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What Work Leicestershire
 ENGINEERING AND
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Engineering is everywhere, with new technology offering a vast offer of careers. Many different
products are made in the area, from construction machinery, electricals, packaging and drinks,
and the area has a strong manufacturing heritage in mechanical, aerospace, automotive and
machinery. This deeply rooted skills base continues today through the presence of large, global
manufacturing businesses in the area such as Caterpillar and Brush.
What is happening?
Skills & qualities
• This sector employs 23,100 people. In addition,
non- advanced manufacturing provides 32,890 jobs
locally.
• The sector includes technical consultancy, scientific
research and development, product and process
innovation, engineering and manufacturing.
• HORIBA MIRA based at MIRA Technology Park is a global
provider of pioneering engineering, research and test
services to the automotive, defence, aerospace and rail
sectors.
• The Loughborough Science and Enterprise Park is
developing an internationally significant centre that
brings together high-tech companies from dynamic start-
ups to research and design facilities of global brands,
including Rolls Royce, Intelligent Energy and CENEX.
What could you earn? *
Production technician £18K-£35K
Mechanical engineer £22K-£55K
Electronics engineer £20K-£50K
Sheet metal worker £20K-£30K
Motor vehicle assembler £22K-£45K
Useful subjects
• Formula E, engineer some of the world’s fastest
electronic racing cars and have their UK headquarters at
Donington in Leicestershire for teams such Audi Sport,
Andretti Autos and Virgin Racing!
• Local universities offer many renowned advanced
manufacturing, technology and engineering courses, even
including space technology!
• Skills gaps include electrical and mechanical engineering,
aerospace experts, green technologists, IT engineering,
research and design
engineers.
• Triumph and
Norton (motorbike
manufacturers) are
based here.
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On the web
www.futuremorph.org
www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk
www.miratechnologypark.com
www.semta.org.uk
www.lusep.co.uk
Local employers include
• Caterpillar
• Taylor Hobson • SPS
Technologies
• Emerson • Oadby Plastics
• Fisher Scientific • Babcock
International
• Bostik
• Honeywell
• Preci-Spark
Gent
• GE Druck
• Winbro Group
• Nylacast
• JC Metalworks