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Electrical Engineers

Electrical engineers undertake research and design, direct construction and manage the operation and maintenance of electrical equipment, power stations, building control systems and other electrical products and systems.

Average Salary

£52,193

New workers start around £28,254. Normal pay is £52,193 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £72,514.

Jobs

38,435

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Organises and establishes control systems to monitor the performance and safety of electrical assemblies and systems.

  • Ensures that manufacture, operation and maintenance comply with design specifications and contractual arrangements.

  • Determines and specifies manufacturing methods of electrical systems.

  • Supervises, controls and monitors the operation of electrical generation, transmission and distribution systems.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Electrical Engineering

  • Building Services Engineering

  • Control Systems

  • Systems Engineering

  • Electrical Systems

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Innovation

  • Infrastructure

  • Planning

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.