So like what do you think the cut score will be? Like seriously?

Professional Engineer & PE Exam Forum

Help Support Professional Engineer & PE Exam Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
If you have any self-worth you should avoid working for DOE/NE in Idaho (or elsewhere). I'd even go so far as to say to avoid all of INL.
Yeah I am pretty aware of how crappy DOE is there and INL, I don't think I could stand working at a NL. 

 
Loveland CO... do you work for anything associated with WECC or "Peak Reliability"? 
I work for Reclamation, but we interface with WECC quite a bit. We manage the power generation facilities. They manage everything on the distribution end (switchyard and out).

 
Not all national labs are that bad. Some are actually great places to work.
I did research at NREL (ironic, right?) and felt that it was a pretty great place to work. People were friendly and professional. My former manager was a bit stunned that my first job out of my Masters was working in the Bakken though. I guess I am a traitor  :B

 
Nuke work sucks as for a consulting firm... so much damn paperwork and bureaucracy!
Depends on your perspective. It's all I've ever known so I think it's all normal. Meanwhile when I look the supporting information (or lack thereof) of anything not-nuclear, I think it's some kind of amateur farm league mickey mouse b$%^&*it.

 
Depends on your perspective. It's all I've ever known so I think it's all normal. Meanwhile when I look the supporting information (or lack thereof) of anything not-nuclear, I think it's some kind of amateur farm league mickey mouse b$%^&*it.
Completely agreed lol. The non-nuc work where I am at is a total joke. Zero documentation, I don't understand how they get anything done. 

 
My previous job was as an engineer working at an Exelon nuke plant in Illinois. I like what I do much better now. Plus I don't have to deal with ridiculous security to get into work every day.

 
My previous job was as an engineer working at an Exelon nuke plant in Illinois. I like what I do much better now. Plus I don't have to deal with ridiculous security to get into work every day.
I pay $6 a day to park, then proceed to walk 10-20 minutes to my desk (depending on what I am working on). I do not work in a big city, the security is very frustrating. 

 
Listen, im all for well documented construction documents.

But for a lighting system... Not having a 100 page customer specification that is 25 years old and hasn't been updated since HPS was da bomb, having 5 meetings to discuss the pros and cons of a specific luminaire location, primary and redundant power systems, certified foot candle calcs, and making sure the luminaire is certified from source materials to delivery.... absolutely freaking priceless.

 
Listen, im all for well documented construction documents.

But for a lighting system... Not having a 100 page customer specification that is 25 years old and hasn't been updated since HPS was da bomb, having 5 meetings to discuss the pros and cons of a specific luminaire location, primary and redundant power systems, certified foot candle calcs, and making sure the luminaire is certified from source materials to delivery.... absolutely freaking priceless.
Hahahah... "Illumination Engineering"

 
If you are looking for new gov't work, USACE, DOE, and BOR just approved a new pay scale for most engineering series. Pretty huge pay bump that makes us much more competitive with private industry:
https://apps.opm.gov/SpecialRates/2018/Table075305272018.aspx
GS-12 now starts at $99,640
I’m looking at a job in the Bureau of Rec at the TSC. The special rate table says this is only for positions directly involved in power - do you know if this will apply to all engineers at the Bureau or not? If so, this definitely changes things. That’s a huge difference at GS-12.
 

Latest posts

Back
Top