8.00 – 8.20

BOC

Analox Labman

Short presentations schedule

Please return to Main Hall at 8.30pm