Posted: 2/3/2011 6:10:52 PM EDT
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Does anyone know of any respectable companies looking for an entry-level engineer? I'm graduating from LeTourneau University in May, and I'd like to keep my family in the Republic of Texas. I have a competitive GPA, a strong work ethic, and real-world internship experience. Any ideas? ETA: Mechanical Engineer, with double minor in Math and Applied Science. |
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Are you hung up on trees, or do you consider them optional? Quite a few engineering jobs in the oil patch. Midland/Odessa specifically. I'd be open to central/West Texas. I've been looking around at some oil and natural gas companies out here in the Longview area. If you have some leads on any entry-level positions or know what companies are hiring, let me know. |
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You mention internship...can you be more specific? My some of my jobs there included product documentation (Auto CAD), a redesign of a taper coupling, and training and maintenance trips to destinations domestically and internationally, including Saudi Arabia twice, Hungary, Dubai, and China. I'm proficient with Auto CAD, Solid Works, LabVIEW, and all MS Office products. I'm familiar with other programs including C++, Quartus, Matlab, and Maple. I have faculty and internship references. |
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The DFW area has a number of big ones: Bell Helicopter L3 Lockheed Raytheon I've tried all the big companies like that. The problem is they post openings online, so I'm competing with hundreds or even thousands of applicants. There's just no way to stand out, unless you know someone on the inside. |
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Does anyone know of any respectable companies looking for an entry-level engineer? I'm graduating from LeTourneau University in May, and I'd like to keep my family in the Republic of Texas. I have a competitive GPA, a strong work ethic, and real-world internship experience. Any ideas? ETA: Mechanical Engineer, with double minor in Math and Applied Science. Shoot me an IM. I may have a lead at the place I work. CMOS |
| I work for a company called Kiewit. We are one of the largest engineering/construction contractors in the U.S. We are always hiring engineers. I know in Texas we have 3 different districts. One based in Dallas - They do road/bridge construction in Texas/Lousiana. One in Houston - They do mostly the Energy market all over the U.S.. The Last one is in Corpus Christi - We build offshore oil rigs or any other structure that needs to be frabricated out of steel. I have worked with all three districts at sometime or another in the past. I work for the offshore district now and we do have a design department, but for the most part it is mainly construction management. But they still require an engineering degree. I am on the business side. Check it out at Kiewit.com. |
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Kinder Morgan is always looking for ME's. Corporate based in Houston or Lakewood, CO. Many field locations have engineers. I don't know if Longview has a spot, tho. www.Kindermorgan.com Thanks for the heads up, I applied for one of their positions just now. Are you an employee there? |
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I'm in the same boat. I actually just started a thread "Find me a job in San Antonio"... I'm also a Mechanical Engineer. I'm half way through a graduate degree.
So far Entry level openings have been hard to find. You may check Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio web> swri.org There's another research institute in Austin but the name slips my grasp momentarily. I'll check in tomorrow when I come up with some more for you. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics |
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Kinder Morgan is always looking for ME's. Corporate based in Houston or Lakewood, CO. Many field locations have engineers. I don't know if Longview has a spot, tho. www.Kindermorgan.com Thanks for the heads up, I applied for one of their positions just now. Are you an employee there? Early retire. Do inspection for them now, thru Mustang Engineering. My wife used to work for LeTU.edu in finanical aide dept. |
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Quoted: Quoted: The DFW area has a number of big ones: Bell Helicopter L3 Lockheed Raytheon I've tried all the big companies like that. The problem is they post openings online, so I'm competing with hundreds or even thousands of applicants. There's just no way to stand out, unless you know someone on the inside. As far as I know, L3 currently has a hiring freeze. They have however sent out company wide emails telling everyone there is a referral bonus for certain engineering fields. Mechanical was one of them. You need to be sure to send your resume to the correct location...it's entirely too easy to send it to the wrong one, and afaik, they won't forward it to other divisions. |
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There are tons of various engineers getting let go from NASA also. Neighbor is a aerospace engineer now looking for new work and a friend is a electrical engineer in the same boat. The engineer field may get more competitive. Agreed. My mother works for Pathfinder/Smith Int'l/Schlumberger (order in which they were bought  ) and she told me (this past weekend) that they let go of about a dozen engineers.
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From a fellow ME/Physics major just 6 years out of college, my advice:
All the big government contractors who were named (L3, Boeing, anything NASA, etc) are good places to get an entry level position since they have a large turn-over and are always starting and canceling projects, but the pay is very low and you have to deal with all of the BS of cost-plus contracting and the culture it breeds. Find a job at one and don't be afraid to move around quickly if you don't like it. The sooner you find something you enjoy and get a few years of under your belt, the sooner you can leave and get a better paying job with less bullshit in a truly private industry company. I started out working for one of the contractors at Johnson Space Center, did facility maintenance engineering for 9 months and HATED it, then moved into robotic simulation, loved that for 3+ years, and now I'm doing robotics with a private oil/gas services company making 70% more than I made at NASA. |