Thanks for the info - the company I'll be working for is pretty big and covers both liquid and gas transportation. I'll give them a call later today and see if there's anything in particular they'd like me to focus on reading prior to starting. I'll have about a week's break between ending the...
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I'm going to be starting a new position as a Pipeline Engineer in a few weeks. I have a broad understanding of the process along with some experience in developing welding specifications for pipeline, but was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for good books or links to websites...
KENAT - I did my evaluation through the WES, who is a NACES member...from that I was given the equivalent of a 4-year Bachelor's, GPA 3.19/4.0 The documents they gave me were good enough for the military, and for the Security and Engineering companies I've worked for out here.
I got my US...
Mac - the problem was that I wasn't financially able to not take the Security job (which was the best paying one in the area at a whopping $11/hr, and we had little to no savings) - I was signed into a year long lease on a house so we didn't have the option of easily relocating (although I did...
Hi all,
(I'm posting a background of myself here first, if you just want to read the CAD stuff, skip to the end)
It's been a while since I posted on here - my background in summary is that I graduated from Imperial College London with a Bachelor's in Materials Science/Engineering, working in a...
With your degree, chat to recruiters from ALL branches to see what they can "offer" (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard).
Have a good think about what you want to get out of it as well - the Marines are probably the most physical of the branches, as you will be a rifleman/platoon...
As a Green Card Holder I'm eligible to enlist in non-security clearance positions. This includes a lot of the stuff I'm interested in (the various Aviation Mechanic specialities, Artillery etc). I'm about 9 months away from getting my US Citizenship as a civilian, and although the expedited...
Thanks to all for the replies!
Firstly just to clarify something, I graduated College in 2006, then worked for a small Engineering company doing Project Management work for a year and a half. I then moved to the US at the end of 2007, did a couple of short term jobs at the start of 2008, and...
Hi all,
Its been an age since I last posted on here - long story short I took an entry level job as a Field Engineer with Halliburton in late 2008, lost that job after 2 months when the sector collapsed in Colorado, and haven't been working in Engineering since then.
Like many others here...
Hi all,
After just over a month of job-searching, I've been lucky enough to secure two job offers which both interest me.
The first is with Halliburton, in Colorado (where I presently live), starts off on about $50K a year ($56K with bonuses), and then after I complete the 9 month training...
I'd look at moving into Law Enforcement, either local or Federal, as that's something I've seriously looked at doing as an alternative to Engineering (and the amount of overtime incurred would help to make up for the pay differential). I've also spent a few years doing shooting and Krav...
COEngineeer - apologies...totally spaced that bit out!
Monkeydog - I haven't yet seen any jobs at Ball I qualify for, but I may just try cold-calling them to see if I can get an interview or over-the-phone discussion that way.
Kenat/HgTX - thanks for the info regarding PE...I'm going to see if...
COEngineeer - great to see another ex-pat Brit in Colorado here! One problem I've had is that a lot of engineering jobs out here want familiarity with SolidWorks or AutoCad...on my BEng course we only touched on AutoCad briefly, and only the MEng students got to to Solidworks - so I'm trying to...
COEngineeer - Lockheed Martin is the long term plan, once I get my US Citizenship and hopefully a few years good experience. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has an MBA in Engineering Management with an emphasis in Space Operations, which is something I really want to do, so once I...
Hi all,
Well, to cut a long story short, I moved to Colorado last year after getting my green card thanks to marrying my American wife, and am trying to get an Engineering job here. My background (in US equivalents) is a BS in Materials Science & Engineering, and while at College I did 3...
