b'Partner News Winter 2023 19EnterpriseSEVEN reasons to choose a career in engineeringBy Dr Jon Hiscock MIET, CEO of Fundamentals Limited Engineers make the world workfrom research and developmentInternational Women in Engineering 1and have the power to changeto manufacturing. EngineersDayand check out their three very the world for the better. Withoutthemselves often develop multipledifferent paths into engineering: engineers, there would be no cleanskills sets and can swap betweenwww.powerengineeringint.com/water, electricity, transport, saferoles.industry-insights/celebrating-structures, modern housing, newwomen-engineers-who-medical treatments, phones orEngineers are typically well paid,makesafetyseen internet, to name a few. Engineers4 with salaries increasing steadily can take pride in jobs that arewith experience. According to aEngineering is an international essential for every aspect of life.survey by The Engineer publication,7 career, because engineering-based This is recognised in places likethe average UK engineer earnsknowledge and skills are universally Germany, where engineers have more than 57,000 per year, within demand - and are expected to high social and professional status,the highest pay in the renewables,become more so, as the world gears up there with lawyers and doctors.nuclear and manufacturingup to tackle the unprecedented Less so in the UK, but times areindustries at more than 63,000.challenges of addressing climate changing fast. Starting salaries can be 24,000change. There has never been a to 30,000+ and the most seniormore exciting time for young people There is an enormous shortageengineers can earn over 100,000. who want to develop a career which 2 of engineers. The IET estimatesis truly global and important to the UK shortfall at over 173,000.A university degree is by no meanshumanity.Recruitment company Quantum5 the only route into an engineering says theres an annual demand forcareer. There are multiple optionsI wrote above that engineers have the 124,000 engineers and techniciansfor gaining engineering-relatedpower to change the world. If you choose across the country, as well asqualifications in technical schoolsthis path, you may not have quite the another 79,000 mixed applicationand colleges. Companies themselveshistory-making impact of Michael Faraday roles that require a broadare increasingly offering a wide(1791-1867), whose work led to the electric engineering skillset. The shortage isrange of training and apprenticeshipmotor and electricity generator (among expected to increase, so there areschemes, which combine paid workmany other things), or Elon Musk, who plenty of jobs waiting for you. with learning on the job and collegeoriginally studied physics and materials courses. Another option is thesciences. But whatever branch of The range of engineering careersarmed services, where recruits canengineering you follow, you will certainly 3 is as wide as human activityspecialise in a choice of engineeringhave the opportunity to make a positive itself, with disciplines essentialdisciplines and finish their servicedifference, however small, in a career which to sectors including electricity,with qualifications which are highlycan be challenging, creative and rewarding water, chemical, mechanical,valuable in civilian life. in every way.structural, environmental, civil, medical, bioscience, manufacturing,The prejudice that engineering isIf youre interested in a career in software, hardware the list is6 exclusively for boys is disappearingpower systems, a willingness to develop, almost endless. Many sectors havefast. Increasingly, some of our bestand a desire to take on new challenges overlapping requirements, so inengineers are women. They comewith a yes we can attitude, we would our case as specialists in electricalfrom all backgrounds and work inlike to talk with you. Please visit power, engineers are involvedvirtually every field of engineering.fundamentalsltd.co.uk/careers or contact in everything from computerHave a look at three of our teamus on careers@fundamentalsltd.co.uk.technology to electronics, andwho were featured as part of'