Energy engineer

You could:

• research and design new generating sites
•  decide on the best locations for sites
•  plan and oversee production programmes for sites
•  manage and coordinate teams of technicians or site workers
•  design and select equipment
•  meet environmental standards, like carbon reduction targets
•  find the most cost efficient and productive processes
•  carry out laboratory experiments
•  convert experiments into large-scale industrial processes
•  work with geologists, geophysicists and specialist contractors
•  manage projects and budgets

Green job

As a renewable energy engineer, you will develop news ways to generate power using sustainable resources. This can have a positive impact on the environment.

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• knowledge of engineering science and technology
• maths knowledge
• analytical thinking skills
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• thinking and reasoning skills
• the ability to use your initiative
• the ability to come up with new ways of doing things
• knowledge of building and construction
• to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

You can get into this job through:

• a university course
• an apprenticeship

With experience, you could move into planning, policy development, or freelance consultancy.

You could gain skills for project management roles in the energy sector through a Project controls professional, degree apprenticeship.