It's All in the Job Title
It's All in the Job Title
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My employer put out a notice for a "Project Engineer" and the candidates we were getting were not matching the job functions that we posted. We finally had to resort to using a Head Hunter, which informed us that we should have advertised for a "Design Engineer."
I've searched for an "official" list of job titles. The closest thing I could find was at www.salary.com Is there a website that I missed?
I've searched for an "official" list of job titles. The closest thing I could find was at www.salary.com Is there a website that I missed?
"But what... is it good for?"
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
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RE: It's All in the Job Title
To me "Project Engineer" kinda means project management, supervision, etc.--all aspects of the project. "Design Engineer" means sitting at a desk doing design or supervising people like that directly. Am I at all close to what either you or the headhunter thought?
Hg
RE: It's All in the Job Title
Link correction: www.salary.com
"But what... is it good for?"
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RE: It's All in the Job Title
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Matthew Ian Loew
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RE: It's All in the Job Title
Bung
Life is non-linear...
RE: It's All in the Job Title
The seal and signature, now those are invaluable.
Dave
RE: It's All in the Job Title
RE: It's All in the Job Title
You're so lucky. Since I got promoted to Manager I don't do any real engineering anymore.
My happy worklife is now spent doing much more interesting tasks - meaningless reports for accountants, regulators etc., trivial staff problems, resolving disputes between idiots, staff appraisals, more meaningless reports, financial analysis, meaningless reports .....
You get the picture.
Still, life is now so much more interesting, job satisfaction higher, and I go home at night content that I'm making a real contribution to society.
By the way, does this forum have a standardised font for sarcasm ???
RE: It's All in the Job Title
RE: It's All in the Job Title
Project engineers tend to be site based and are involved in non-design activities like procurement, scheduling and construction supervision.
RE: It's All in the Job Title
The last Engineering temp HR got us turned out to be a
"Dynamic Operational Process Engineer"
best known for making "I.D. Ten T" errors
Keep the wheels on the ground
Bob
showshine@aol.com
RE: It's All in the Job Title
We've hired a consultant to help guide us in developing new duties, responsibilities, grade levels, as well as titles. The effort isn't final yet, but one thing I've learned - there is no standard method!
If it were up to me, I'd try to base the positions on the "Engineer-I, Engineer-II" type of categories used by the National Society of Preofession Engineers, among other groups.
RE: It's All in the Job Title
The titles have changed over years.
Putting Human Factor Back in Engineering
RE: It's All in the Job Title
"But what... is it good for?"
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
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