A graduate of İnönü University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Önder Akyol also completed his master's degree in business administration at the same university. He started his career in 2006 in natural gas conversion projects in Istanbul, working as a Project Engineer at Elvan Construction Engineering and as a Project and Supervision Engineer at Malatya Sarılar Natural Gas Engineering from 2007 to 2009. He served as an Installation Inspection Engineer at Aksa Çukurova Natural Gas Mersin Regional Directorate in 2009, as Operations Chief from 2013 to 2019, as Hatay-Osmaniye Operations Manager from 2019 to 2021, and as Çukurova Operations Manager from 2021 to 2024. As of 2024, he continues to serve as Osmaniye Regional Manager.