What would you do as an Energy engineer?
Energy engineers
- usually work regular business hours but may work weekends and evenings
- usually work in offices and worksites and may travel nationally and internationally
- may work in noisy, dirty and hazardous conditions
- need to be accurate, safety conscious and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- design energy systems
- create computer models to test energy designs
- inspect equipment and systems
- analyse energy usage data
- monitor energy use
- research ways to save energy
- review plans for environmental impacts
- guide others on sustainable energy
How can you become an Energy engineer?
You need a qualification to become an energy engineer.
You need
- a Bachelor of Engineering Technology or similar
You may need
- a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- a Master of Energy or similar
- a Bachelor of Science or similar
- experience in similar work
- to be a member of Engineering New Zealand
- to be registered as a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineering New Zealand
- a driver licence
If you're in school
You need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
