For graduates of a:
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
See Engineering Faculty website for a full list of all double degrees with a Materials Engineering component: eng.monash.edu/prospective/ug/double-degrees
The following information provides career titles, employment opportunities, professional associations and links to salary information relevant to these qualifications.
Careers that can be moved into with these qualifications:
 Adhesives Engineer
 Biomaterials Engineer

Biomaterials Engineer
 Ceramicist
 Composite Engineer
 Consultant on Materials
 Corrosion Engineer

Injection Moulder
 Local Government Engineer
 Manufacturing Engineer
 Materials Engineer
 Metallurgist

Nanotechnologist
 Performance and Failure Analyst
 Plastics Engineer
 Process Control Engineer
 Quality Controller

Research and Development Engineer
Note: further qualifications will be required for some roles.
For further information see: eng.monash.edu/ prospective/ug/disciplines/materials.html
Professional accreditation see: monash.edu/ pubs/handbooks/undergrad/eng-03.html
Potential employers of students with these qualifications:
Government apsjobs.gov.au
, careers.vic.gov.au
and jobdirectory.com.au
are good starting points for information about career opportunities within the federal, state and local governments.
 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO) csiro.au
 Defence Material Organisation defence.gov.au/dmo

Defence Science and Technology
Organisation (DSTO) dsto.defence.gov.au
 Environment Protection Authority epa.vic.gov.au
 Heritage Victoria heritage.vic.gov.au
 Melbourne Water melbournewater.com.au
Private
 ACS asc.com.au
 AECOM aecom.com
 Airbus airbus.com
 Alcoa alcoa.com

Aurecon aurecongroup.com
 Autodesk autodesk.com.au
 BASF master-builders-solutions.basf.com.au/
 Bendix bendix.com.au

BlueScope Steel bluescopesteel.com.au
 BHP Billiton bhpbilliton.com
 Boeing boeing.com.au
 Bosch bosch.com.au
 Dow Australia dow.com

Downer tenix.com
 ExxonMobil exxonmobil.com.au
 Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited ford.com.au
 GE Plastics Australia ge.com/au

GM Holden Ltd holden.com.au
 Hella Australia hella.com
 HRL Technology hrlt.com.au
 Huntsman huntsman.com
 Lyondell Basell lyondellbasell.com
 Metlabs Australia metlabsaust.com.au
 Mondelez International mondelezinternational.com.au
 Nexans Olex olex.com.au
 Nissan Casting Australia nissan.com.au
 One Steel (Arrium) onesteel.com
 Orica orica.com
 Perkin Elmer perkinelmer.com
 Qenos qenos.com
 Rio Tinto riotinto.com
 Rio Tinto Alcan riotintoalcan.com
 RUAG Group ruag.com.au
 Smith and Nephew smith-nephew.com/australia
 Telstra telstra.com.au
 Thermo Fisher Scientific thermofisher.com.au
 Toyota Motor Company toyota.com.au
 Unidrive Pty Ltd unidrive.com
 Vcamm vcamm.com.au

Webforge webforge.com.au
International
For information regarding international employment opportunities, please visit: monash.edu/careers/students-grads/ find-a-job/working-outside-australia.html
Refs:
 Graduate Destination Survey (GDS),
Monash University

Graduate Opportunities graduateopportunities.com.au
 Career Gateway careergateway.monash.edu.au
monash.edu/careers

The skills and attributes these qualifications aim to develop:
 Monash Graduate Attributes Policy policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/management/ monash-graduate-attributes-policy.html

Employability Skills (Employment and
Career Development) monash.edu.au/careers/studentsgrads/employability-skills.html
 The Australasian Corrosion Association corrosion.com.au
 The Institution of Engineering and
Technology (IET) theiet.org

Young Engineers Australia engineersaustralia.org.au/youngengineers
Professional associations relevant to these qualifications:
 ASM International asminternational.org
 Consult Australia consultaustralia.com.au
 Engineers Australia engineersaustralia.org.au
 Institute of Public Works Engineering
Australia ipwea.org.au
 Materials Australia materialsaustralia.com.au
 Materials Research Society mrs.org
 Professionals Australia professionalsaustralia.org.au

Royal Australian Chemical Institute raci.org.au
 The Australian Ceramic Society austceram.com
Helpful Links:
General
 monash.edu.au/students/career-connect/
 seek.com.au
 jobsearch.gov.au
 careerone.com.au
 adzuna.com.au
 graduatecareers.com.au
 graduateopportunities.com
 myfuture.edu.au
 unigrad.com.au
 fairwork.gov.au
Industry specific
 nerb.org.au
(National Engineering
Registration Board)
 concentis.com.au
 asphar.com.au
 stuartsimon.com.au
 baysidepersonnel.com.au
Salary Indicator:
Please visit these websites for the most current figures:
 Fair Work fairwork.gov.au/pay
 Graduate Careers graduatecareers.com.au/ research/gradjobsdollars
 Job Outlook joboutlook.gov.au

Michael Page michaelpage.com.au/ salary-centre
 Hays hays.com.au/salary/default.aspx
Monash Clubs and Societies
Enhance your employment outcomes; become involved with clubs and societies at Monash
University.
Monash Student Association is a good starting point for a list of the range of clubs and societies at Monash University. Some include:
 Monash Engineering Students Society
(MESS) (Clayton) mess.org.au
 Engineers Without Borders Monash
(Clayton) ewb.org.au/explore/chapters/vic/monash
 Female Engineers at Monash (FEM)
(Clayton) monashclubs.org/clubs/FEM

AIESEC Monash aiesecmonash.squarespace.com
 Gay & Lesbian Engineers At Monash
(GLEAM) monashclubs.org/Clubs/GLEAM
Monash University accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of its content and persons wishing to rely on the information contained in the publication should verify the accuracy of that information at the time they intend to use it. Published February 2015. CRICOS provider: Monash University 00008C.
This publication is prepared as a guide only. The content is based on information publicly available.
Each list provides a sample only. It is not intended to be comprehensive.
Did you find the information in this flyer useful? Remember to respond to Australian Graduate Survey
(AGS) when it’s your turn. For more information: graduatecareers.com.au/research/surveys/australiangraduatesurvey
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