Hi Scion
Could you outline your background a bit more. Abbreviations you mention are not familiar to this countryBut what kind of work did you do in Japan?
Once you tell me what kind of engineer you are I can give you some great job links. Offshore Engineer, Mechanical, Civil, take your pick. But in the meantime, I will just talk of some recruiting websites
Here is your first port of call is a paper the Daily telegraph which will tell you about locations to work in. I wish this helps you
http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/engineering-jobs/
Also to search UK wide you can use the search Engineering Jobs
http://www.engineeringjobs.co.uk/
This one is called KDC good for specialist engineering recruiting
http://www.kdcresource.com/
And Electus Recruitment Solutions is a technical recruiter as well
http://www.electusrecruitment.co.uk/
And this one seems obvious for the website address. The Engineerhttp://www.theengineer.co.uk/Jobs/Home.aspx
Due to the nature of your work, you will come under the governments new highly skilled TIER system. I am sure you have heard about it. It simply boils down to the amount of points you can get based on your experience and skills.
* Tier 1 – Highly skilled migrants, entrepreneurs, investors and graduates (replacing the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, the Entrepreneur and Investor Schemes and the International Graduates Scheme)
* Tier 2 – Skilled workers with a job offer (replacing the UK Work Permit)
* Tier 3 – Temporary, skilled workers to fill labour shortages
* Tier 4 – Students
* Tier 5 – Youth mobility and temporary workers entering the UK for working holidays
More about this is on this website here:
http://www.workingin-uk.com/info/867
Good luck
Gaz