Industry Sectors

Greater Lincolnshire's innovative Manufacturing and Engineering Sector employs over 48,000 people.

Across the region, there are over 2350 businesses operating in the exciting manufacturing and engineering industry, including power engineering, chemical, steel manufacturing and motorsport engineering. With many of these exporting around the globe; Greater Lincolnshire’s creations are being used across the world. Within this innovate industry, businesses are always looking for passionate and creative people to add to the region’s manufacturing and engineering heritage.

Manufacturing & Engineering

Manufacturing and engineering is all about creation – and that’s exactly what Greater Lincolnshire wants to do.

Across the region, there are over 2350 businesses operating in the exciting manufacturing and engineering industry, including power engineering, chemical, steel manufacturing and motorsport engineering. With many of these exporting around the globe; Greater Lincolnshire’s creations are being used across the world. Within this innovate industry, businesses are always looking for passionate and creative people to add to the region’s manufacturing and engineering heritage. Greater Lincolnshire evidences a strong manufacturing and engineering heritage and is very proud of this outstanding position as a nationally important centre for manufacturing. Tracing a long tradition of manufacturing excellence underpinned by a highly skilled and loyal workforce. Greater Lincolnshire is home to world-class companies including Siemens. The sector delivers a direct economic value to the Greater Lincolnshire economy of £2.1 billion per year and employs approximately 41,000 people with growth taking place across several key areas, including engineering, chemicals, metals and polymers. Confidence in the area's manufacturing industry has been boosted by gas turbine giant Siemens, who have invested millions into a new development at Teal Park, near Lincoln, after finding it the best option UK wide for expansion. The metals and engineering sector in North Lincolnshire boasts more than 90 businesses and almost 6,000 employees. Greater Grimsby is at the centre of a major concentration of process industries, which in the wider Humber region employs around 15,000 people in 20 120 companies. The process industries are incredibly diverse and include petrochemicals; commodity and speciality chemicals; composite materials; pigments and paints; and pharmaceuticals. In the last ten years, the Humber Chemical Focus has grown into one of the UK's leading regional chemical initiatives, with more than 100 members. The HCF works with companies and organisations within the region to create and support industry. While the number of the people employed in this sector has declined over the last 10 years nationally, Greater Lincolnshire has fared better, losing approximately a quarter of its employment compared to a third across Great Britain. The value of the sector has continued to rise over this time, and is set to do so in the future. We continue to excel in the manufacturing sector, offering a fresh skills pool to local employers through the first purpose-built School of Engineering for 20 years at the University of Lincoln.

Employers in Manufacturing & Engineering

ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions UK Ltd

ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions UK Ltd

From the office to the shop floor, our people share our global outlook and ambitions.

Metsä Wood

Metsä Wood

Metsä Wood employs over 1,400 people!

WSP

WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms.

GWF Engineering Limited

GWF Engineering Limited

Founded in 1965, GWF Engineering Ltd has been providing services to industry for over 50 years offering excellence in machining and fabrication solutions to hundreds of satisfied customers from a broad spectrum of industries.

Air and Defence Career College

Air and Defence Career College

Lincoln College’s Air & Defence Career College provides employer-led, career focused education and technical training for 16 to 19-year-olds

Genie UK Limited

Genie UK Limited

At Terex AWP, the concept of lifting people and materials higher extends beyond the products we build. It reflects the spirit of partnership behind everything we do. We’re a global company that’s deeply connected to our customers — working to help you build your business, whether you own one store or one hundred stores. Though Genie is now a worldwide company, Genie UK is based in Grantham.

Water Management Alliance

Water Management Alliance

Whether you work for us as a digger driver or as a member of the senior management team, there will be a considerable variety of challenges in your diverse workload and you will be offered real opportunities for career development.

Rilmac Group

Rilmac Group

As a long established, ambitious company, Rilmac are always on the lookout for talented people to join our team of professionals.

Micronclean

Micronclean

At Micronclean our passion is to be the first to develop new technological solutions that change the shape of the markets we serve creating efficiency and quality for our customers.

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