I'm a licensed civil PE (Texas) with 12 years in O&G in Houston and have been in a variety of roles (engineer, project engineer to engineering manager most recently). Unfortunately, I feel my time in oil and gas is coming to an end. I was incredibly fortunate in finding my latest role after having been unemployed and actively searching for 15 months. This recent layoff really took the rug out from under me seeing as how it was a great bump career-wise yet only lasted a short while. I guess I can take comfort in knowing that they made cuts across the board and that I wasn't the only engineer they axed, but it still doesn't make it any easier considering I was hoping to grow my career there for a bit.
Most in my network of O&G folks aren't hiring or have all been laid off themselves and it seems all the civil works side of things view me as either a liability or an engineering pariah given my previous work history. With that being said, I'm still plugging away and trying to diversify my options.
If any of you fine folks have a contact at Burns-McDonnell in the engineering or project management group, I'd greatly appreciate it. I feel like given my background, going the PM route is my best option, but am flexible enough for damn near anything.
I'm also not opposed to leaving engineering altogether. I looked at various fields last time I was applying for jobs, but didn't give them much thought. Now with the continued state of O&G, and few outfits needing engineers with my level of experience, I'm strongly considering bailing out.
I've reached out to several on the board already, but am always grateful for the Aggie network and the folks who have feedback (good or bad) and the contacts they provide. While I didn't get my last job from anyone on this board, it was a great sounding board and did generate some legitimate potential leads that weren't quite right for me at the time.
TIA!
Most in my network of O&G folks aren't hiring or have all been laid off themselves and it seems all the civil works side of things view me as either a liability or an engineering pariah given my previous work history. With that being said, I'm still plugging away and trying to diversify my options.
If any of you fine folks have a contact at Burns-McDonnell in the engineering or project management group, I'd greatly appreciate it. I feel like given my background, going the PM route is my best option, but am flexible enough for damn near anything.
I'm also not opposed to leaving engineering altogether. I looked at various fields last time I was applying for jobs, but didn't give them much thought. Now with the continued state of O&G, and few outfits needing engineers with my level of experience, I'm strongly considering bailing out.
I've reached out to several on the board already, but am always grateful for the Aggie network and the folks who have feedback (good or bad) and the contacts they provide. While I didn't get my last job from anyone on this board, it was a great sounding board and did generate some legitimate potential leads that weren't quite right for me at the time.
TIA!