The Careers Adviser with responsibility for School of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Institute of Petroleum Engineering students is:
Keith Kilgore (Room SR 1.06)
Book an appointment if you want to speak to Keith 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.
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:
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:
A1 Cliveden - Specialist in software, IT, electronics, telecomms, engineering and rail vacancies.
AgencyCentral - Access to recruitment agencies for graduates in 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.
CET 500 - Consultant Engineers and Technologists. Database of Engineering and Technology Consultants in the UK and Europe with a Graduate Recruitment section.
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) - Centre of scientific excellence for the UK ministry of defence. Listings of specific vacancies, graduate vacancies and details of industrial placements.
Engineering Council UK - Regulation of the Engineering Profession in the UK. Links to websites of Employment opportunities.
Engineers Wanted - Engineering related jobs listed by engineering recruitment agencies.
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.
IMech - Institution of Mechanical Engineers - links to professionalcareers.net.
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.
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.
Manufacturing Recruitment Ltd - All kinds of Engineering related jobs, within the UK.
Scenta - The Scenta website offers information and jobs in science, engineering and technology.
TARGETjobs - Engineering opportunities
UK Engineering Recruitment - Enter the word 'graduate' in the Advanced Search facility.
Below is a selection of employers that recruit Mechanical Engineering graduates.
Interserve Industrial Services
Global Finance & Business Network - Useful site created by students for students. Gives details of large corporations as well as other guidance in the industrial and manufacturing sector.
Prospects Employability Guide - Student employability profile; giving the qualities, attributes and skills looked for by employers in the Engineering industry.