Careers

A degree from the programs in the Department of Technology prepares graduates for a wide variety of careers. The various options in the Industrial Technology program and the Applied Technical Leadership program lead to careers in business and industry and the teacher education programs lead to careers as teachers in either junior and senior high schools or in some cases technical and community colleges. To illustrate the wide variety of careers, the lists below identify employers and job titles of graduates of the Industrial Technology program collected in a recent follow-up study. In many cases, those in advanced positions graduated several years ago or were employed while they pursued their degree. The study also ask for their current salary range. The top salaries were above $70,000 and the most common salary range was between $50,000 and $60,000.

Employers

Pratt & Whitney
Bath Iron Works
Home Depot
FPL Energy
OMNIA Technologies, Inc.
Rich Tool & Die
Sanmina - SCI
Scarboro Signs
Fairchild Semiconductor
Marine Hydraulics Engineering
Sappi Fine Paper
Maine Army National Guard
Kinetics Systems, Inc.
Baumann, Inc.
David Deschaine Installations
Verizon
Mead Westvaco
International Paper
Dielectric Communications
Computer Sciences Corp.ArvhMeritor LVA North America
Federal Government

Gates Formed Fibre Products
Wal-Mart
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The Gem Group, Inc.
Fraser Papers, Inc.
Midcoast Metrology, Inc.
U.S. Navy
Sears
IBM
Hannaford
Northern Maine Community College
Central Maine Community College
Westbrook Regional Vocational Center
Lockheed Martin
Federal Aviation Administration/DOT
Adelphia Cable
Gorham School Department

Job titles

Production Supervisor
Logistics Engineer
Safety & Training Manager
President of a Technology Company
Test Engineer
Facility Manager
Estimating Analyst
Senior Learning Technology Developer
Production Planner/Buyer
CNC Machinist
Principal Project Manager
Manager of Process Control Technology
Technician
Applications Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
Welding Specialist
Engineering Technical ManagerProject engineering Manager
Senior Project EngineerTool Designer
Assembler
Industrial Engineer

Telephone Office Technician
Supervisor
Instrument/Electrical Technician
RF Technician
Programmer/Analyst
Product Design Engineer
Engineering Technician
Maintenance Supervisor
CMMS Coordinator
Crew Leader
Graphic Designer
Training Tech
Management Analyst
Salesman
Plant Engineering and Maintenance Manager
Systems Engineer
Retail Management Trainee
Federal Aviation Systems Specialist