Transport engineers

Transport engineers

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  Fast-track engineering

  London's underground railway is 150 years old this year and Ian Rawlings has to use all his engineering experience to keep trains moving as well as updating the trains, tracks and signalling systems at the same time - a difficult, important and rewarding job!

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  A Practical Apprentice

  Emily is 18 years old and in the third year of her apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce.

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  In the fast lane

  Tanmay Dube is Team Manager for Team Bath Racing. He loves the excitement of working in motorsport.

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  Slipstream to success

  Meet Puja, a mechanical engineer who is fascinated by the aerodynamics behind motorsport. Puja took part in Formula Student, a challenge which sees university students from around the world design and build a single-seat racing car, which is then put to the test at the famous Silverstone Circuit.

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  Charged up

  Cars and road vehicles are responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK in 2012 and Steve Large hopes to make a dent in this figure working as an engineer to create electric car charging points.

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  Driven to succeed

  Nazia Ali is a graduate working in the Body Engineering department at Jaguar Land Rover. She's part of the team behind the distinctive shape of their vehicles, as well as the less obvious, but equally important things that go on inside the cars!

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  From bicycle spokes to engine cogs

  Richard Kirkland got into engineering through his love of tinkering with mountain bikes, motorbikes and restoring cars. Now he puts these skills to use as an apprentice with international car manufacturer...

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  McLaren mean machines

  Chris Gosling joined McLaren's graduate programme four years ago and now has a big input on the engineering of super-fast cars like the one in this video!

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  On the road

  Emma works as a vehicle maintenance apprentice. Hear why the apprentice route worked for her and how she's gaining qualifications as she goes.

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  Going underground

  Tube Lines make sure that the London Underground system works well. The company also has an apprentices programme that is a great door into the world of engineering.