Engineering sectors
Engineering is made up of a whole host of industries: everything from aerospace to utilities. If you want to work in a technical role you’ll probably need to stay broadly within the engineering discipline you have studied at university. However, there will be a wide range of sectors in which you can choose to start your graduate career as an engineer, including some you might assume are open only to graduate engineers from other backgrounds: for example working for a chemical engineering company as an electrical engineer implementing electrical and control systems.
We’ve asked experienced engineers to give their overview of the industries they work in and to highlight the typical engineering disciplines applicable to each area:
- Aerospace engineering
- Automotive engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Construction engineering
- Control engineering
- Defence technology
- Electronic engineering
- Energy - oil and gas
- Energy - power generation
- Engineering careers in the retail sector
- Engineering consultancy
- Engineering design and construction (EDC)
- Fast moving consumer goods
- Food manufacturing
- Manufacturing engineering
- Marine engineering
- Materials and metals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Rail engineering
- Research and development (R&D)
- Telecommunications engineering
- Utilities