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Where will you work?
A degree in Mechanical Engineering will provide you with the broadest career choice of all engineering disciplines.
Mechanical Engineers can be found in any type of industry imaginable.
- Chemical Processing
- Power Generation
- Automotive Manufacturing
- Consulting
- Mechanical building services
- Aeronautical laboratories
- Defence technology
- Food processing
- Public utilities (electricity, water supply)
- Research
- Health
- Maritime Industry
- Manufacturing.
Some examples of what Mechanical Engineers do are:
- Motor vehicle engine design to increase efficiency, reduce weight etc.
- Motor vehicle body and component design for function, aesthetics and aerodynamics
- Aircraft engine and body design, maintenance, condition monitoring and fault diagnosis
- Mining equipment design, maintenance, condition monitoring and fault diagnosis
- Manufacturing equipment design, maintenance, condition monitoring and fault diagnosis
- Production planning in manufacturing or mining industries
- Quality control of manufactured products
- Design of novel consumer products
- Management consulting - organisational troubleshooting and efficiency improvement
- Environmental pollution control
- Occupational and environmental noise and vibration control
- Mechanical services in buildings - design and maintenance (e.g. air conditioning)
- Design and layout of new production lines for bulk manufacturing of products
- Introduction of new technology to increase efficiency in industry
- Computer modelling to improve product design and manufacturing processes
- Development of new materials (including polymers and steels)
- Development of better ways of joining materials together (eg new welding technologies)
- Design of spacecraft and associated launch hardware
- Aid worker, helping third world countries by installing essential services
- Water supply engineer responsible for operation of large pumping stations
- Electricity generation or distribution engineer responsible for installation and maintenance of power generation and power distribution equipment
- Gas turbine designer
- Technical manual writer
- Manager of specific projects
- Manager of specialised engineering aspects of companies
- Manager of a manufacturing or mining company
- Inventor (new equipment and processes)
- Computer analyst developing new and more efficient products
Some employers of Mechanical Engineers are:
Primary Industries
- BHP
- Alcoa
- Orica
- Adelaide Brighton Cement
- Penrice Soda Products
- CSR
- MIM Holdings
- Rio Tinto
- WMC Limited
- Normandy Mining
Automotive
- General Motors Holden
- Ford Australia
- Mitsubishi Motors Australia
- Britax
- Orbital Engine Company
- Bridgestone Australia
- Toyota Australia
- Hendersons
- Tenneco Automotive
Aerospace
- QANTAS Airlines
- BAE Systems
- Kistler Aerospace
Oil and Gas
- Schlumberger
- Mobil
- Shell Australia
- Caltex Australia
- BP Amaco
- Caltex Australia
- Boral
- Woodside
- Santos
- Origin Energy
- AGL
Government
- Environment Protection Agency
- Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Food and Beverage
- Coca Cola Amatil
- Lion Nathan Breweries
- Arnotts
- Mars
- Cadbury
- Fosters beer
- Vegemite
- Kraft
Consulting Engineering
- Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Worley
- Bectel
- ARUP Australasia
- VIPAC Engineers and Scientists
- Marshall Day Acoustics
- Sinclair Knight Merz
- Leap Australia
- MSC Software Australia
Miscellaneous
- United Water International
- Otis Elevator Company
- Schindler Elevator and Escalator Company
- One Steel
- ASC Engineering
- Transfield
- SKF Bearings
- Advanced Multihull Designs
- Westinghouse
- Simpson
- Caroma
- Amcor
- CSIRO
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