What can I do with an Engineering degree? EARLY CAREER DESTINATIONS A UOW degree can open the door to a number of career pathways. Take a look below to see where some of our graduates began their careers.*
CIVIL ENGINEERING
JOBS Airfield Engineer | Civil Design Engineer | Civil/Asset Engineer | Civil/IT Engineer | Civil/Structural Engineer | Design Engineer | Development Engineer | Document Controller | Environmental Engineer | Estimator/Design Engineer | Geotechnical Engineer | Graduate Mining Engineer | Graduate Structural Engineer | Harbour Engineer | Highway Engineer | Hydraulic /Water Resources Engineer | Materials and Testing Engineer | Project Management Consultant | Railway Design Engineer | Rail Engineer | Site Engineer | Structural Engineer | Traffic Engineer | Transport Engineer
EMPLOYERS Abergeldie Contractors | Allied Mine Services | Arup | BHP Billiton | Bovis Lend Lease | Brookfield Multiplex | Cardno | Coffey Geotechnics | Davron Engineering Pty Ltd | HATCH Associates | John Holland Pty Ltd | Jones Nicholson Consulting Engineers | Kellogg Brown Root | Leighton Contractors | LSW Consulting Engineering | Northrop Consulting Engineers | NSW Roads and Maritime Service | Piling Contractors | Royal Australian Air Force | Shellharbour City Council | Shoalhaven City Council | SOTO Group | Tracey Brunstrom and Hammond | Westlink Services | Wollongong City Council
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
JOBS Assistant Environmental Health, Project Officer | Climate Change & Sustainability Consultant | Coastal Management Engineer | Environmental Advisor | Environmental Engineer | Environmental Monitor | Geotechnical Engineer | Hydrologist | Irrigation Engineer | Planning & Operations Officer | Pollution Management Engineer | Process Manager | Site Engineer | SlabYard Shift Export Co-ordinator | Water Treatment Engineer | Water Resources Engineer
EMPLOYERS Baulderstone Pty Ltd | BHP Billiton | Bluescope Steel | Bowman & Associates | Ernst & Young | Kiama Municipal Council | Leighton | Lyall & Associates Consulting Water Engineers | NSW Roads & Traffic Authority | Santos | SNC Lavalin | Sydney Water | Tamworth Regional Council | Thiess Pty Ltd | Transpacific | Water Infrastructure Group
MINING ENGINEERING
JOBS Coal Mining Engineer | Graduate Mining Engineer | Graduate Production Engineer | Long Wall Coordinator | Mining Engineer | Mining Engineer Consultant | Open Pit Mining Engineer | Production Engineer | Project Manager | Underground Mining Engineer
EMPLOYERS Alinta | Anglo American | Anglo Coal Australia | BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance | Centennial Coal | Cobar Management Pty Ltd | CSA Mine | Delta SBD | Downer EDI | XStrata Coal | McMahon | Newcrest Mining Limited | Peak Gold Mine | Rio Tinto | SSS Mining Services | Thiess Pty Ltd | Wallsend Colliery
* This information is sourced from UOW graduates 4 months after graduation who responded to the survey conducted on behalf of Graduate Careers Australia (2005-2015) & QILT (2016). It is not intended to list all employment destinations but to give a sample for prospective & current UOW students. Information provided is correct at time of printing. MATERIALS ENGINEERING
JOBS Biomaterials Engineer | Data Management Engineer | Graduate Materials Engineer | Graduate Metallurgist Engineer | Laboratory Engineer | Manufacturing Engineer | Metallurgist Engineer | Metallurgist | Mineral Process Engineer | Nanotechnologist | Operations Engineer | Process Engineer | Product Development Engineer | Project Assistant | Process Engineer | Smelter Metallurgist | Technical and Development Engineer | Trainee Material Scientist
EMPLOYERS AECOM Australia | BHP Billiton | Bluescope Steel | Bradken | Ford Motor Co | Hydromet Ltd | Nyrstar | Pioneer Road Services Pty Ltd | Rio Tinto | Thales Australia | Xstrata Zinc
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
JOBS Acoustic Engineer | Applications Engineer | Asset Improvement Coordinator | Automotive Engineer | Aviation Technician | Building Services Engineer | Compliance Engineer | Electrical Engineer | Engineering Technician | Graduate Building Engineer | Graduate Engineer | Graduate Project Engineer | Graduate Sustainability Engineer | Industrial Engineer | Manufacturing Systems Engineer | Mechanical Engineer | NWD Field Engineer | Operations Manager | Plant Engineer | Service Engineer | Site Engineer | Structural Engineer
EMPLOYERS ABB Australia | AECOM | Arup Pty Ltd | Baker Hughes | Bluescope Steel | Delta Electricity | Department of Defence | Downer EDI Rail | Envision Solutions Pty Ltd | Hansen Yundken | High Lube Fluid Engines | Human Impact Engineering | Nacco Materials Handling | Nepean Conveyors | Project Portfolio Management | Thiess Pty Ltd | Transfield Services | Tyree Industries
MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING
JOBS AGV Engineer | Automotive Engineer | Biomechanics Engineer | Control and Instrumentation Engineer | Control Systems Engineer | Design Engineer | Electrical Engineer | Graduate Engineer | Graduate Mechanical Engineer | Graduate Signalling Engineer | Manufacturing Systems Engineer | Mechatronics Engineer | Project Engineer | Project Supervisor | Robotics Engineer | Software Engineer | Vehicle Dynamics Engineer | Vision Systems Engineer
EMPLOYERS ABB | BHP Billiton | CPE Systems | Ford Motor Company Aust | Industrial Photonics | Joy Mining and Machinery | NDC Technology | Precision Mechatronics | Rail Corp | Rockwell Automation | Siemens Pty Ltd | Simplot Australia | Southern Engineering Services | Valley Longwall Australia | Xstrata Coal
COMPUTER/ELECTRICAL/TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
JOBS Automation Engineer | Broadcasting Systems Engineer | Communications Engineer | Communications Technician | Computer Architect | Computer Engineer | Computer Technician | Control Systems Engineer | Corporate Engineering Support Technician | Data Communications Specialist | Electrical Engineer | Electrical Reliability Engineer | Electronic Equipment Technician | Embedded Software Engineer | Graduate Electrical Engineer | Hardware Design Engineer | Hardware/Software Engineer | Help Desk Officer | InformationTechnology Professional | IT Graduate | Network Engineer | Project Engineer | Regional Manger | Signal Engineer | Signal Processing Engineer | Software Engineer | Support Engineer | Technical Internal Sales Engineer | Technical Officer | Test Analyst | Test Development Engineer | Electrician | Wireless Communications Network Engineer
EMPLOYERS ABB Australia Pty Ltd | AECOM | Agilent Technologies | AMP Control | Australian Broadcasting Association | Australian Taxation Office | Bluescope Steel | Bond International Software LTD (Wollongong) | Cae Australia | Cisco Systems Australia | Department of Education | Endeavour Energy | Ericsson | Excell Control Pty Ltd | Fiber Optics Design and Construction | Google Australia | Ivox Communications | Joy Mining Machinery | KBrown Electrical | LandJ Computers | Macquarie Group | Newcrest Mining | Railcorp | Roads & Traffic Authority | Stablablise Pavement Australia | Telecommunications & IT Research Centre
* This information is sourced from UOW graduates 4 months after graduation who responded to the survey conducted on behalf of Graduate Careers Australia (2005-2015) & QILT (2016). It is not intended to list all employment destinations but to give a sample for prospective & current UOW students. Information provided is correct at time of printing.