There is a definite misconception about STEM subjects and it is failing young people. Unaware of the alternative routes into civil engineering and lack of knowledge about what kinds of careers are available means more awareness is needed around the ways in which young people can enter a career in Civil Engineering. 

Famously described as the “brains and guts” of industrial Britain, Trafford Park remains home to pioneering, industrious & creative companies such as DCB Group which, in part, has operated there since 1973.

Civil engineering graduates are the third highest starting earners according to Engineering UK’s annual report, with the median earnings for an engineer growing 1.7% to £40,953, comfortably above the national median wage of £28,213.