British qualified civil engineers in high demand ëdown underí

The boom in construction appears to have left a shortfall in civil engineers in Australia and New Zealand, according to the ICErecruit.com, the official online recruitment site from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

ICErecruit is currently hosting over 50 online career opportunities in Australia and New Zealand alone, and there are events and information on the site from Immigration New Zealand to help guide and encourage those engineers interested in working overseas.

There is no sign of demand slowing down either, according to Bryce Smart, a native New Zealander, based in London and heading up international recruitment at ICErecruit.com, ëThere is a shortfall of qualified engineers in Australasia, but due to quality of training and breadth of experience, British engineers are held in high regard, plus there is no language barrierí.

Beca is a flourishing Asia Pacific organisation and regularly uses www.icerecruit.com to target UK based engineers. As one of the largest New Zealand employee owned engineering and related consultancy services group, they are well placed to utilise Icerecruit.

Since January 2005, they have successfully relocated more than 55 individuals and families to New Zealand. The strong support network they offer helps with a smooth transition to New Zealand and their status with the New Zealand Immigration Service as a ëTalent Accredited Employerí allows qualifying engineers to apply for a work-to-residence visa and receive fast track processing to minimise frustration and uncertainty.

Since itsí launch in June 2002, icerecruit.com now carries over 1000 specialist engineering world wide engineering vacancies every month for both members and non-members of the ICE, making it one of the fastest growing civil engineering sites in the UK.

For further information, please contact Andrea Hodson: andrea.hodson@thomastelford.com.