Monday, April 25, 2011

What jobs are there in engineering?


Take your pick. There are jobs in a very wide range of specialities and roles at many levels from engineering technician to senior engineer, including management and research.
job list © Melinda Fawver | Dreamstime.com Some are more specialist – for example, non-destructive testing – but many are very multi-disciplinary – robotics or materials development. Because technology is always moving on, engineers often change or widen their specialism during their careers, as well as their job roles. This is one of the reasons engineers enjoy their jobs so much! Studying engineering is also great general education and unemployment among professional engineers and scientists is among the lowest of any sector in the country. The roles we have covered here are just a snapshot of the many areas that you could consider as an engineer. Visit the case studies section of this website for more information about jobs in engineering.

How much money do engineers earn?

Each industry sector is different, as is each individual engineering job within that industry.
How much money do engineers earn? © Aleksandar Todorovic | Dreamstime.com Nevertheless across the board, on average, professional engineers can expect to earn more than £10,000 per year over and above the national average salary. The prospects for employment and progression are also positive. A large proportion of engineering and technology (E&T) graduates end up working in E&T careers. Employment rates (those who enter full-time, paid employment after leaving university) for E&T graduates in 2007 were increasing annually and stood way above average at 62%. Unemployment rates for this same group were below 10%. Research carried out in 2006 showed that 14 % of FTSE-100 top executives were qualified engineers.

Here are some examples of where engineers work to get you started.

Sound and acoustics engineer
Food engineer
Motorsport engineer
Safety engineer
Transport engineer
Medical engineer
Systems engineer
Environmental engineer
Aeronautical engineer
Textile engineer
Renewable energy engineer


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