Measurement and Control Engineer Careers

Work Environment:

Measurement and control engineers design, maintain and fit systems and instruments that administer production procedures in various industries, such as:

• heavy and light engineering
• power-generation
• manufacturing
• biochemicals and petrochemicals

Your tasks as measurement and control engineer could involve:

• writing up reports, giving presentation to clients and managers and being present at meetings
• analyzing data and utilizing computer modeling to increase efficiency of manufacturing processes
• planning out and administering maintenance and inspection schedules
• calculating timescales and costs of fitting new machinery
• assessing fitting and development of new machinery
• co-ordinating work of craftspeople and technicians
• drafting technical designs and plans using computer design software

Qualification, Education and Experience:

To be a measurement and control engineer, you'd necessitate BTEC: HND/HNC or degree into a engineering branch, like:

• mechanical
• computing
• systems and control
• electronics/ electrical
• production

For information about colleges and universities providing these courses, visit the website of IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology).

Check the website of SEMTA and IET, for further details regarding this career.

Training Details:

You'd be given training at the work. You can obtain a place in a graduate traineeship scheme of company, by a degree.

You can assist your prospects by acquiring status of chartered/incorporated engineer. To accomplish this, you'd apply to Engineering Council and enroll with industry organization. For further information, check the website of Engineering Council.

Being a measurement and control incorporated engineer, you'd do specialization in routine management of engineering-operations. And as a chartered engineer, you'd have strategic position, streamlining management techniques, planning, and researching and developing newer ideas.

Skills and knowledge:

• team-working skills
• capability to clarify design and plans to nontechnical workers
• outstanding communication abilities
• capability to analyze complicated issues
• ability to handle budget
• capability to plan out workload
• outstanding technical, IT, science and mathematical abilities
• ability to take decisions
• project-management abilities

Salary and Other Benefits:

• Initial remunerations for measurement and control engineer can be about $24,000 for a year.
• By experience earnings can boost to around $38,000 to $47,000.

Working Conditions:

You'd work weekly for around 38 to 41 hours as per shift scheme. You might need to work for additional-hours to cope with faults and breakdowns, or to meet up targets.

Your working time will be divided between production sections of factory and the office.

Different Opportunities:

You can discover work chances with producers of measurement and control instruments, and within industries, such as engineering, processing and manufacturing.

By experience and additional training, you can do specialization into particular field, like technical sales and marketing, manufacture, design or testing. Ultimately, you can advance to consultancy, project management, or research and development.

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