{"id":11,"date":"2011-05-05T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T20:29:54","slug":"jobs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\" font-family:Arial\">In BC, most mechanical engineers are employed by consulting  engineering and manufacturing firms.* Other opportunites include jobs in  the aeronautics, pulp and paper, mining, and HVAC fields.<\/p>\n<p>Changing technology is also changing the duties of mechanical  engineers.*  According to the British Columbia Occupational Outlooks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workfutures.bc.ca\/\">www.workfutures.bc.ca<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Firms need professionals who are familiar with robotics and process  automation and who can optimize the operation of systems with regard to  cost, maintenance and labour needs.  Mechanical engineers face the  challenge of choosing the best tools, automating production lines and  increasing the effectiveness of production methods.  They must be able  to come up with ideas and have good critical judgment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>* BC statistics from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workfutures.bc.ca\/\">www.workfutures.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Beyond the technical stuff, useful experience and skills for  engineers include project management, team project work, proposal  writing, making presentations, and financial management.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In BC, most mechanical engineers are employed by consulting engineering and manufacturing firms.* Other opportunites include jobs in the aeronautics, pulp and paper, mining, and HVAC fields. Changing technology is also changing the duties of mechanical engineers.* According to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/jobs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7137,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}