Engineer a Career

Welcome to The Engineer a Career Podcast, brought to you by Engineer a Career! Join us as we delve into the fascinating journeys of engineers from various fields and backgrounds. Each episode features an in-depth interview with a seasoned professional who share their personal stories, from their initial interest in engineering to their experience in education and beyond!Discover the highs and lows of their careers, the inspirations that fueled their passion, and the mentors and coaches who guided them along the way. Our guests also provide invaluable advice for anyone aspiring to pursue a career in engineering, offering insights that can help you navigate your own path to success.Whether you're a student considering engineering, a recent graduate starting out, or a professional looking to make a change, The Engineer a Career Podcast is your go-to for real-world stories and practical advice to engineer your future.

Engineer a Career is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 63 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Engineer a Career

  Start The Rhythm. Your Engineering Journal.

  Aug 18, 20269 min

  The simplest habit in this episode is the one you'll wish you'd started sooner.Sixteen years ago, in his first job, Josh was told to keep a notepad. He still does over 25 of them now, filled with notes from across his career. When it came to becoming a chartered engineer, those notebooks were the record he built his whole submission from.This episode is about starting yours. Not a tidy diary, a working log. Josh walks through the rhythm he'd tell any engineering student or graduate to build now, before the new academic yearWhy writing it down matters more than where. Why keeping the record is the thing, not the tool.Why this one habit sits underneath everything that comes later, your applications, your interviews, your chartership years down the line.Recorded at the University of Strathclyde.Part of a four-episode series for the new academic year: Reflect (60) · Recognise (61) · Record (62) · Apply (63).—Follow Engineer a Career on LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok, and come along to our events across Scotland this academic year.

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  Stop Underselling Yourself!

  Aug 11, 202613 min

  Josh is back with more steps to build your way to a career in engineering. This one's about the skills you already have and aren't talking about. You go to university or college, you get the degree but the part-time job, the society, the volunteering, the side project are all building capabilities employers want. Most students undersell them, or forget they count at all. Josh breaks down where these skills come from, the bar job, the Formula Student team, running a society's finances, managing a golf team, the AI side project and why they belong in your CV, your applications, and your interviews. The message is simple: what you're doing right now is valuable. Tell your story before someone tells it for you. Follow the podcast on Spotify, YouTube, Apple, Instagram and TikTok and come along to an Engineer a Career event this academic year. Follow Engineer a Career -LinkedIn: @engineeracareerInstagram: @engineeracareerTikTok: @engineer.a.careerYouTube: @engineeracareerWebsite: www.engineeracareer.co.uk

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  Episode 60

  Aug 3, 202620 min

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  From Electrician to Chartered Engineer

  Jul 28, 202657 min

  Josh sat down with Ryan to talk through his journey from electrical apprentice to chartered engineer, and how he ended up working as a senior project manager in Perth, Australia. What stands out about Ryan's story is that nobody handed him the way in. He failed physics twice at school and never considered university an option. When he couldn't get an apprenticeship, he did a pre-apprenticeship course at college, and when that placement couldn't take him on, he printed a brochure, looked up twenty electrical companies and drove round Paisley handing them out door to door. That is how he found the apprenticeship that started everything. From there it became a long process of building it brick by brick. Night classes for an HNC while completing his trade papers, then a day release bachelor's degree, then a part-time masters, all while working full time. Eight years of study without a free afternoon, and a fifteen thousand pound pay cut to make the move from the tools into design at an SME consultancy. Ryan is candid about why he made that jump. There was nothing about being an electrician that he disliked, but he could not picture forty years of the same work. That honest conversation with his line manager is what opened the next door, and it is a reminder of how much a good manager can change someone's direction. The conversation also gets into what he now looks for when interviewing graduates in Australia, why intentional work experience matters more than a grade, and the free software anyone can download today to put a real skill on their CV. Alongside that, there is a long-held goal to move to Australia, set during his first years as an apprentice and held through several pivots until it happened. If you are trying to get your first opportunity, weighing up an apprenticeship against university, or wondering whether a trade background is a strength or a setback, this is an honest conversation about building a career without waiting to be picked. Follow Engineer a Career LinkedIn: @engineeracareer Instagram: @engineeracareer TikTok: @engineer.a.career YouTube: @engineeracareer Website: www.engineeracareer.co.uk

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  Engineering, Entrepreneurialism and The Energy Institute

  Jul 20, 202633 min

  It's Episode 58, and it's time to share what it's really like being a member of one of our strategic partners, the Energy Institute. Ubong Essien is a PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde and Secretary of the Energy Institute Young Professional Network. He studied mechanical engineering in Nigeria, where apprenticeships were not a common route into the profession and university was effectively the only path available. A master's in production engineering introduced him to sustainability and moved his interest towards energy. After a year working in the palm kernel oil processing industry he returned to academia as a lecturer, then began a PhD in Morocco before leaving after sixteen months and starting again at Strathclyde, where his research covers materials for fuel cells and ammonia decomposition as a route to hydrogen. In this episode he talks about deciding whether a PhD is the right choice and what makes one worth finishing, how membership of the Energy Institute led to panel sessions at All-Energy and a feature in New Energy World while still a student, and why he believes the sector needs people from business, economics and marketing as much as it needs engineers. He also discusses where hydrogen realistically sits as a fuel, and his plans to commercialise his research after completing his PhD. An honest conversation about building a career across three countries, and about taking opportunities that feel bigger than you are.

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