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**antonyandruleit** · 05-12-2009, 05:01 PM

My college degree is in industrial engineering/civil engineering!
My sister called me and she has lived in UK for 2 yrs gettn her master degree. I have my bachelors degree in civil engineering!

If I decide to pursue a career as an engineer....in the UK what can I expect??

The jobs Ive landed here are just autoCAD jobs...

mostly from my dad

I want a new start

**K0aM7urg** · 05-12-2009, 05:19 PM

Go for it.
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**HarryMet** · 05-12-2009, 05:37 PM

If I decide to pursue a career as an engineer....in the UK what can I expect??

To press F7 a lot?

**antonyandruleit** · 05-12-2009, 05:53 PM

To press F7 a lot?

grrrrrrrrrrr

**gghrdfffhfyj** · 05-12-2009, 05:54 PM

Qualified engineers over here are ten-a-penny so your CV will need to heavily emphasis (a) specific experience and (b) areas of specialist capabilities. There's plenty of work around, though, if you're prepared to be very flexible in terms of location, salary and contract length:

http://jobsearch.monster.co.uk/Searc...bSearch;Browse

http://jobsearch.monster.co.uk/Searc...bSearch;Browse

**Polopolop** · 05-12-2009, 10:07 PM

bachelors degree ? lol
Not to long ago, you swerving at me with "I´m doing my doctors" bs ?
A bachelors degree is really a dime a dozen here, i finished my first with 18.

**freflellalafe** · 05-12-2009, 10:13 PM

in the UK what can I expect?? don't be the A-typical naive spam student....

you will be mugged up by other students and taken for a ride.

and they wont respect your constitutional rights as an American.

it will be a good trip just for the experience tho.

**Lunims** · 05-12-2009, 10:50 PM

bsc/beng - you will go onto the incorporated engineer career path with the ICE

Meng/msc - you will go onto the chartered engineer path with the ICE

incorporated engineers can do most jobs so don't worry. chartered engineers will go onto project management etc

site work and consultancy work is very different. you should probably look into site work if you are looking for something different. you get paid more.

engineering jobs are not easy to get here. usually there are multi-stage interviews and assessment days for consultancy, in my experience.

check out the Institute of Civil Engineers web site for information.

most importantly everything is metric, if you don't like that your stuffed!

**avavavava** · 05-12-2009, 11:49 PM

most importantly everything is metric, if you don't like that your stuffed!

Makes science and engineering easier. All of my engineering classes were mixed US and metric.

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gghrdfffhfyj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Qualified engineers over here are ten-a-penny so your CV will need to heavily emphasis (a) specific experience and (b) areas of specialist capabilities. There's plenty of work around, though, if you're prepared to be very flexible in terms of location, salary and contract length: http://jobsearch.monster.co.uk/Searc...bSearch;Browse http://jobsearch.monster.co.uk/Searc...bSearch;Browse Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Polopolop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	bachelors degree ? lol Not to long ago, you swerving at me with "I´m doing my doctors" bs ? A bachelors degree is really a dime a dozen here, i finished my first with 18. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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freflellalafe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 661 Senior Member	in the UK what can I expect?? don't be the A-typical naive spam student.... you will be mugged up by other students and taken for a ride. and they wont respect your constitutional rights as an American. it will be a good trip just for the experience tho. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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05-12-2009, 10:50 PM	#8
Lunims Join Date Nov 2005 Location CA Posts 601 Senior Member	bsc/beng - you will go onto the incorporated engineer career path with the ICE Meng/msc - you will go onto the chartered engineer path with the ICE incorporated engineers can do most jobs so don't worry. chartered engineers will go onto project management etc site work and consultancy work is very different. you should probably look into site work if you are looking for something different. you get paid more. engineering jobs are not easy to get here. usually there are multi-stage interviews and assessment days for consultancy, in my experience. check out the Institute of Civil Engineers web site for information. most importantly everything is metric, if you don't like that your stuffed! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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avavavava Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 531 Senior Member	most importantly everything is metric, if you don't like that your stuffed! Makes science and engineering easier. All of my engineering classes were mixed US and metric. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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