Engineering recruitment

Engineering recruitment in Dundee

YP Recruitment places manufacturing engineers, process engineers, medical device engineers, electrical engineers, and renewables engineers in Dundee for employers including Michelin's EV tyre manufacturing operations at Dundee, NHS Tayside at Ninewells Hospital, the University of Dundee's life sciences and engineering research base, and the growing offshore renewables supply chain across Tayside. Dundee's engineering market reflects the city's transition from its jute and NCR manufacturing heritage toward life sciences, renewables, and advanced manufacturing. Salaries run from £28,000 for graduate engineers to £58,000 for senior technical specialists.

The engineering market in Dundee

Michelin's Dundee site has been transformed from traditional tyre manufacturing into a hub for EV-compatible tyre production and sustainable mobility technology, in partnership with the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP). The engineering roles here now span EV tyre manufacturing processes, material science applications, and the broader sustainable transport technology being developed on the site. Process engineers, manufacturing engineers, and mechatronics specialists are recruited for roles that combine Michelin's global technical standards with Dundee's transition economy ambitions.

Ninewells Hospital, operated by NHS Tayside, is one of Scotland's largest teaching hospitals and employs medical physicists, clinical engineers, and biomedical engineers alongside conventional estates engineering professionals. The hospital's position at the heart of the University of Dundee's medical school and life sciences cluster creates demand for engineers at the boundary between clinical technology and medical research. The life sciences sector growing around the university, including spin-outs in diagnostics, drug delivery, and medical imaging, adds biomedical engineering and instrumentation roles to the local market.

Dundee's offshore renewables engineering opportunity is developing around the Dundee Waterfront's Port of Dundee, which has been designated as a hub for offshore wind installation and maintenance. The construction of floating offshore wind farms in the North Sea, including projects off the Angus coast, creates demand for engineering professionals with marine, structural, and electrical backgrounds who can support installation vessel operations, component manufacturing, and onshore maintenance logistics. This is a nascent but rapidly growing part of the Dundee engineering market.

Engineering salary benchmarks in Dundee

Graduate and junior engineers in Dundee earn £28,000 to £36,000. Mid-level engineers at Michelin, NHS Tayside, and comparable employers earn £36,000 to £50,000. Senior engineers earn £48,000 to £58,000. Salaries in Dundee run approximately 5-10% below Scottish central belt equivalents in Edinburgh and Glasgow, reflecting the smaller market, but Dundee's lower cost of living partially offsets this.