5 Engineering careers: Salary and jobs

Civil engineering
Civil engineering professionals design, construct and maintain society's infrastructure buildings, bridges, roads, airports, dams, water supplies and environmental systems. With the intricacy involved in creating and updating infrastructure designs and projects, civil engineers must take into account not only construction costs but project completion time, government regulations and potential environmental hazards, such as earthquakes and hurricanes.

Industrial engineers
Typically work in manufacturing facilities, making sure that organizations produce their products as efficiently, cost effectively and safely as possible. Some industrial engineers are involved in designing production processes and factory-floor layout schemes. Others address work site or product safety and health issues so that both workers and the consuming public are protected.

Mechanical engineers
Design tools, engines, electrical generators, internal combustion engines, elevators, In short, any device that is mechanical in nature.