Can a civil engineering major do intern in a mechanical engineering company/job?

Question

As stated above. I just got an email from my professor asking if i wanna intern for a Mechanical Engineering Company that he knows. He was my professor in an engineering course last semester and I got an A in that class. This is the information given by the company :" It seems like they would be learning a lot about the certain types of mechanical components used here as well as getting used to engineering drawings. It seems like at first they would be compiling package lists for the bid packages and also compiling information for the project."
Should I take this opportunity to start my 1st intern? I can see some similarities of the 2 fields but I don't know if the intern is gonna give me any experience in the CE field or not. Will it help my CE work experience?
Every reapond is much appreciated. Please answer these question with all your knowledge because you were all once students.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Yes. You should have taken most of the same classes. Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Engineering Design with CAD, Calc, Chem, Physics, etc.



I am an Industrial Engineer.



My first two job offers out of college was a Mechanical Engineer Intern to Hire and an entry level Civil Engineer.



I ended up choosing Mechanical Engineering job because it was more related to my Industrial Engineering field. Though the Civil Engineering position did pay more since it was not an internship.

Answer 2

A knowledge of mechanical engineering would be advantageous in your civil engineering career. I'm a civil engineer who had an internship where I primarily worked with mechanical end electrical engineers. It was interesting and provided experience of great use today in my job as an engineering manager.



Another thing: The job market is tough, and internships are in short supply.

Answer 3

Nisa, Let us agree to the fact that, hiring shouldn't be a problem, as long as you are Engineer, no matter the discipling. I think what you should now do is to know exactly what you want to do. From what you are saying I am afraid you mean Architect not even Civil, here u've a considerable differences. I'm a mechanical Engineer and I've faced this choice before, actually Architect was my first choice (for the same reasonse you have said), but after I went through some book I,ve foud that this not what I really want to do. I advise you to know more about the different Engineering discp. and only after that you can decide what to do. And pls do not be afraid, work market changing every day, and you will never be able to predict the exact future trends after your graduation. Just do ur best and I wish u a good luck!

Answer 4

Hi C7S, Mike and M K, I have a question please answer it so as to give me a confidence to take up my masters course without fear.



Can a Mechanical engineer make a career with masters in Transportation (Civil) Engineering?

Answer 5

Sounds interesting to me! I would do it.

It's all about getting experience, like about learning about projects, and they are all similar.

It's just the 1st intern anyway, you will not be treated as a real engineer, just as a student.



And knowing, how machines work is useful. As a civil Engineer you need to know about the problems of machines and the cause of it, so you understand better, why and that a machine stops working sometimes.

But simply compiling lists of machine parts sounds a little boring to me, but you need to learn the basics, right?



Since the professor is asking you, he knows this would be for you (you are only good in what you like)



Only, if this a job of the uni, rather than a private company, I would think about it.



So, mainly it is about you. Ask yourself, what you want to do and where you want to go.