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Build a thriving engineering career at IMechE Focus: Skills and Recruitment

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Get expert insights and strategies to bridge the skills gap and build your career at IMechE Focus: Skills and Recruitment
Get expert insights and strategies to bridge the skills gap and build your career at IMechE Focus: Skills and Recruitment

The skills landscape is shifting. An estimated annual shortfall of 59,000 engineers and technicians is being compounded by rapid technological advancements and an evolving workforce, while the much-anticipated new Industrial Strategy will bring even more transformative change. It has never been more important to keep up with the latest in engineering skills and recruitment.

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Get expert insights and strategies to bridge the skills gap and build your career at IMechE Focus: Skills and Recruitment. Taking place from 16-20 June, the new webinar series will bring together industry experts, innovators and thought leaders. Aimed at engineering employers and practising engineers, the event will focus on the skills needed to deliver the UK’s Industrial Strategy and how to have a successful engineering career.

Topics include:

  • Building a career at BAE Systems
  • Mechanical engineering skills required for the hydrogen transition
  • The role of engineering in delivering the Industrial Strategy
  • Building skills for new nuclear technologies
  • Driving excellence at AWE
  • A deep dive into systems engineering
  • Career opportunities in the nuclear sector
  • An introduction to bioengineering and related careers
  • Thriving as a working parent
  • The benefits of hosting a T-Level placement

Register to:

  • Gain insights from leading experts on workforce development and talent retention
  • Explore strategies to bridge the skills gap in engineering and technology
  • Understand the role of apprenticeships, digital skills, and reskilling in a changing job market
  • Learn from industry leaders, recruiters and educators driving change
  • Hear about career opportunities at major employers including BAE Systems, AtkinsRéalis and AWE  

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The 2025 IMechE Focus programme also includes two other week-long series of learning and discussion, with a focused selection of insights for all professionals.

The other weeks are:

IMechE Focus: Sustainability and Decarbonisation, 8-12 September

Explore cutting-edge strategies for reducing emissions, driving sustainable innovation, ensuring energy security and meeting the net zero challenge in engineering.

IMechE Focus: Aerospace and Defence, 13-17 October

Delve into the latest advances, challenges and opportunities in aerospace and defence, from emerging technologies to global security.

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