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JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF
ENGINEERING GRADUATES
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Mechanical engineers assessing project requirements Effective Engineering, transport,
produce specifications for, measuring the performance of technical skills manufacturing,
design, develop, mechanical components, devices and construction and process
The ability to
manufacture and install engines companies
work under pressure
new or modified agreeing budgets, timescales and Research and
mechanical components specifications with clients and managers Problem-solving
development
or systems. maintaining and modifying equipment skills
organizations
Mechanical engineers to ensure that it is safe, reliable and Creativity
can work on components efficient Consultancies
and equipment for many using computer-aided Interpersonal
Utilities companies
industries including design/modeling software skills
MECHANICAL The Civil Service
healthcare, power, liaising with suppliers Verbal and
ENGINEERING
transport and water. undertaking relevant research written The armed forces
producing and implementing designs communication skills
and test procedures Government agencies
presenting designs to managers and Commercial
clients awareness
testing, evaluating, modifying and re- Teamworking
testing products skills.
writing reports and documentation
providing technical advice
analyzing and interpreting data.

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CIVIL Civil engineers
ENGINEERING design, plan and oversee
construction projects
such as railways and
roads.
Civil engineers create,
improve and protect the
environment in which we
live. They plan, design
and oversee construction
and maintenance of
building structures and
infrastructure, such as
roads, railways, airports,
bridges, harbours, dams,
irrigation projects, power
plants, and water and
sewerage systems.
Civil engineers fall into
two types: consulting
engineers and
contracting engineers.
Consultants are
responsible for the
design work of projects
and work predominantly
in an office. Contractors
then take the designs
and implement them
during construction.
Contractors work on site,
managing the
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undertaking technical and feasibility Employers seek Construction
studies including site investigations graduates who are companies (both
using a range of computer software for commercially aware consultants and
developing detailed designs and capable of contractors)
undertaking complex calculations working well within a Local authorities and
liaising with clients and a variety of team environment. government departments
professionals including architects and Other key skills
subcontractors include: Rail companies
compiling job specs and supervising Utility companies
tendering procedures sound
resolving design and development mathematical,
problems scientific and IT skills
managing budgets and project resources
the ability to think
scheduling material and equipment
methodically and to
purchases and deliveries
manage projects
making sure the project complies with
legal requirements, especially health and problem-solving
safety skills
assessing the sustainability and
ability to work to
environmental impact of projects
deadlines and within
ensuring projects run smoothly and
budgets
structures are completed within budget and
on time ability to maintain
an overview of entire
Working hours for consulting civil engineers projects while
are generally normal office hours, with continuing to attend to
some extra hours and weekend work close detailed technicalities
to project deadlines. Contractors, on the
excellent verbal
other hand, often work shifts and weekends
and written
and are outside in all weathers.
communication skills
negotiating,
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construction of the supervisory and
structure. leadership skills
complete
knowledge of relevant
legislation

ELECTRICAL Electrical engineers are agreeing project specifications, budgets Enthusiasm Telecommunications,
ENGINEERING responsible for a part of, and timescales with clients and managers engineering, computing
Good technical
or the complete life cycle undertaking relevant research and utilities companies
abilities
of, a new or modified implementing designs
Consultancies
electrical product or creating test procedures Innovation
system from research testing, evaluating, modifying and re- Government Agencies
Teamworking skills
and design to testing products The armed forces
development and writing reports and documentation The ability to work
installation. analyzing and interpreting data well under pressure
Electrical engineers attending meetings and giving The motivation to
can work in various areas presentations. work extra hours
including power when necessary
generation, building Some travel, including overseas trips, is
services and transport. often required to visit clients and suppliers.
Extra hours may sometimes be necessary
to meet deadlines.
ELECTRONICS Electronics engineers using a mix of science and math, along Complex problem- Telecommunications
ENGINEERING work in a rapidly with engineering techniques, to design, solving skills and a providers mobile
advancing profession produce, install and maintain methodical mind phones, radio, TV and
that is key to the telecommunications systems satellite companies
Critical thinking
development of the designing and managing equipment
Manufacturers and
worlds IT. used to control and monitor processes, Strong interest in
providers of PCs, tablets
Electronic engineering systems and machinery in many different technology
and ATM machines
offers the chance to areas Aptitude for math
produce new innovations using and designing systems to control Scientific research
pressures and temperatures and to manage Communications acoustics, optics, physics

