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Available roles in the UK engineering sector
Electrical Engineer
Be part of the UK's transforming defence sector and discover new skills with leading organisations.
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Electronics Engineer
Harness your expertise in complex systems and stand out in a competitive market with long-term job security.
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Embedded Engineer
Discover untapped career progression opportunities in the automotive, aviation, medical tech and consumer electronics space.
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Control Systems Engineering
Trust your hiring needs or career advancement to a specialist control systems engineering recruitment agency.
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Systems Engineering
Join the 53% of the UK labour force that benefits from full contractor flexibility, working on exciting projects from IoT to medicine and green tech.
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Design Engineer
Follow in the footsteps of teams who have tested and shaped new products in ground-breaking sustainable energy programmes.
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Mechanical Engineer
Lend your design and testing skills to next-generation industry shifts in science and research.
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Project Engineer
Build on your leadership and problem-solving skills to drive real change in UK manufacturing, construction, medical tech and more.
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Read the 2025 Engineering Labour Report
With one in five senior professionals planning to retire in the next five years, where should UK engineering recruiters look next? Learn more about the most desirable verticals, the impacts of IR35, and the factors that really motivate the workforce. Hear from more than 3,000 UK engineers in our latest findings.
Download the 2025 Engineering Labour ReportAbout our engineering recruitment.
The Engineering team at Murray McIntosh specialises in delivering recruitment solutions for SMEs inindustries such as defence, marine, and manufacturing across the UK. We focus on critical engineering roles - ranging from Electrical and Electronics Engineers to Embedded, Control Systems, Design, Mechanical, Systems, and Project Engineers - where skills are niche.
Our mission is to make recruitment efficient, agile, and reliable. We combine deep sector knowledge with a research-led, advisory approach to workforce planning, giving clients access to top-tier and often passive talent that is otherwise hard to reach. We understand the context of each role, the challenges of security clearance, and the nuances of project-based work, ensuring we make precise, well-judged introductions that drive long-term success.
Beyond simply filling roles, we work as a trusted business partner. Our consultants maintain active networks, stay ahead of industry developments, and provide considered guidance on issues such as IR35, retention, and market trends. This allows us to deliver recruitment that is relevant, measured, and directly aligned to our clients’ operational and strategic objectives.
"Chris’ first-hand experience undoubtedly allowed him to understand the requirements of the engineering roles at JCB. This pace of recruitment support is greatly appreciated.”
Matthew Round - Principal Systems Engineer at JCB Power Systems
First hand response from their clients!
I find Murray McIntosh are proactive in searching suitable position whenever I approach them. They are quick on getting first hand response from their clients straight after an interview. I would highly recommend them as key recruiters for those who are looking for change or further progression.
The Murray McIntosh team are absolutely outstanding in attention to detail and never giving up on the values all recruitment specialists should aspire to be like.
I must say that over the past 40yrs of working at some of this countries biggest and most prestigious projects (and industry) I have in all of those years had many agencies working to get me the right position and if that position didn’t work out they ran for the hills!!
A unique situation to put someone in so trust has to be defining, but now to the agency recruitment specialist Murray McIntosh, after being let down and leaving a position early even though it was supposed to be long term, the team kept the pressure on and said they would do their best. 3-4 months later I am now working for that same company in a better position! They are absolutely outstanding in attention to detail and never giving up on the values all recruitment specialists should aspire to be like.
Murray McIntosh are a credit to the profession and I can’t them enough for giving me the opportunities they had promised and come through with.
Bravo!!
Always at the end of the phone to answer any questions
Murray McIntosh has a team of reliable recruitment consultants who will work hard to find you a suitable role. They will also continue to ensure you are integrated within your role with no issues and are always at the end of the phone to answer any questions. I would like to continue working with Murray McIntosh due to the great client service.
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Permanent Recruitment
Quickly secure the right permanent hires while we manage the recruitment process end-to-end, ensuring a seamless and compliant hiring experience.
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Live vacancies in the UK engineering sector
Murray McIntosh
ContractCyber Security Engineer
£35-£50 per hourDerby
* Sound understanding of cyber software measures (encryption key management, CAN message authentication, hardware implementations like HSM, etc) * Requirements capture - Threat analysis Attack Tree, TARA, Cyber Goals and Cyber requirements etc * Lead in identifying suitable cyber measures and approving proposed solutions * Reviewing component validation plans and organising resources to support * Generate test plan and deliver validation penetration and fuzz testing
Chris Nelson
Murray McIntosh
PermanentField Engineer
£38,000-£42,000 per annumBerkshire
The role is field-based, covering the South and M4 corridor, and would suit someone based around Reading, Basingstoke, Newbury or Farnborough. You'll be installing, commissioning and maintaining water treatment equipment on customer sites, carrying out planned maintenance and fault-finding, and working closely with clients and contractors on live sites.
Nile O'Meally
Murray McIntosh
ContractSenior Electronics Engineer
£65-£75 per hour
Experience required: * Electronic design & engineering experience * Altium experience (preferred others considered) * Excellent PCB design, layout and schematic capture experience * Knowledge of SIL preferred. * Power electronics experience preferred * Analogue & Digital design experience * Understanding of embedded software would be an advantage * Previous marine/defence experience (advantageous not a necessity)
Chris Nelson
Murray McIntosh
ContractMechanical Design Engineer
£47-£57 per hour
Murray McIntosh is recruiting for a Mechanical Design Engineer to work for a client on a contract basis as detailed below: We required candidates that hold current SC clearance for this role. Experience required: - Solidworks CAD & PLM experience - Previous mechanical design experience - Ability to carry out drawing updates; carrying out detailed design, tolerance studies (including GD&T) and generation of manufacturing data packs - Previous experience working to BS8888
Chris Nelson
Murray McIntosh
ContractElectrical Technician
£30-£39 per hourDidcot
Murray McIntosh are currently seeking an Electrical Technician to work for a client of ours on a contract basis as detailed below: Responsibilities: * Control panel building * Panel wiring to IPC standards * Rack building and wiring * Cable pulling * Prototype wiring * Adding connectors to cables * Working to diagrams and schematics * 18th edition electrical would be preferred
Chris Nelson
Murray McIntosh
PermanentSafety Engineer
£55,000-£65,000 per annumTaunton
Responsibilities and skills: * Previous experience in a similar role * Experience of producing Safety Management Plans and Safety Case documentation * Experience of Conducting Risk identification and Hazard assessments * Previous experience in Creating and maintenance of hazard logs maintenance, evidence gathering and requirements validation * Previous experience in defence would be ideal * Ideally be trained to Ship Safety Management Organisation (SSMO) level or equivalent
Helpful resources for the UK engineering sector
Case Study
JCB Power Systems
This JCB case study is a testament to how Engineering by Murray recruitment supported JCB in delivering the first hydrogen motor in the industry.
Chris Nelson
Nov 12, 2024
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Harland & Wolff
Chris delivered several specialist contractors in a short time frame which allowed us to deliver a critical project to a high standard.
Chris Nelson
Nov 07, 2024
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Ontic
Chris delivered a mixture of contract and permanent solutions for us against two roles that had been open for an extensive period of time.
Chris Nelson
Nov 07, 2024
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