Making transition from Civil to other engineering disicplines

lbj666 · 24-11-2011 02:26AM #1

I am a Civil Engineer with 6 years of experience with a consultancy in drainage environment etc. Its safe to say opportunities within Ireland are never gonna be like they used to be and for many other reason i am thinking long term of trying branch out into another engineering discipline.

My preference would be into Chemical/Process Pharma or Energy Engineering. With Chemical its seems to me I would have to go back to college for 2 years or more to get a BEng in chemical, there doesnt seem to be any masters route on the back of the B Eng (Civil) that I already have.

With Energy Engineering it appears that there is a masters route there but a lot of courses around I look at seem to just focus on renewables and just dont seem to be very robust. I mean oil gas and nuclear are far from dead yet.

Anyone here made, or tried making the switch?

Diabhal_Glas · 24-11-2011 09:19PM

Have a look at the Cranfield University Prospectus they do a lot of very highly regarded masters courses. There were quite a lot of masters students studying there that were changing career path from the primary degree they studied.

For most courses you need a good numerical based degree primarily an honours degree but they take work experience into consideration.
It wasn't difficult to get a job when I graduated and was the same for most of the students I knew there. It was a few years back though..

Lantus · 05-12-2011 12:28PM

6 civil jobs on the jobs section just posted.

if anything infrastructure jobs will start back up quicker than anything else so if anything civil is a good option!

godtabh · 05-12-2011 01:29PM

Lantus wrote: »

if anything infrastructure jobs will start back up quicker than anything else so if anything civil is a good option!

What makes you so sure? Capital budgets are gone for a long time. Maintenance contracts is all there will be for many years and current staff levels would be enough to keep them going. Very little opportunity still

Making transition from Civil to other engineering disicplines

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