Engineer doing work similar to accounting
Engineer doing work similar to accounting
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It's been about 3.5 years since graduating MecE but I don't think I have gain any real engineering experience...
After I graduated, I worked at a coal mine with the process plant upgrades...like tracking piping progress, cost, safety, documentation.etc for about a year
Then, I join a construction/ mining contractor company and rotated between departments. (Field QC in Gas Pipeline construction, earthwork project estimating, project control for about a year and a half)
Eventually, I was in asset management to figure out equipment value/ maintenance cost/ productivity to figure out the net cost/ budget/ equipment rates.etc However, I'm not part of the maintenance planning strategy or life cycle cost...
It feels like accounting - balancing cost and revenue, except there is also labor hours and equipment hours added...
I've tried to apply for other job in mechanical design related (plant/ rigs/ consulting/ manufacturing.etc) but haven't gotten any response. Maybe because I have't had any direct work experience.... I'm starting to think the only way out is to take do a MSc. Have any one had a similar experience?
After I graduated, I worked at a coal mine with the process plant upgrades...like tracking piping progress, cost, safety, documentation.etc for about a year
Then, I join a construction/ mining contractor company and rotated between departments. (Field QC in Gas Pipeline construction, earthwork project estimating, project control for about a year and a half)
Eventually, I was in asset management to figure out equipment value/ maintenance cost/ productivity to figure out the net cost/ budget/ equipment rates.etc However, I'm not part of the maintenance planning strategy or life cycle cost...
It feels like accounting - balancing cost and revenue, except there is also labor hours and equipment hours added...
I've tried to apply for other job in mechanical design related (plant/ rigs/ consulting/ manufacturing.etc) but haven't gotten any response. Maybe because I have't had any direct work experience.... I'm starting to think the only way out is to take do a MSc. Have any one had a similar experience?





RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
I reached a point in my life where I dont expect any one of these at office :
- Having fun at work (sounds like a stupid slogan / interview trick to play with during the Interview to get a 'role', HR likes it)
- Have friends (The compound at the end is the salary, so seeing colleagues as friends is not healthy)
- Drive my career towards some path because 'There I will practice what I have learned at school'. Total non sense.
I mean the concept is just to workout a salary slip and go back home (walking on my two feet and mentally fit, if possible). What happen in between I do not care. I just dont own myself during the time I am at the office, someelse does. Of course, good execution is part of the deal, so I have to deliver the expected quality of execution. Ethic/integrity has to be there but that should be it.
RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
Cheers
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There are still some nightmares that I have at night and that I need to fix, then I am done with it.
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RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
My opinion is that engineers now need to future proof ourselves for the inevitable drain of work to low cost offshore centres. If you look at what has gone already (manufacturing, call centres, drafting) and engineering is going next. The development and application of technology (video conferencing etc) is going to make that shift to offshore engineering centres easier. So what is going to remain onshore, the project management of the offshore centres, construction supervision, QA/QC...
Therefore, your experience so far puts you in good stead.
Regards
Tickle
RE: Engineer doing work similar to accounting
Some other jobs are probably moving back, since the cross-ocean, cross-timezone, cross-language, coordination is a PITA. Many of the jobs that moved overseas had to do with the low cost of production, and wanting local engineering resources. However, since the cost of transportation is higher now, and the salary disparity is less, there's less incentive to move things overseas.
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