Engineering recruitment in Liverpool

The Liverpool engineering market

Cammell Laird's shipbuilding and ship repair facility at Birkenhead is one of the UK's most important marine engineering employers. The yard has delivered Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels and undertakes major commercial ship conversion and repair contracts, employing marine, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers. BAE Systems' submarine design activities at Bootle employ systems and naval architects. The Mersey waterfront and port infrastructure managed by Peel Ports creates demand for civil, structural, and marine engineers managing quays, terminals, and navigational infrastructure.

Unilever at Port Sunlight on the Wirral operates one of the company's largest European manufacturing facilities, producing personal care and homecare products and employing process, mechanical, and electrical engineers. The offshore wind supply chain associated with Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea wind farms creates demand for offshore and marine engineers. Liverpool's NHS trusts employ building services and mechanical engineers in their estate teams, adding to the breadth of engineering jobs available in the city.

Liverpool's ongoing regeneration, including the Knowledge Quarter and waterfront schemes, creates civil and structural engineering demand. Mott MacDonald, Arup, and WSP all have Liverpool offices. The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University produce engineering graduates who add to the local talent pool. Merseyside salaries sit slightly below Manchester equivalents, making Liverpool-based hiring competitive for employers on a national recruitment market.

Engineering employers in Liverpool

• Cammell Laird — shipbuilding and ship repair, marine and structural engineering, Birkenhead
• Peel Ports — port infrastructure and marine engineering, Liverpool Docks operations
• Unilever — process and mechanical engineering, Port Sunlight manufacturing facility
• BAE Systems — naval architecture and systems engineering, Bootle design team
• Arup — infrastructure and civil engineering consultancy, Liverpool office

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Engineering salary benchmarks in Liverpool

Liverpool engineering salaries sit 3 to 5 per cent below national average. Marine and offshore engineering roles typically carry industry supplements. Roles requiring chartered status (CEng, IEng) command the upper bands.

Engineering roles we fill in Liverpool