Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Energy Engineer
Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Energy Engineer
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Energy engineers research, design and build power generation plants, and work in the oil and gas industry.
- Research and design new generating sites
- Decide on the best locations for sites
- Plan and oversee production programmes for sites
- Manage and coordinate teams of technicians or site workers
- Design and select equipment
- Meet environmental standards, like carbon reduction targets
- Find the most cost efficient and productive processes
- Carry out laboratory experiments
- Convert experiments into large-scale industrial processes
- Work with geologists, geophysicists and specialist contractors
- Manage projects and budgets
You could work at a power station, in an office, in a laboratory or on a rig.
Energy Engineers tend to work between 41 to 43 hours a week. You could work evenings and weekends away from home.
Starting: £20,000
Experienced: £50,000
You can do a degree in an engineering or a scientific subject. Some employers may expect you to have a postgraduate qualification.
You may be able to start by doing a higher or degree apprenticeship in areas like:
- nuclear engineering
- electrical power networks engineering
- power and propulsion gas turbine engineering
You'll usually need 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A levels, or equivalent, for a higher or degree apprenticeship.