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Anthony Fasano

TECC 198: Maker’s Versus Manager’s Schedule for Engineers

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Manager's ScheduleIn this episode, I am speaking with Chris Marshall, P.E.,  Regional Geotechnical Engineer at Professional Services Inc. (PSI) in Houston, Texas.  We talk about the strategies he uses when dealing with everyday distractions in his engineering career and we discuss the difference between a maker’s and manager’s schedule, and how you might utilize these different schedules in your engineering career.

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Focus on Getting Better at Your Engineering Job Every Day

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Focus on Getting Better at Your Engineering Job Every Day is a guest blog by Holly Welles

Focus Engineering Job

Whether you’re starting an engineering management role for the first time or you’re a more seasoned professional, your energy is likely to wane after a few months of focusing at getting better at your engineering job. You’ve settled in and learned the ropes, after all. It becomes easier to do what needs to get done without pushing yourself to keep advancing your skills, service and expertise.

At this stage, it’s important to keep up your motivation. Engineering management professionals can do themselves, their teams and their clients a huge favor by focusing on getting better at their jobs every day. While it seems like a tall order, continual improvement is actually pretty easy to bake into your everyday routine.

You can focus on improving your priorities, mindset and knowledge with just a little effort each day. Here’s how to get started: [Read more…] about Focus on Getting Better at Your Engineering Job Every Day

TCEP 113: How I Went from Tinker Bell into Disaster Recovery

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Tinker BellIn episode 113 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk with Gina Rock who is the Program Delivery Manager at Jacobs. We talk about her career journey from the circus to Disney’s longest flying Tinker Bell (yes she was Tinker Bell) and then into the world of engineering.  What I love about this episode is it really emphasizes how it’s never too late to make changes in your career path.

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Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Gina About Her Journey as Disney’s Longest Flying Tinker Bell:

  • How did you end up being Disney’s longest flying Tinker Bell?
  • What did it feel like for you when you found out you got the job as Tinker Bell in Disneyland?
  • Tell us about your performance as Tinker Bell?
  • What made you decide to go back to the engineering field?
  • How did you feel when you started with your first individual assistance job?
  • What makes a manager or leader effective in your experience?

Here are some key points discussed in this episode:

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How to Make Yourself an Always Demanded Engineering Professional

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How to Make Yourself an Always Demanded Engineering Professional is a guest blog by Jim Hughes

Demanded Engineering Professional
Regardless of your job, industry, or position in the company you work for, it is always important to stay in the competition and be an in-demand professional. By being a demanded engineering professional, you’ll always have options and opportunities to grow and take on bigger roles. If your boss gives you more responsibilities, it is likely because you are doing your job very well and he or she sees you as a skilled and dependable person. Getting your superiors’ attention goes a long way in enhancing your odds of getting a promotion or a salary increase. Though the competition may be tough for you, there are many ways to make yourself a highly demanded engineering professional. Here are some of the most effective ways in increasing your value as a professional. [Read more…] about How to Make Yourself an Always Demanded Engineering Professional

How Best to Engineer a New Career in 2019

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How Best to Engineer a New Career in 2019 is a guest blog by David Banyard

Best Career

Winter has gone. New Year resolutions may have been broken, but the days are getting longer and spring is in the air. The outlook is rosy. It’s a good time for people to consider their future best career options, whether they are in the right job or to reflect on how they want their jobs to develop in the year ahead.

For engineering professionals, the early part of the year is a great time to secure new work. In the UK, many projects ramp up before the end of the tax year and as a result, an abundance of contract opportunities arise in the early months of the year. But, it’s also a good time to secure a new permanent job, opening up new opportunities for those eager to take on a new challenge.

best career
But of course, with so many people applying for new jobs at this time of year, competition to secure the opportunity you want can be fierce. To help in your new job search, our specialist recruitment consultants have some valuable tips on how to stand out to employers:

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TECC 197: How to Confidently Communicate In-Person and Online for Engineers with Molly McPherson

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Confidently CommunicateIn this episode, I talk with consultant and keynote speaker Molly McPherson, M.S., APR.  We outline strategies to communicate more confidently and clearly, and we also discuss how you can become more effective on social media, specifically LinkedIn. These two topics can have a massively positive impact on your professional development efforts.

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Confidently Communicate

Confidently Communicate

Here are some of the key points discussed about communicating confidently in-person and online:

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How to Use Your Fear to Build Your Self-Confidence as an Engineering Professional

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This is a guest blog by Nader Mowlaee

Self-Confidence
Building self-confidence is not easy. For many engineering professionals, comfort is a function of routine. We establish a set of sequences that we enjoy, that we know we succeed at, that will make us feel good, and that’s the end of it. But, to build true self-confidence, we need to break our routines. [Read more…] about How to Use Your Fear to Build Your Self-Confidence as an Engineering Professional

TCEP 112: Managing Mega Civil Engineering Projects and Staying Calm in the Process

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Mega Civil Engineering Projects

In episode 112 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I’m taking you with me to the offices of Louis Berger where I will be speaking with the Department Manager, Muzamil Husain, PE. We talk about the importance of managing mega civil engineering projects and how to stay calm during stressful situations.

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Mega Civil Engineering Projects

Mega Civil Engineering Projects

Here are some of the questions I ask Muzamil Husain:

  • In terms of project management, what would you say are some things that you have done that made you successful?
  • How do you determine what tasks to work on each day?
  • Can you describe the Magnetic Levitation project?
  • As a project manager you need to get good at understanding your resources and deploying them in the right areas. How does one get good at that?
  • What do you do to improve the culture on your team?

Here are some key points discussed in this episode about managing mega civil engineering projects:

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Young Engineers Moving into Management Positions

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This is a guest blog by Kyle K. Cheerangie, P.E.

Engineering Management

So, what is Engineering Management? Is it preparing budgets, scheduling, resource allocation and earned value management? These skills are the barometers of monitoring projects and work groups. But management principles are more defined than you’d think. Specifically: [Read more…] about Young Engineers Moving into Management Positions

TECC 196: Where Passion Meets Productivity: The Intersection Between People’s Careers and the Company Objective

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In this episode, I will be speaking to Jakob Heuser, an engineering leader, writer, speaker and entrepreneur about the intersection between people’s careers and the company objective.

For this episode we will have a guest co-host named Carolette Wright. Carolette is a mechanical engineer and she has been an avid listener of our show who has volunteered to help with this episode and some of the other content we produce in hopes of inspiring engineers.

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