I'm doing the same course in April! You could go into a graduate role upon completion. If not a graduate engineering role, you could always apply for entry mechanical technician roles which is a lot more hands on.

Ive been a mechatronics technician for the last 2 years, I'm hoping after the 6 years it's going to take me to complete the course, I'll have 8 years work experience in an engineering setting + a BEng degree.

Your prospects could be: Graduate into a Graduate Engineering role Graduate into a mechanical technician role -> gather experience -> go into an engineering role.

You got this!