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and developments in
telecommunications,
robotics, computing
hardware, and power and
electrical equipment.
There is plenty of managing budgets
scope to specialize within
the field, with areas of
expertise including audio,
visual and light electronic
equipment; control
systems and automation;
and microelectronics
(computer chips) and
telecommunications.
CHEMICAL Chemical engineers
ENGINEERING are responsible for the
chemical, biochemical
and/or physical
processes and
machinery used to
transform raw materials
into valuable products.
Chemical engineers
(or process engineers)
are responsible for
developing new industrial
processes and designing
new process plants and
equipment or modifying
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waste in manufacturing industries skills and nanotechnology
writing specifications and drawing up
Strong IT skills Medical device and
theoretical designs to create user-friendly medical instrument
interfaces Time
manufacturers
planning projects and preparing and management and an
ability to priorities and Aviation and aerospace
writing technical reports and keeping up plan work effectively companies
to date with developments in technology The manufacturing
and regulations sector programmable
evaluating operational systems and logic controls (PLCs) and
recommending design modifications to industrial machinery
eliminate causes of malfunctions or changes developers
in system requirements
using computer-assisted engineering
(CAE) and design software and equipment
to perform engineering tasks
testing new processes An aptitude for and Chemical production
collecting data required to make interest in chemistry and process companies
improvements and modifications IT and numeracy (for example,
overseeing the construction of new plants skills pharmaceutical, consumer
using and developing process simulation Analytical skills goods, synthetics, plastics,
software to work out the best production Commercial paints and polymer
methods awareness manufacturers)
purchasing and installing equipment The ability to work The water treatment
using scientific principles related to well under pressure industry
magnitude, momentum, heat transfer etc Communication and Food manufacturers
supervising plant operations teamworking skills Oil
investigating and troubleshooting Problem-solving refining/petrochemical
plant/process problems skills companies and associated
scheduling and coordinating work to tight service and contractor
deadlines and within financial budgets companies
ensuring that equipment works to its
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existing ones. The specification and to appropriate capacities
processes that they assessing safety and environmental
come up with are used to issues
create products ranging liaising with installation/project engineers
from oil and gas to food and specialists
and drink. ensuring safe working conditions and
compliance with health and safety
legislation.

COMPUTER Computer hardware Design new computer hardware, creating Analytical skills Computer systems
ENGINEERING engineers research, schematics of computer equipment to be Creativity design and related
(Hardware) design, develop, and test built Critical-thinking skills services
computer systems and Problem-solving Computer and
components such as Test the completed models of the skills peripheral equipment
processors, circuit computer hardware they design Verbal manufacturing
boards, memory devices, communication skills Semiconductor and
Analyze the test results and modify the
networks, and routers. design as needed other electronic
These engineers component manufacturing
discover new directions Update existing computer equipment so Government
in computer hardware, that it will work with new software Research and
which generate rapid development in the
advances in computer Oversee the manufacturing process for physical, engineering, and
technology. computer hardware life sciences
Maintain knowledge of computer
engineering trends and new technology
COMPUTER There are four main discussing clients requirements and Mathematical Software development
ENGINEERING types of software proposed solutions with a senior developer aptitude companies
(Software) developer: systems (for developers at mid-skill level and below) Problem-solving
Financial services
skills
developers, web writing and testing code firms
Programming
developers, mobile collaborating with other developers languages (different Banks
developers and test types of developer Technology

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automation developers.
Development tools are used by software
A junior software
developers to write and test code, often as a
developer, with
team. Common development tools include:
experience, is likely to
progress to senior
software developer and
later to software architect
or similar.
INDUSTRIAL Industrial engineers
ENGINEERING find ways to eliminate
wastefulness in
production processes.
They devise efficient
systems that integrate
workers, machines,
materials, information,
and energy to make a
product or provide a
service.
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using development tools (see below) role require different consultancies
languages)
Telecommunications
Excellent
companies
organizational and
time management Public sector
skills organizations
integrated development environments (eg
Eclipse, IntelliJ): for writing and editing code Accuracy and
attention to detail
source control management (eg Git, SVN, An understanding
Mercurial): to enable teams to work together of the latest trends
to manage changes to source code and their role in a
issue management systems (eg Jira): for commercial
managing a list of issues or improvements environment
Teamwork skills
test driven development: for writing code Self-development
to test your code skills to keep up to
deployment (eg Jenkins, Hudson): for date with fast-
ensuring the latest software release is changing trends
packaged correctly, tested and deployed to
an application server
Review production schedules, Creativity Manufacturing and
engineering specifications, process Critical-thinking service industries
flows, and other information to skills. Computer and electronic
understand methods that are applied Listening skills product manufacturing
and activities that take place in Math skills
manufacturing and services Problem-solving Machinery manufacturing
Figure out how to manufacture parts skills
or products, or deliver services, with Communication skills Aerospace product and
maximum efficiency (oral and written) parts manufacturing
Develop management control
systems to make financial planning Motor vehicle parts
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and cost analysis more efficient manufacturing
Enact quality control procedures to
resolve production problems or Engineering services
minimize costs
Design control systems to coordinate
activities and production planning in
order to ensure that products meet
quality standards
Confer with clients about product
specifications, vendors about
purchases, management personnel
about manufacturing capabilities, and
staff about the status of projects
moving heavy parts within
manufacturing plants
delivering goods from a company to
customers, including finding the most
profitable places to locate
manufacturing or processing plants
evaluating job performance
paying workers

References:

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