Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
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My application for NY Mechanical PE exam has been denied twice and I am drawing blanks as far as what I can change in my application. I attached my application, I know it's a bit long but any helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.





RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
Try to say as much in as few words as possible - that is the litmus test proving that you really do know what you are taking about.
Also, not once did you give any idea of the results of your work. For example, did a project report indicate potential savings of approximately, say, 10%. Or was it more like 0.1%?
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RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
My experience was under a PE and I do have a bachelor of Engineering in ME
RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
What I did was select four (4) projects and detailed from start to finish my involvement. Cut down on the list you have and re-focus on what the Board requires.
RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
project size, structural system, my engineering work on the project. At the longest they were a half page descriptions. I had no issue.
RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
A different state of course, but I geared my application toward showing 1. continual application of engineering principles, 2. working under the responsible charge of a professional engineer, and 3. increasing responsibility in the field of engineering proper (not project management). I might suggest turning your words toward "technical point of contact," "communicated technical requirements to field crew and project team," "applied engineering principles of [insert field here] in resolving conflicts with specifications and proposing solutions to engineer in responsible charge," "applied engineering principles of [insert field here] in approving materials," "Technical liaison for engineer in responsible charge." Things that show that you have become trustworthy steward of engineering information, you have the capacity to "make the call," and up to this point, you have been a faithful asset who can be trusted to design and make decisions without oversight if given the opportunity. Keep the codes and node analysis. Change "specifications" to "engineering drawings" if applicable. I would stay away from the over- and miss-used terms "field engineer," "quality control," and "review" unless they are part of your title.
Hope this primes the pump, best of luck!
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RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
- Description of engineering decisions made: I determine the appropriate analysis, choose member sizes, perform detailing, respond to RFI's.
After looking at all of the available information, it seemed like they were mostly looking to make sure that everything that you wrote counted as "engineering work". So unlike a resume where I might try to demonstrate the breadth of my abilities, I kept this application very focused on things that were definitely "engineering" so they wouldn't find something that didn't count.RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
In Texas long ago, I had to re-work my application to satisfy them.
In my case, I had a little detail on a lot of projects, and needed to make it a lot of detail on a few projects.
I believe that maybe the wording on the requirements also wanted a progression of experience, not just jumping in and doing the same thing for 4 years. Even if that's basically what you did, it can be reworded to show that your responsibility increased in that time.
An unwritten principle: Work that is complicated enough to require a PE ought to be complicated enough to qualify as PE experience.
RE: Denied NYS PE application, help needed!!
I’d use specifics and avoid generalities. The details need to be about what you personally did and your personal contributions. They want to see a progression of experience, increasing in complexity and responsibility. (Not all work that you do will qualify as engineering experience either.) I’d avoid the general term “review” and use evaluate or ascertain instead. It also helps to be specific about what you’re evaluating something for, e.g., conformance with a particular standard like ASTM ??? or ANSI ???, specific design codes or regulatory standards, etc. Project management experience typically doesn’t count since a non-engineer can usually do this kind of stuff.
Just taking a look at your write-up, I don’t see any dates. State ed. likes to see precise dates of projects. Also, many of the items in here seem like they could be performed by non-engineers. I’d eliminate them or provide more specifics to better illustrate how they involve the use of engineering principles and judgement. When you talk about engineering calculations, I’d be more specific as to what kind. And honestly, some of the items don't quite make sense like "Reviewed contractor shop drawings to achieve contract drawings" which means precisely what?
Anyway, I hope this helps and best of luck with your application. It sounds like you already have some good experience. You may want to ask your boss about being assigned to some different projects to help broaden your experience.