IT workers pointed towards engineering jobs - 13-05-2008 - 10:59

Engineering and manufacturing companies are increasingly investing in IT to help career development, it has been revealed.

ComputerWeekly.com reports there is demand for technical skills which means those working in IT could progress in engineering jobs.

John Gilmartin, director of contracting services for North and Midlands recruiter Spring Group, hinted this is likely to become an increasing trend towards the end of the year.

It could be a good move, he insisted, as manufacturing and engineering is "no longer" a "slow-moving backwater".

Mr Gilmartin added: "Because of the huge amounts of investment going in, there is a chance to work with the latest tools and technologies and be involved in juicy projects."

The call for IT professionals to enter the engineering and manufacturing industries follows the news that the last year saw a record number of distance learning students pass engineering HNCs.

A-1 Technical Training claimed those that had passed would be able to get better paid engineering jobs.

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