Mechanical Engineer
Carter Bogan Individual Career Plan
What is a Mechanical Engineer?
A Mechanical Engineer is considered a manual labor type of job meaning that you work on a lot of hands on jobs.A career in this field defers on works on helping develop new work for technicians in this field.
Group Work
Some time s when working on projects you'll have to work with others to finish at the set date.
Job Shadowing
Sometimes to get except into a company they want to make sure you have hands on experience. so you may to job shadow so you have a bases of what your doing.
Surroundings
When working sometimes the area you'll be working in will be loud,dangerous,or just a busy work day.
What to know about a Mechanical Engineers
Education
Educational Steps & Requirements
-Go into the stem academy(Science,Technology,Engineering,Math)
-Graduate high School
-Apply to a 4 year college or a trade school
-Graduate with a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering
-Eventually job shadow
Income
In 2015 Mechanical Engineers in the U.S made an average income of $70,146. The income depends on what company and project your working on.
Illinois Statistics
-Total people employed as Mechanical engineers is 270,700
-Chicago IL income average $88,161
-Top Income 126,430
Tasks
-Test machinery
-Analyze equipment results
-Assembles machinery,systems,gear
-prepares complex machinery for testing
-lays out construction processes
-Analyzes the price for equipment and jobs
About Me
Im currently a student at Joliet West High School. I hope to got to Michigan state university to get into their really good school of engineering.My dream job is to make it to the NFL because i love sports.it would be hard to make it to the league so i have to have a backup career.Mechanical engineering is and important part of manufacturing and getting the technology we have today. Machinery is interesting and with engineers helping with the development of technology. With engineering time passes really fast with you working on different projects everyday. I will be a good fit for this job and im ready to get into this career already.