Process engineering, control and maintenance
This page has been designed to give a starting point for those looking into careers in process engineering, control and maintenance.
See also our pages on Civil engineering and construction, Engineering design, and Engineering: Sales and Services
What are careers in process engineering, control and maintenance?
A process engineer develops economical industrial processes to make the products on which modern society depends. Maintenance engineering plays a vital role in the efficiency, development and progress of the manufacturing and processing industries.
Control Instrument engineers need a thorough understanding of the operational processes of an organisation and have a truly multidisciplinary role, working closely with colleagues across a number of functions such as operations, purchasing and design.
Prospects
Is a graduate careers website with the following profiles:
Control and Instrumentation engineer
Maintainence engineer
Prospects Sector Guides
- Engineering www.prospects.ac.uk/links/EngineeringSB
- Manufacturing www.prospects.ac.uk/links/ManufacturingSB
- Energy and Utilities www.prospects.ac.uk/links/OilSB
Target Jobs
This is a graduate careers website with the follwing sector profile:
Engineering
Inside Careers Guide to Engineering
Choose the section on engineering from the home page to get to this comprehensive site on careers in this area.
www.insidecareers.co.uk
The careers centre has a number of free annually updated publications on engineering:
- Target Engineering
- Target Engineering Design and Construction
- Realworld Engineering
- Inside Careers Engineering
The Careers Centre at Moulsecoomb also has the following book available for reference which may be useful:
- Longson, S. (2006). Life after... Engineering and Built Envrionment: A practical guide to life after your degree. Routledge: London.
How do I get into it?
IChemE on campus
Information for chemical, biochemical and process engineering in academia.
www.ichemeoncampus.org/
Institution of Engineering and Technology
Professional registration, professional development, jobs and other career related information.
www.theiet.org/
Institute of Material, Minerals and Mining
Accredited courses in these areas.
www.iom3.org
STEM Sussex
One-stop-shop for science, technology, engineering and mathematics information in Sussex.
www.stemsussex.co.uk/
Women into Science and Engineering
The WISE Campaign encourages young women, under 19 years old to value and pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths or Construction related courses in School or College and move on into related careers.
www.wisecampaign.org.uk
Look for courses at the University
See the courses database for University of Brighton courses in this area http://courses.brighton.ac.uk/
Finding a job or employer in this sector
The Career Engineer
Online jobs portal
www.thecareerengineer.com/
Chemistry and Industry (monthly)
An online magazine looking at news in science, commerce and industry.
www.chemind.org
Electronics Weekly
Electronics Times
Giraffe Recruitment
Specialist recruitment agency for the Engineering sector.
www.girafferecruitment.co.uk
gradcracker
This is a website in that it is entirely dedicated to graduate engineer recruitment.
www.gradcracker.co.uk
Just Engineers
Engineering job advertisement website
www.justengineers.net
Mechanical Engineer
NES International Ltd
NES is an engineering and technical recruitment specialist, providing contract and permanent recruitment services throughout the UK and overseas.
www.nes-process.com
New Scientist
Real World - Engineering
Online magazine with links to employers, online vacancies, case studies and articles
www.realworldmagazine.com/engineering-and-technology-it
UK Engineering Recruitment
The leading UK technical vacancies site.
www.ukengineeringrecruitment.net/
Worldwide Worker
WorldwideWorker.com is the global leader in energy jobs for engineers and professionals. Find a job in Oil & Gas, Renewables, Electricity, Power, Mining, etc. You can apply from anywhere, at anytime.
www.worldwideworker.com
Further Information and useful links
Association of Institutions concerned with Medical Engineering
British Computer Society
Chartered Engineering Institution for information technology (IT).
www.bcs.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management
Site includes an directory of consultants, contractors, manufacturers or suppliers in the environmental (water, air, or land) management sector, and a job market section.
www.ciwem.org.uk
EEF - the manufacturers' organisation
EEF provides engineering and manufacturing support & employment advice for business. You will also find useful labour market and sector information as well as a vacancies section.
www.eef.org.uk/
Institution of Agricultural Engineers
The Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) is the professional body for engineers, scientists, technologists and managers in agricultural and allied landbased industries, including forestry, food engineering and technology, amenity, renewable energy, horticulture and the environment.
www.iagre.org
Institute of Chemical Engineers
Employment and careers advice for chemical engineers.
www.icheme.org.uk
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining jobs pages
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
IMarEST provides a careers and recruitment advisory service for its members and the marine community at large.
www.imarest.org
Institute of Material, Minerals and Mining
International professional body for the advancement of materials, minerals and mining to governments, industry, academia, the public and the professions.
www.iom3.org
The Women's Engineering Society