Sirs.

I am presently working as a mechanical engineer in the built environment for the last 11 years; I also have a HNC in building services engineering. In addition, gained IEng ACIBSE status and registration.

I recently graduated in 2006 with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) Project Management, in 1996, I gained a HND in Computer Aided Engineering, and at present, I feel that these two qualifications have been a waist of time and effort.

I have little experience in the computer aided engineering field so I know that this will be a disadvantage but I wish to move into a engineering discipline other than building services to use put my BSc(Hons) and HND to good use.

I would appreciate any comments you may have based on your experience in the manufacturing, management and controls and automation fields and which companies might take me on with the qualifications rather than my experience.

Mr Howard BSc(Hons) IEng ACIBSE MIET MAPM

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Check some technical staff agencies and other job sites, like www.jobstoday.co.uk, to see what jobs are currently available. Then check what they are asking for and then compare your skills and experience profile to their requirements and see where/if you are short. Once you have done this ask yourself how you are going to make up that shortfall, if this is the case. You may find something that also requires some experience that you have already gained in your current employment or you may need to consider an entry level job or you may just need to wait for the economy to pick up.....and so on.

Anyway good luck.

Regards.

A couple of approaches you can take.
First is to contact companies directly, and not rely on agency staff to find someone. Research different companies and find out what their requirements are and the type of work they do, this would help out in any interview process anyhow, regardless of who approaches them.
Secondly, don't rely on run of the mill agencies, find ones that will interview you and have a good understanding of what it is you are looking for. most agencies are pretty useless, and have no idea what a company actually wants.
The key to any successful new career hunt, is one of identification of your requirements, fitting the requirement of a company and even that fails on occasion, since a companies expectations are too high for the role they wish to fill or they really have no idea what their requirement really is (Personnel offices, more times than not, have no idea what they position entails).
Think of this as yet another degree assignment, that needs researching well beforehand, before you commit to anything

Good luck and I hope it all works out well for you.