Engineering students are being snapped up before graduation

“It really is a jobseeker’s world in engineering right now. Most students are already in jobs before they leave college” says prominent engineer

Pádraig Leahy, CEO of PLas Consulting Engineers in Little Island, Cork, and the PRO for the Cork region with Engineers Ireland.

The majority of engineering graduates in mechanical, civil, electrical and all across the full spectrum of manufacturing disciplines are offered jobs before completing their primary degrees.

Pádraig Leahy, PRO for the Cork region with Engineers Ireland and CEO of PLas Consulting Engineers in Little Island, Cork, says Ireland is entering an exciting growth phase and demand for qualified engineers across all disciplines is only going to get stronger.