Electrical engineer : Employers and vacancy sources

Electrical engineers are employed in a wide range of industry sectors. These may be multinational, multifaceted companies covering a wide range of industries or small to medium-sized specialist enterprises. They include:

• transport organisations, including road and rail networks;
• manufacturing and industrial production organisations across a wide range of products;
• the construction and building services industry;
• specialist engineering and consultancy firms;
• telecommunications companies;
• petrochemical industries in production and distribution;
• research and development companies in the defence-related industries;
• the Ministry of Defence (MoD)  and the armed forces, mainly the technical corps.

This range gives applicants a large choice of entry points into the profession and a variety of organisations in which to gain experience and build a career.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Engineering & Technology  
• Physics World  
• The Engineer Jobs   
• The Career Engineer    
• Top Engineering Jobs   
• National press.

Recruitment agencies and online jobs boards sometimes advertise vacancies and often handle contract vacancies, particularly for experienced engineers. For more details on specialist recruitment agencies, see the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) .

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