Engineering School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering

Careers in Minerals and Energy Resources

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Minerals and energy resources underpin modern life, from energy, water, and food systems to transport, healthcare, and renewable technologies.

As the global energy system evolves, engineers play a vital role in delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable solutions. While solar, wind, and hydrogen are growing rapidly, they alone won’t meet rising energy demand. Engineers are needed to develop untapped resources like geothermal energy, optimise natural gas as a transitional fuel, and advance carbon capture and storage to move toward a carbon-negative future.

Graduates from the School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering work across diverse roles in Australia and internationally, including critical minerals, geoenergy and geostorage, oil and gas, renewable and transitional energy systems, data and digital technologies, consulting, and leadership. Our graduates combine strong technical skills with an understanding of the environmental, social, and economic context of the minerals and energy industries.

Find out more about careers in the minerals and energy industries:
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Is Geoenergy and Geostorage Engineering right for me?

This degree equips students with the knowledge and skillset necessary to navigate and innovate decarbonisation technology to achieve net zero emission economy, reflecting the evolving needs of the energy resources sector.

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Is mining engineering right for me?

Learn what Mining Engineering entails, both in terms of study and the career paths available to graduates. This diverse sector is about extracting minerals from the earth in a safe, efficient and responsible way. There are many parts to this, and many different tasks required to achieve that end result.
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7 things you did not know about Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering

Minerals and energy resources are widely employed within the renewable energy sector to work toward a carbon-free future. Yet, Mining and Geoenergy & Geostorage Engineering are still generally misunderstood, despite these facets of engineering producing the raw materials that are necessary in every stage of human life.