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How can I become a Graduate Engineer
- The most common career steps to get to Graduate Engineer are Project Engineer, Design Intern and Process Operator based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Project Engineer, the most common step before Graduate Engineer, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Graduate Engineer, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Graduate Engineer.
- While Project Engineer is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Graduate Engineer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Graduate Engineer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Graduate Engineer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Project Engineer isn't from the same job family as Graduate Engineer, Engineering - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Design Intern also being a common career path to Graduate Engineer.
What should I know about the Graduate Engineer career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Graduate Engineer are Bachelor Degree In Civil Engineering, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Engineering, and Bachelor Degree In Chemical Engineering. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Project Engineer being on the path to and from Graduate Engineer. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Graduate Engineer is part of the Engineering - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (43) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Graduate Engineer.