Engineering and technical recruitment in Edinburgh

YP Recruitment is a specialist engineering and technical recruitment agency placing engineers and technical professionals across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Edinburgh's engineering market spans civil infrastructure consultancy, construction, energy transition, and building services, with a professional services character distinct from Glasgow's heavy industrial base.

The Edinburgh engineering and technical market

Edinburgh hosts offices for major infrastructure consultancies including Jacobs, Atkins, and Mott MacDonald. Civil and structural engineering is the city's strongest discipline, serving transport, water, and public infrastructure projects across Scotland. Babcock's Rosyth facility across the Forth adds naval and defence engineering demand accessible from Edinburgh.

Construction demand is sustained by residential development, commercial growth, and infrastructure investment including tram expansion and the Edinburgh BioQuarter. The city's large financial services sector creates demand for building services engineers and facilities managers. The energy transition is adding new roles in renewables project management and electrical engineering.

Civil and structural engineers in Edinburgh earn £38,000 to £52,000. Building services engineers achieve £38,000 to £52,000. Construction project managers command £55,000 to £70,000. Senior infrastructure consultants earn £50,000 to £65,000.

Edinburgh's professional engineering cluster

Edinburgh is Scotland's strongest market for infrastructure consultancy engineers. Jacobs, Atkins, Mott MacDonald, and AECOM all maintain offices here, serving Scottish Government and public sector infrastructure programmes across transport, water, and energy. The city's tram extension and BioQuarter development are among the most active construction projects in Scotland.

Babcock's Rosyth complex, just across the Forth Bridge, adds naval and defence engineering demand accessible from Edinburgh. The facility handles aircraft carrier maintenance and other defence programmes. Edinburgh's large financial services property estate creates distinct demand for building services engineers and facilities managers. The university sector, with Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, and Napier, produces a strong graduate pipeline and generates specialist estates management roles.

Roles we place in Edinburgh

We recruit civil engineers, structural engineers, building services engineers, project managers, site managers, facilities managers, transport engineers, water engineers, and technical sales engineers across Edinburgh. Mid-level engineers earn £38,000 to £52,000. Senior infrastructure consultants command £50,000 to £65,000. Construction project managers achieve £55,000 to £70,000. For a detailed breakdown, use our salary checker.

Sectors we cover in Edinburgh

Our engineering recruitment team in Edinburgh covers civil, structural, and building services engineering roles. Our construction recruitment specialists work with contractors across the Central Belt. We also cover property services, manufacturing, technical sales, and executive and leadership appointments.

Browse Edinburgh roles

View current engineering and technical jobs in Edinburgh, or register your CV to hear about roles before they are advertised. Edinburgh sits within our Scotland region.