Civil & Structural Engineering
Your Careers Adviser
The Careers Adviser with responsibility for the School of the Built Environment is:
Lindsay Adams (Room SR 1.04)
Book an appointment if you want to speak to Lindsay about your future career plans.
The resources on this web page have been selected to provide you with the best tools to help you with your career planning as well as the application process.
Job Profiles
To help you make an informed career choice Prospects have compiled comprehensive profiles on jobs and occupations throughout most sectors of industry and commerce. Each profile includes the following information:
- Job Description and Typical Role Activities
- Salary and Conditions
- Entry Requirements
- Further Training or Professional Study Required
- Career Development Paths and Opportunities
- Typical Employers and Vacancy Sources
- Related Jobs
- Graduate Case Studies
- Useful Contacts and Further Resources
- View Civil & Structural Engineering Job Profiles
Career Options
Discover career options relevant to your degree subject on the Prospects website. Don't forget - a wide variety of career options are open to students with 'any degree' subject!
Find out:
- What skills you have developed by studying your particular subject area
- What your job options are with your degree
- Which career areas do most graduates with your degree go into
- What further study options are open to you
- Useful contacts and further resources
- View Career Options with Civil & Structural Engineering Degrees
Graduate Job Sites
AgencyCentral - Access to recruitment agencies for graduates in Civil and Structural Engineering.
Anders Elite - A free Construction and Engineering recruitment service to students looking for assistance in their careers.
Bulldog - A recruitment agency for the UK engineering industry.
Career Engineer - Specialist recruitment website for the Engineering industry including automotive, aerospace, defence, construction, civil and petrochemical sectors.
CareersInConstruction - Jobs related to construction engineering such as structural and civil engineers, architects, surveyors and estimators.
Engineering Council UK - Regulation of the Engineering Profession in the UK. Links to websites of Employment opportunities.
Gradcracker - If you’re an engineering student, gradcracker is your site. No other site in the UK is geared entirely around careers for graduate engineers.
Index Environmental - Dedicated to the recruitment of both permanent and contractual Civil Engineering and Environmental staff throughout the UK, Europe and World-wide. Also has a useful career advice section.
Inside Careers - Whether you've already decided on a career as an Engineer or you're just looking for more information before you make your mind up, Inside Careers has in-depth and structured information and advice.
Institution of Civil Engineers - 'ICErecruit' - the official ICE recruitment site dedictaed to serving the needs of engineering professionals.
Institution of Structural Engineers - Website contains vacancies advertised in the current edition of 'The Structural Engineer', which is published fortnightly.
Jim Finder - Engineering and Manufacturing jobs 'Jimfinder on campus' - profiles of companies currently seeking engineering graduates.
Jobs.ac.uk - Academic and research posts for postgraduates in science and related proffesions. The website has vacancies from universities, colleges, research institutions, public sector bodies, charities and commercial organisations in the UK and abroad.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - KTP allows the student to enhance career prospects by benefiting from business based training and personal and professional development whilst managing a project within a company.
Talent Scotland - TalentScotland – website managed and funded by Scottish Enterprise.Vacancies include Optoelectronics and Communication Technologies.
TARGETjobs - Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering opportunities
Thomas Telford Recruitment - The official recruitment consultancy of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Chemical Engineers. It is also a recruitment consultancy specialising in civil, construction, structural and chemical engineering.
UK Engineering Recruitment - Enter the word 'graduate' in the Advanced Search facility