SCraig
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I've hung around engineering companies for the past 40+ years. I'm not a registered engineer, but I have learned a bit over the years. Back in the mid 80's the company I worked for transitioned from drawing boards to CAD/D on multi-user VAX mini-computers and I got into the IT end of that technology as well. When I left that company for another one my title was Designer / IT Director, and when I left that company for my present one my title became Senior Designer / IT Director.
The company I'm with now is relatively small, about 12 people, when during the recent recession when all the engineering companies were laying experienced engineers and designers off, we were hiring them. We never slowed down in the slightest, and that says a lot about the corporate management and staff that we have.
I spend most of my time designing water and wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations. I handle the design of the process piping and equipment, the buildings, and the electrical and telemetry design. I don't do the structural design and I avoid anything even remotely architectural. Given a choice I'd focus on the electrical end, but we're a small company doing big jobs so we all tend to pitch in where we have to.
The company I'm with now is relatively small, about 12 people, when during the recent recession when all the engineering companies were laying experienced engineers and designers off, we were hiring them. We never slowed down in the slightest, and that says a lot about the corporate management and staff that we have.
I spend most of my time designing water and wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations. I handle the design of the process piping and equipment, the buildings, and the electrical and telemetry design. I don't do the structural design and I avoid anything even remotely architectural. Given a choice I'd focus on the electrical end, but we're a small company doing big jobs so we all tend to pitch in where we have to.