WHILE engineering-related roles are vital to the UK economy, accounting for one in five jobs, fewer than 16 per cent of the workforce are female.This Sunday is International Women in Engineering Day, designed to highlight opportunities in the sector for female staff.
It’s not just demand for traditional jobs on the rise, as vacancies for “green engineering”’ roles in the UK have increased by 55 per cent in five years.Paul Gibbens, of recruiters Hays, says: “Vacancies across engineering have continued to increase with requirements for renewables and green energy roles in demand, alongside manufacturing, power, and nuclear jobs.
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