Glasgow built its reputation on engineering, and it is still the largest engineering jobs market in Scotland. The shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun are building frigates for the Royal Navy, the city and its neighbouring council areas hold a dense base of fabricators, machine shops and equipment manufacturers, and many of the consultancies and contractors delivering Scotland’s energy and infrastructure projects run their engineering teams from here.
Most of the industrial work sits in business parks and estates rather than the city centre. Hillington Park, one of Scotland’s largest business parks, houses engineering, fabrication and food and drink operations. To the west, the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland beside Glasgow Airport is home to the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland. To the east and south east, Queenslie and Cambuslang Investment Park host manufacturers and service businesses, and the M8 and M74 corridors connect the city to the industrial estates of Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire.
The west of Scotland also has one of the country’s biggest concentrations of food and drink production, including bottling and packaging, and a growing space sector building small satellites. That mix means Glasgow employers compete for many of the same people: maintenance, design, quality and project engineers, and experienced operations managers.
The city also trains a large share of Scotland’s engineers. The University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow run major engineering faculties, and City of Glasgow College and Glasgow Clyde College deliver engineering apprenticeships and HNC and HND courses, so employers can combine graduates and apprentices with experienced hires.
We recruit engineers for employers across the city and its travel-to-work area. Recent roles in and around Glasgow include a Quality Manager, an Engineering Manager for a manufacturer supplying the renewables sector, and a Maintenance Engineer supporting food and drink production.
How we work with employersWhere the engineering work is in and around Glasgow
See every sector we cover on our engineering sectors page.
Paisley, Renfrew, Clydebank and Greenock each have their own engineering employers, and the rail and motorway network makes it easy for engineers to commute into the city from across the west.
We also recruit engineers in Lanarkshire, Stirling and Edinburgh. Every area we cover is listed on our engineering recruitment locations page.
Call 01698 464 099 or email info@engineeringrecruitscotland.com, or use our contact page.
See our current engineering vacancies in Glasgow and the west, or upload your CV so we can call you when a suitable role comes in.
Tell us about the role and we will explain how we would approach the search, who is likely to be available and what it will take to secure them.
Most engineering assignments take 4 to 6 weeks, depending on how complex the role is. Recent examples include a Maintenance Engineer placed in 3 weeks and a Quality Manager placed in 6 weeks. We give you an honest view of the likely timescale when we take the brief.
Every engineer is interviewed by phone and on a Teams video call before you see a CV. Each CV comes with a written summary of the engineer's background, why they are looking and their salary expectations, so you only see people with the right skills, experience and motivation.
We agree terms for each assignment rather than publishing a standard rate, because the right structure depends on the role and how you want to hire. Terms include a free candidate replacement guarantee. Call 01698 464 099 to discuss your vacancy.
Quality, design, manufacturing, maintenance, estimating, project, electrical, mechanical, process, automation, civil and structural engineers, along with engineering managers and directors.
Yes. We recruit engineers for employers across Glasgow and the rest of Scotland from our office at Strathclyde Business Park, Bellshill, and search our network of engineers across the area, including people who are not actively looking.
Engineering Recruit Scotland was set up in 2020. Our directors have spent 25 years recruiting engineers for employers across Scotland.
Send us the details and a senior consultant will call you back to talk through the role, the market and how quickly we can find the right engineer.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 01698 464 099.
Call us or tell us about your vacancy, and we will give you an honest view of how quickly we can help.
