Job Shadow Mentor Interview

How did you get your job? One of his former co-workers referred him to his company because they were ooking for emp oyers! How did you decide that this job was a good fit for you? "he company he is with is a ways o the edge of techno ogy# and he wanted to be in a company that was thinking ahead! $hat are your responsibi ities on the job? One of his responsibi ities is being project engineer# organi%es the job# and manages fi es! He a so does designing and coordination! He uses a program ca ed &evit to design e ectrica parts for a bui ding when it is being constructed! He creates the transformers and e ectrica e'uipment virtua y# and he works in coordination with the p umber and mechanica engineers! "hey then finish their design of what the bui dings e ectrica # p umbing and mechanica parts wou d ook and spot the mistakes before they engage in actua y constructing the bui ding! $hat kind of training do you need? $hat sort of education is needed? (ou need computer drafting# be trained in that software# which was )d mode ing! *S degree in engineering! $here did you get that training if it was needed? "echnica schoo # +ratt institute Is this your first job? $hat other jobs have you had? ,o# - stee fabrication factories before-hand# .ab es and systems so ution company! $hat subjects in schoo he ped you the most? In what way? Math# everything he does revo ve around math# ca cu us# geometry # and especia y a gebra! $hat do you ike the most about your job? How about the east? &eached a point in his career where he cou d be eft a one to work on it! He has /0 years of e1perience# he has been working at his current job for a year and a ha f! 2east hate about it is that he works in a trai er so the are on site and go to the construction sit to check that the e'uipment is being set up proper y! He doesn3t ike if it is co d or hot he has to be in the fie d during a temperatures! $hat other jobs might be avai ab e to you based on your training and e1perience? +roject manager 4runs the entire project5

$hat is the sa ary range of a person working in this fie d? *etween 67 and 06 If you cou d choose a different career 8 what wou d it be? He wou d choose to be a architect! +rinceton 9niversity# where he is situated# :nvironmenta research faci ity# current project# it is going to be the biggest environmenta research faci ity in ,ew Jersey! He does everything from phone charger p ugs# ights# pane s# transformers# switch gears! "hey a so hook up the fire devices# anything that re'uires e ectricity in the entire bui ding he does! Most proudest projects he worked on was the Intrepid Museum# one of the biggest ships used in $$-# situated in ,(! $hen He worked at the stee factory made the stair towers of the ship! He he ped design! He then watched it getting bui t and shipped to ,(! He ca cu ated how much stee was going to be used# the nuts and bo ts used# every detai about the stair towers! $hat project took the most time? "he environmenta research faci ity is going to be the biggest project# ) year project! How many peop e work on a project? It varies but there is usua y about ;-< inc uding project manager# estimator# foreman# and genera =oreman# supervisors and the virtua engineers! Is there others in ,ew Jersey? He and his friend are the on y >irtua engineers in new jersey! How do you find out if both of your projects of different engineers co ide? He goes to coordination meetings in person or over the internet to discuss the prob ems in the project# if two engineers parts co ide4 ike the p umbing engineers and the mechanica engineers they wou d have to so ve where to move their parts and who wi move their parts!