subject: Types Of Engineering Jobs [print this page] There are many kinds of engineering jobs available in the market. The most important thing to remember about these jobs is that almost all of them require a person to have some creative skills, as well as mathematical and scientific expertise. Mechanical, electrical, civil, and chemical are some of the fields attached with engineering. However, there are many more subcategories. One thing common about these fields is that people must try to design and build things in order to solve problems and, hopefully, make society better in every way possible. However, they must do this by keeping in mind that there is a cost attached to everything and if they want to start a new project or research they must make sure that it is feasible it is worth the cost.
A mechanical engineer is one who capable enough to design different types of mechanical systems, and practices designing mechanical systems. They may work on, power systems, vacuum technology, transportation products, aircraft, weapon systems, vibration isolation, kinematic chains, or a physical machine of any other kind. An electrical engineers work is related with a large number of electrical items and systems. This includes telecommunications, electronic devices, electromagnetic devices, fiber optics, generators, circuits, computers and many others.
Civil engineers help to design and construct structures the public uses daily. They also work on structures for private individuals. Their job description involves road, railroads, large buildings, bridges, water treatment systems, water supply and many other structures we all use. A chemical engineer works with chemical processing on a large scale. Chemical engineer helps develop new types of fuel, which are hopefully more efficient and less polluting than what we are using now.
All of these engineering jobs some mentioned and some not mentioned above usually require a lot of education. How much education an engineer in any particular field requires depends largely on the field and subcategory he chooses. A relatively new growing field which is on the rise is software engineering. In this field, a person will help improve software in hopes of making it somehow easier to use, better and cheaper. Engineers working in an environmental field work with water treatment and its impact on the environment. Someone in the agricultural field, they might be involved in chemical or mechanical engineering, depending on if they are making machines for animal or plant biology or agricultural purposes related. They help with devising improved ways to make food available for livestock and people.
Engineers have over the years managed to help the society maintain and keep on improving their standards of living.
