Profile:
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Functions:
- design of components and machines, under the construction and functional/energetic perspective.
- Design of industrial plants, systems, and processes, under the functional, energetic, and economic perspective.
- Operation of machines, plants, systems, and processes.
- Research and development activity under the theoretical and experimental perspective.
Skills:
Freelance activity in the design of components and plants.
Production official in production facilities.
The mechanical engineer carries out its functions in companies, public or private bodies or as a freelancer, working both independently and within working groups, often multidisciplinary ones, also taking responsibility for coordination.
Investigations carried out by the Inter-University Consortium ALMALAUREA in the years 2008 to 2011 indicate that the employment sectors of the holders of a 2nd cycle degree in mechanical engineering are the industry for about 80% and services for the 18%.
With regard to the industrial sector, 50% of the total number of graduates find employment in the Metalworking and precision engineering industry, 15% in the Chemical / Energy, 8% in the Building industry, 7 % in other manufacturing sectors.
The natural professional areas for mechanical engineer are: the mechanical and electromechanical industry; the chemical industry, companies and institutions for energy conversion, plant engineering companies, industrial automation and robotics companies, manufacturing firms in general for the production, installation, testing, maintenance and operation of machines, lines and production departments, complex systems.
Almost all industrial sectors require such professional, therefore they may find professional opportunities in several fields.