Engineering and Manufacturing

Engineers are creative and hands on. They design, create, test and improve all sorts of products and processes. From buildings in your local community to railways and aircrafts - bring creations to life as an engineer.

The impact you could make:
- Solving the world's upcoming problems using creative and problem solving skills.
- Responding to natural disasters, improving cyber security and developing clean energy sources.
- Designing driverless vehicles and spacecrafts for future tourists.

The opportunities within engineering and manufacturing:
There are many diverse opportunities from aerospace and pharmaceuticals to food and fast-moving consumer goods production. This industry thrives on a global scale, so you may get to travel all around the world during your career.

Employment
There are 139,300 people currently working in engineering.*

Job Availability
Between 2022 to 2025 a further 8,200 people will be needed to fill job openings.*

Job Diversity
There are 4,821 Modern Apprentices working within engineering in Scotland.*

*Skills Sector Assessment 2022