The midlands

Dunks said:
If you think aero is slow pace, I wouldn't give nuclear a go!
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Good point, Its about the only area I have not had any engineering contact with apart from some stuff for CERN but its not the same as that was a last minute oh crap moment and paid for 3 weeks skiing in Canada :D

Power-train, get your CAD skills up-to speed and you will be laughing. Good money contracting and ZERO responsibility, win win really.
 
RoboCod said:
Just LOL at this. 20 yrs and not earning more than £26k? Is this real life?? You can hit that working in Tesco that long with no skills.
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Yeah but you have to work Saturdays and deal with people, from my experience dealing with them PCB engineers hate people :)
 
SPG said:
But are you worth it ?

I can answer that for you, simply No, but good luck if you can get it.
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Actually, I think he can probably answer it better than you can, and the answer is clearly 'yes'; otherwise he wouldn't have a job paying him that figure.
 
Dunks said:
If you think aero is slow pace, I wouldn't give nuclear a go!
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Haha yeah my first job in nuclear (RR derby) after sometime in aerospace (south west) was working on a modification of a part that was drawn in 1978! Much happier in the faster paced auto industry.
 
Nathan said:
Can't believe people are suggesting areas like Solihull. Staffs or Shropshire much better option, especially if close to the M54.
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depends where he's working

if he gets a job at the Jaguar/Landrover factor in Solihull then not living near to Solihull would be rather dumb...
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Haha yeah my first job in nuclear (RR derby) after sometime in aerospace (south west) was working on a modification of a part that was drawn in 1978! Much happier in the faster paced auto industry.
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Yeah tell me about it! Currently at RR myself, working on NG though so at least the drawings now have 2015 on them!
 
dowie said:
depends where he's working

if he gets a job at the Jaguar/Landrover factor in Solihull then not living near to Solihull would be rather dumb...
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Thing is if engine plant then Wolverhampton would be the area, or indeed even Bentley. In reality JLR engineering product development optimal location is Warwick/ leamington near to Gaydon.
 
London is a big place. Look for a job around there. Lots of building services there, I'm not too sure on engine/power trains tho.

In terms of cost of living etc, however you'd be far better off in the Midlands.

I'm soon moving to the Midlands (already in a grad job in Cambridge doing mechanical engineering - water) if it's of interest. Lots of water engineering around Midlands

As a recent grad I can tell you 26- 30k is quite down to earth figures, from the salaries I see/saw a year ago.
 
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Dunks said:
And it's no wonder no one wants to do engineering if you think paying one with 20 years experience £30k is acceptable.
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Nail. Head.

SPG, I don't know what industry you're in but after 6 years at uni, you wouldn't have got my cv in the first place for that money. I could make more waiting tables in a high street franchise restaurant.
 
shroomz said:
Nail. Head.

SPG, I don't know what industry you're in but after 6 years at uni, you wouldn't have got my cv in the first place for that money. I could make more waiting tables in a high street franchise restaurant.
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You show me a menial job like that paying 30k and I will snap your hand off, much better than having to deal with office politics and out of hours work all the time.
 
Awww, the nativity of expecting to leave uni, land a job immediately and live happily ever after in The Midlands. Bless. :).

My advice is not to be living in the future quite so much.
 
tom_e said:
You show me a menial job like that paying 30k and I will snap your hand off, much better than having to deal with office politics and out of hours work all the time.
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Not quite 30k, but certainly more than the 20k he seemed to imply, especially so once tips were accounted for. I did it while at uni over the summer, extrapolated over a whole year it wouldn't have been bad, especially when you consider what the job is. Having said that, I am extrapolating here for winter months which may mean fewer tourists and tips.
I started on 30k at my graduate job, which isn't even that high for oil. Sadly, still at 30k a year later with the current market, feel like I was born 10 years too late sometimes :p

Completely agree with your post, I'll probably contract at some point to keep work simple.
 
shroomz said:
Not quite 30k, but certainly more than the 20k he seemed to imply, especially so once tips were accounted for. I did it while at uni over the summer, extrapolated over a whole year it wouldn't have been bad, especially when you consider what the job is. Having said that, I am extrapolating here for winter months which may mean fewer tourists and tips.
I started on 30k at my graduate job, which isn't even that high for oil. Sadly, still at 30k a year later with the current market, feel like I was born 10 years too late sometimes :p
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To be fair I made some crazy money doing security work while at uni, hard graft but if you were prepared to put the effort in you'd quite easily shock all the drunks who give it the whole "I earn more in an hour that you earn all night" rubbish.
 
tom_e said:
To be fair I made some crazy money doing security work while at uni, hard graft but if you were prepared to put the effort in you'd quite easily shock all the drunks who give it the whole "I earn more in an hour that you earn all night" rubbish.
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Exactly, it's a bit boom and bust but on average, the pay's not half bad. Especially when you have someone doing a highly specialised job with 20 years' experience and earning in the same ballpark!
 
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