Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

• Lead engineer for all digital oilfield transformation projects.
• System Integrity.
• Root cause Analysis.
• Project Management.
• Configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of Honeywell Experion PKS DCS , Emerson DeltaV DCS and OPC servers.

Typically my day starts with reviewing performance reports concerning the overall plant status , critical equipment's statuses and Alarms reports for each plant. Since I am handling digital oilfield projects , I need to ensure data integrity and accuracy for 14 plants across a vast area. I also need to co-ordinate between different departments within the company as well as vendors to complete or review projects, and there's never a shortage of that!

The large variety of projects which challenge you to move out of your comfort zone and think out of the box to complete your tasks as efficiently as possible.

You will need to expand your horizons when it comes to technical expertise and learn about topics and concepts that you never thought you'd require. You also need to be an effective communicator and be able to handle the stress of meeting deadlines.

• Programming
• Analytics
• Communication
• Management

After graduation I worked as a Control Systems Engineer (Field Service) in Kuwait for 3 years until I left that for my current job.

In the next couple of years I will be targeting a more senior position with more responsibilities and interesting projects. After that I want to break into becoming a Consultant and starting my own Engineering Consultant firm.

Before you join for a Master's degree make sure you have a few years of relevant experience in the industry first and really evaluate why you need this degree and what you hope to gain from it.

Having some prior work experience , in my opinion, will keep you grounded and help you approach your coursework and theory with an industrial application mindset.Developing good programming skills is great ( Function blocks , Sequential flow charts or syntax) and will help you in the field. These two will also improve your employment prospects after graduation. Although employment prospects are a worrying topic , if you do have the choice, do consider working first for smaller companies like local systems integrators/contractors where you could have the opportunity to work with systems from different vendors and thus add to your work experience with varied experience. It is very important to gain as much knowledge as possible early in your career and let it reflect on your CV for later better jobs.

The first few years after graduation won't be easy and there's a lot to learn but Control systems is a very exciting and dynamic field so the journey is definitely worth it.

All the best!