Most Respectable Engineering Jobs in Pakistan

When it comes to engineering, you need to keep in mind that not all branches of engineering are the same. It so happens that a lot of students who decide to pursue engineering have not heard of many branches until they are filling their university applications.

In NED University of Engineering and Technology, there are 20 different engineering departments. National University of Science and Technology has 16, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Tech has 7, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute and PIEAS have 6, while FAST-NUCES offers 3.

Amongst students, preferred choices are Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, and Computer engineering. The question is why? It is because that the employment rate is much higher of graduates who have degrees in the following departments of engineering.

Right now if we talk about the world, the highest paid engineering jobs are as follows:

1. Petroleum Engineering.

2. Electrical Engineering.

3. Computer Engineering.

4. Aerospace Engineering.

5. Chemical Engineering.

6. Materials Engineering.

You can choose your field according to this if you are sure that you can work and live abroad. In Pakistan the scope is very different. Petroleum jobs are only provided by a single big company, the hiring rate is 2 fresh graduates per batch.

We will talk about the engineering jobs that are respectable and have scope here in Pakistan.

1. Information Tech/Software Engineering/Computer Sciences and Engineering

Software houses are being set up all over Pakistan. This includes both international and Pakistani startups. Call for software engineers have increased immensely in the last few years. The demand of this field nationally and internationally has made it top priority amongst students.

Below is the picture of P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES) Technology Incubator, The NEST I/O.

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2. Telecom Engineering

Pakistan’s Telecom sector is growing fast, and with that the demand of telecom engineers. With the recent advancement in 3G and 4G bands it has started generating huge sums of money. It one of the highest paying jobs right now in Pakistan.

3. Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering is one of most demanded discipline. In different Pakistani universities this department mostly has students with top merit. The reason could be that it is one of the most common engineering fields, especially amongst male students.

It is seen that mostly in Pakistan there is no application of mechanical engineering. The machines are mostly imported but these engineers are needed to operate them and fix them. Even then it is considered a respectable job amongst engineers and is also paid for very highly.

4. Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is not specifically a high paying job but it is one of the toughest engineering disciplines. In the last decade the number of female students in Pakistan choosing this field has also increased. The employment rate of electrical engineers is much higher than many other fields and is definitely one of the most respectable engineering jobs.

5. Civil Engineering

Civil engineering deals with the planning and execution of building roads, bridges, canals, houses etc. Pakistan is a developing country, and right now the demand for good, competent civil engineers has risen. Civil engineers are mostly seen going abroad because the job employment rate was very low in Pakistan. But in recent years that has changed. Employment rate is much better and they pay get hired on is also comparatively better than other jobs.

6. Biomedical Engineering

One of the fields that have emerged in the recent years is Biomedical engineering. The name gives away the fact that this is a field that combines two major parent fields, medical and engineering. It basically applies engineering concepts to make healthcare systems better. Number of Pakistani universities have added this as a discipline. The problem is as of yet it is not that common since majority of the students do not have detailed knowledge about this field. Pakistan is an emerging country in sciences and technology; we need to make sure that all the departments are taken care of. Biomedical engineers are required and since there are not many in the market the ones right now at very respectable positions.

7. Food Engineering

This field is a combination of microbiology, chemistry, and engineering for food and related industry. Food engineering statistics are similar to field mentioned above. Pakistani food companies are hiring food engineers in high ratio. The demand has increased but the number of engineers is low, which is the few land reputable jobs.

8. IT Managers/Airport Engineers

As much engineering jobs matter, after establishing they need to be maintained. Maintenance is one of the major steps in engineering development.

IT Managers make sure they prioritize resources of the firm accordingly. IT managers are recruited in private schools, universities and corporate houses. They earn respectable jobs in schools and universities.

Airport engineers take the work of aeronautical engineers further. After the aeronautical engineers are done, airport engineers need to keep a check of the maintenance, designing, planning of the airport and the landing/taking off. Since the aircraft in Pakistan is imported, the work of maintaining them falls upon airport engineers. They manage to land (pun intended) respectable jobs in Civil Aviation Authority, Pakistan.