Who This Site Is For

Maven Net is built for independent consultants and contractors working in technical and engineering disciplines. If your work involves specialist knowledge, a client site, and a contract rather than a permanent position, this site is for you.

The industries below give an indication of the breadth of the community. If yours isn’t listed, it probably should be — use the contact form to let us know.

Industries Covered

Aerospace
Agriculture
Air Transport
Alternative Energy
Architecture
Automotive
Biochemistry
Biomedicine
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Building Services
CAD Design
Ceramics & Glass
Chemical Manufacturing
Chemical / Process Engineering
Civil Engineering
Commissioning
Computer Hardware
Computer Security
Computer Software
Conservation
Construction
Construction Materials
Contracts Management
Controls & Instrumentation
Cosmetics
Cost Engineering
Defence
Design & Development
Documentation Control
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Manufacturing
Electrical Utilities
Electronics Engineering
Electronics Manufacturing
Environmental Health
Facilities Engineering
Field Service Engineering
Fire Protection Engineering
Food & Drink
Food Products
Forestry & Conservation
Gas Utilities
Geology
Health & Safety
Horticulture & Forestry
Human Factors (Ergonomics)
HVAC
Hydrology
IT
Life Sciences
Lighting
Logistics Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Marine Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Equipment
Medical Devices
Metals & Metalworking
Microbiology
Mining & Quarrying
Mining Engineering
Nuclear
Oil & Gas
Packaging Engineering
Petrochemicals
Petroleum Engineering
Pharmaceuticals
Plastics & Rubber
Power & Utilities
Power Systems Engineering
Precision Equipment
Procurement
Production Engineering
Project Engineering
Project Management
Pulp & Paper
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Railways
Regulatory Affairs
Reliability Engineering
Research & Development
Robotics
Safety Engineering
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Shipbuilding
Software Development
Structural Engineering
Surveying
Technical Translation
Technical Writing
Telecommunications
Test & Measurement Equipment
Textiles
Transport
Validation
Waste Management & Remediation
Water Utilities

The list covers both the disciplines where most consulting work occurs and adjacent fields where contract and project-based working is common. Some entries overlap by design — a contractor working in pharmaceutical manufacturing, for example, might identify with Chemical Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality Assurance simultaneously.

Reviews, Forum Discussions, and Guide Articles on this site are relevant across all these fields. Client companies, agencies, and managers operate the same way regardless of industry — the specific technical context changes, but the experience of being a consultant does not.