Infrastructure projects boost demand for engineers

Despite weaker job prospects in other areas, engineering continues to show demand outstripping supply for professional and skilled engineering candidates. The latest survey demonstrating this continuing need is from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). According to the details from an article in Process Engineering, a supplement of The Engineer magazine, ‘vacancies for engineers were up 1% year-on-year for permanent candidates; vacancies for temps and contractors were up 7% year-on-year’. The report says, in particular, it is the increase in investment in large infrastructure projects that is pushing this positive trend. On example of such a project is Crossrail. Chief executive for APSCo, Ann Swain, is quoted as saying “Crossrail is Europe’s largest construction project and has created huge demand for engineering and project management specialists.” Read more on the demand of engineers in the full article in Process Engineering. http://www.theengineer.co.uk/channels/process-engineering/-engineering-skills-in-high-demand-as-infrastructure-investment-hits-record-level/1011984.article