Work is needed to counter the ‘oily’ image of jobs for engineers, and stop the digital sector from luring the best graduates
‘It is incredibly hard to recruit enough experienced people,” says civil engineer Liz Chapman, head of design at the UK arm of global infrastructure business Stantec. “I have never known it to be this tough to find engineering staff.”
While many companies are withdrawing job adverts, worried about higher interest rates and the threat of an economic slowdown, engineering firms are bucking the trend.
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