Petroleum technology majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a petroleum technology degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in petroleum technology. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 552 petroleum technology major resumes to identify the jobs petroleum technology majors most prefer.
Highest-Paying Jobs With a Petroleum Technology Degree
- Starting Salary$37,000Job openings111,343Top Locations:Job Description:Industrial engineering technicians help industrial engineers implement designs to use personnel, materials, and machines effectively in factories, stores, healthcare organizations, repair shops, and offices. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.
- Starting Salary$30,000Job openings74,367Top Locations:Durham, NC; Jefferson City, MO; Evansville, IN;Job Description:Industrial engineering technicians help industrial engineers implement designs to use personnel, materials, and machines effectively in factories, stores, healthcare organizations, repair shops, and offices. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.
- Starting Salary$29,000Job openings83,478Top Locations:Minneapolis, MN; Eagan, MN; Houston, TX;Job Description:A Process Operator supervises and coordinates the full production process of a manufacturing plant or other industrial facility. They monitor equipment and increase the quality, efficiency, and safety of the manufacturing plant.
- Starting Salary$29,000Job openings81,407Top Locations:Odessa, TX; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX;
- Starting Salary$25,000Job openings2,055Top Locations:Houston, TX; Williston, ND; Bakersfield, CA;
- Starting Salary$5,000Job openings33,754Top Locations:Midland, TX; Springfield, MO; Olathe, KS;
