Engineering & industrial: what is open, and which schemes sponsor visas

Two walls here: grad pay below the threshold at consultancies, and security-clearance or nationality bars across defence, nuclear and aerospace.

What is open in engineering & industrial right now

54 of these 473 programmes publish timing for the 2027 cycle, and 18 close within three weeks. 7 recruit on a rolling basis and close when they are full. 403 publish no date at all.

2 October 2026Cadillac Formula 1 TeamIndustrial Placements (Vehicle Performance, Race Strategy and Aerodynamics)Placement yearcloses today
2 October 2026NSG EnvironmentalGraduate ConsultantGraduate schemecloses today
4 October 2026Mercedes-AMG High Performance PowertrainsIT Graduate - SystemsGraduate schemecloses in 2 days
5 October 2026Mercedes-AMG High Performance PowertrainsIT Graduate - SoftwareGraduate schemecloses in 3 days
8 October 2026COWIEngineering Summer Internship 2027Internshipcloses in 6 days
11 October 2026Caterpillar12 Month Industrial Placement SchemePlacement yearcloses in 9 days
11 October 2026Subsea7Graduate Engineers 2027 (Graduate Engineering Programme)Graduate schemecloses in 9 days
12 October 2026Mitsubishi ChemicalIndustrial Placement - Chemical Engineer at Wilton Strategic Projects GroupPlacement yearcloses in 10 days
16 October 2026KentIndustrial Placement - Offshore StructuresPlacement yearcloses in 14 days
16 October 2026Red Bull PowertrainsStudent Placement 2027Placement yearcloses in 14 days
16 October 2026Webb Yates EngineersGraduate Engineers 2027Graduate schemecloses in 14 days
18 October 2026ExxonMobilEngineering Graduate, 2027 Start Date, Fawley Petrochemical ComplexGraduate schemecloses in 16 days

Every UK deadline we hold, in date order, including the other 42 in this sector

1
Sponsors international grads: 18
Sponsors some tracks only: 58
Does not sponsor: 396
No published policy

SponsorsSponsors international grads

Drax
Early careers schemes covering graduate schemes, degree
Drax answers the sponsorship question directly and says it can sponsor international candidates, which almost no other energy employer does.

Some tracksSponsors some tracks only

NoDoes not sponsor

Not publishedNo published policy

Other sectors

Sponsor licences change every working day. Our monthly register change report tracks which organisations join and leave the Home Office register, by sector, place and route.

Apply where you can actually be hired

Start from the schemes that sponsor, then scan your CV against UK applicant tracking systems for free before you apply.

Run a free ATS scan All graduate schemes

Sponsorship data: Home Office register + job ad wording. Not immigration advice, verify on gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.