do you know if engineers have to travel to other estates for meetings and other things related to their jobs??

Question

I want to be an engineer but I want a job that I have to travel for business meetings,conferences and those things.What do you think????

Answer 1

Engineers travel for two reasons:

To attend meetings with associated companies, clients and company divisions located away from the engineer's location.

To present papers or attend engineering conferences and trade shows.

The amount of travel will vary considerably from job to job, but it depends mostly on the company he/she works for and it's policies. If the company deals with a lot of other companies in remote locations, travel can be frequent. If an engineer works for a small company that works independently, he/she may not travel at all.
If you want to travel, work for a company that has international divisions and clients, and likes to have it's engineers attend and present papers at conferences (IBM, Xerox, HP did that a lot).

Note: The internet has replaced ono-on-one meetings in many areas, so travel is actually less common now.

Answer 2

I have been working as an engineer for 25 years or so.

In that time, I have had different types of assignments with different travel requirements. Currently I am working at what is usually called a "plant engineer", I travel about 4 or 5 times a year, to visit customers, to go to training, or perhaps a trade show or something.

I was in engineering management for awhile and the job I had required travel every month, usually to corporate meetings and to work on projects that had company-wide implications.

Engineers do so many different things in so many types of industries. Some travel constantly all over the world. Some rarely travel.

Answer 3

Depends upon what type of engineer. But my husband is a marine engineer and he travels more than he is home. He just got back from Shanghai and will be going to Australia next week, he has been all over the work for his job.... so if you like to travel try marine engineering you go wherever the ships are.

Answer 4

It would depend on the type of engineer you become. A mechanical or electrical engineer may not travel much. But a civil engineer (one who designs cities, buildings, roads, and other structures) may travel a lot to see other sites. If you really want to travel and learn engineering, consider joining the military. You get to travel and they will pay for your education.

Answer 5

Many do, but even more don't. That's the case in tons of jobs. Become an engineer, and then find a job that guarantees travel opportunities for you.