Engineering Manager
"Don't you love telling people what to do" Kaela Kosterman 4
Basic information about your career
- Review proposals and determine the feasibility of creating specific products
- Review projected cost estimates
- The estimates include material needs, available human resources, and production capabilities
- Establish and monitor timelines for designs
- Determaine the testing procedures
- Interview, hire, train, supervise engineers
- Monitor the hours devoted to specific projects
- Prepare reports of current and projected department expenditures
- Need a license
- Often work over time
- Have at least a bachelors degree
- Earn $95,630 per year National average
Pros and cons of this career
Pros
Good pay
You have final say on the product
Cons
Working in an office
Most likely have to work over time to meet deadlines
If there is something wrong with the produce
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- Calculas
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Advanced Algebra
- Statistics and Probability
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
Associations/Professional organization for this career
- The American Society for Engineering Education,
1818 N Street N.W. Suite 600 | Washington DC 20036 |, Ashley Krawiec ASEE's Manager, 202-649-3838, Paula Whitley Classified Advertising Manager (202) 331-3528, http://www.asee.org.
2. Society of Women Engineers (It says it is restricted) http://www.swe.org.
Job Advertisement
Wanted-Engineering Manager
Are you intersted in how things are made? Or even love bossing people around? Well then a career in Engineering may be for you. You would be working in an office, going over products, making deadlines, determining test procedures etc. The demand for this job is low, so there will be competition for the job. With experienced Engineer making over 80 dollars an hour, the salary should be appealing to you. This career opportunity is nit open for everyone. Engineers must have a license, a bachelors degree, and degrees in, Ceramic Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Material Science, and Ocean Engineering. Please note that these are only 4 of 33 degrees.