Sector overview

Visit the Prospects' site to get an overview of the property and construction industry. You'll also find typical job profiles for the sector, including

• Construction manager
• Consulting civil engineer
• Contracting civil engineer
• Environmental Engineer
• Facilities manager
• Site engineer
• Structural engineer

 

Webinars 

Hear from University of Strathclyde alumni about their careers: 

Laura Halliday, Richter

Kevin Dorward, Amey Consulting

 

Useful online resources

What is civil engineering? (ICE)

Consulting or Contracting - Which civil engineering job is right for you? (TargetJobs article)

WISE (Women into Science, Engineering and Construction)

InvestNI - Construction company database for Northern Ireland

Construction News news from the construction industry

Building - online magazine for the UK construction industry

Job sites & specialist recruiters

Careers in Construction

Green Jobs

ICE Recruit specialist civil engineering job board

Just engineers

New civil engineer

Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) Graduate Scheme -  Civil Engineers

TARGETjobs construction and civil engineering graduate jobs

The Structural Engineer Jobs - online recruitment site for the IStructE

Career Structure

FM World Jobs - official job board for the IWFM

i-FM

Construction Manager Jobs - CIOB recruitment site

Specialist Recruitment agencies:

• Matchtech
• Precision People
• Walker Dendle

Professional bodies

Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)

Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)

Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)

Construction Industry Council (CIC)

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

The Association of Women in Property