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Futureproof your 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 (Credit: Shutterstock)
Get expert insights and strategies to bridge the skills gap and build your career at IMechE Focus: Skills and Recruitment (Credit: Shutterstock)

The UK needs more engineers, quickly. According to EngineeringUK, the annual shortfall of qualified engineers and technicians stands at 59,000. Combined with rapid technological advancements, evolving skill demands and a shifting workforce landscape, prompt action is needed to secure the next generation of engineering talent.

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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 27 April to 1 May, the webinar series will focus on the skills needed to futureproof engineering and to help you have a successful engineering career.

Topics include:

  • Mechanical engineering at BAE Systems
  • Unlocking the potential of metamaterials
  • Skills and training in additive manufacturing
  • Safety leadership for the hydrogen transition
  • An introduction to ATEX
  • The lifelong learning entitlement
  • Mechanical engineering skills for the hydrogen economy

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

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The 2026 IMechE Focus programme also includes two other week-long series of learning and discussion. The second week will be Power and Energy (1-5 June), followed later in the year by Digital and Emerging Technologies (12-16 October). Register your interest today.  


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