Professional References

[Tom]

I'm new to the boards so I will start with a brief background.

1. BS Chemical Engineering, UNM, 2006

2. EIT Certificate, NM, 2006

3. Electrical (Power) work experience, NM, 2002-Present

4. 2.5 years qualified experience as Electrical Senior Designer/Project Manager

5. The company I work for has 1 EE, three, 3 ME's, and a handful of very qualified (15-35 years experience) designers/project managers.

My father is the President/Owner of an Mech/Elec/Plumb consulting firm, and is the Principal Electrical Engineer. My intent is to follow in his footsteps and become an Electrical Engineer.

Upcoming events that might become issues are:

1. Any problem with having a BS in ChE to eventually be licensed as EE?

2. Professional references.

New Mexico requires 5 references, 3 of which must be PE's, and none who can be family. With a written explanation, do you think my father can be used as a PE reference (special circumstance)?

And can the ME's be used as a professional references? I work with the ME's, not under them, technically.

Thank you~

 

[chaocl]

Working experiences have to be full time job after you graduated from the university( you can not say that my last semester only have the saturday class and I am working Monday to Friday as the full time for the work).

I am not sure that you can have enough ME PEs to sign you on to take the EE PE exam (CA need the same displane to sign you on for the exam, but in NY doesn't really required). I strongly recommand that you contact NM board before you work on your working experience references.

 

[Tom]

Working experiences have to be full time job after you graduated from the university( you can not say that my last semester only have the saturday class and I am working Monday to Friday as the full time for the work).
I am not sure that you can have enough ME PEs to sign you on to take the EE PE exam (CA need the same displane to sign you on for the exam, but in NY doesn't really required). I strongly recommand that you contact NM board before you work on your working experience references.

Correct. Though, I'm only really counting full-time responsible experience after receiving my EIT certificate.

I got great news today though! I got an email back from the NM Engineering Board, and they said all the mechanical engineers and project managers/designers who are familiar with my work (except for my father) are qualified to serve as my professional references in lieu of the PE's normally required. Great to hear!