In the  very broad occupation and study of engineering, there are various further aspects and specialties. For instance, Engineering can be divided into different kinds such as; Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, Mechanical engineering and much more. These various types of engineering can still be broken down furthermore. I shall be using Civil engineering as my example because this is what I’m interested in.

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings. Civil engineering, as said earlier is furthermore divided into various types of civil engineering such as environmental, geotechnical, structural, to mention a few.

Now with knowledge of all I’ve talked about, we go down to the main point which is the career paths for technical professionals in engineering. Now, assume or imagine that you are an environmental engineer, there are different aspects you choose from; The administrative, the construction, the Degreed technical profession and the technical profession. Choosing the  degreed technical professional  career path, for new graduates, one does not go to an engineering company and start practicing their work directly. New graduates will have to undergo foundation projects until they garner the needed experience before actually practicing the job in itself and eventually being a master. This is done to get experience for further jobs as engineering is a complex field. Another reason this is done is to enable more clarity for the newly graduated student to choose which division/career path to undergo. There are three main career paths and they are; technical management, technical specialist (consists of technical gurus and project managers) and the client service management.

• The role of the technical managers is to manage/guide a group of staff and monitoring the projects by the staff they manage.
• The technical gurus of the technical specialist aspect are in charge of the technical operations solely.
• The project managers in the technical aspect are responsible for carrying out environmental projects

• And finally, the client service managers manager clients/consumers of the product.

Finally, for those new graduates or current college students who want to embark on engineering various things should be done. Things such as having a good academic record, having a some experience by doing internships and CO-OP and be sure and specific of what aspect and sub aspect of engineering you wish to embark.