Electrical Engineering Jobs

[Arabian_Knight]

Hi, I am currently looking for electrical engineering position in the consulting, power, hydro, solar power industries.

Any help is highly appreciated.

[mastercool]

From reading your previous posts, you graduated in 2008 with an engineering degree...are you still looking for a job??

The job search after graduating can be quite depressing...especially when the interviewer asks you a bunch of silly irrelevant questions...the HR manager in charge of hiring really is no different than the school bully picking on the weaker child...but oh well, that's life.

You have one of the world's most coveted hard to obtain degrees. Jobs should be presenting themselves to YOU, not the other way around.

[nemollc]

IBM( in before mark) lol

but seriously you should start looking at utility companies cuz as our friend always mentions technology is dead in Canada haha

[Arabian_Knight]

Thank you my friend for your nice reply. No i have been working since i graduated. I have 2.5 years of experience now but i am not making much unfortunately which is really making me frustrated, so i am looking for a new job.

I agree with you. I really hate HR people. Most of them don't even know what the hell the position is about or if the candidate in front of them is really a suitable one for that position. As you said, they are not different than a school bully picking on the weaker child.

Jobs would present themselves to me in an ideal world, but unfortunately the world we live in is totally not. People with Masters in Engineering having hard time finding a job. Oh well what can you do. You gotta fight your way through.



From reading your previous posts, you graduated in 2008 with an engineering degree...are you still looking for a job??

The job search after graduating can be quite depressing...especially when the interviewer asks you a bunch of silly irrelevant questions...the HR manager in charge of hiring really is no different than the school bully picking on the weaker child...but oh well, that's life.

You have one of the world's most coveted hard to obtain degrees. Jobs should be presenting themselves to YOU, not the other way around.

[Mark77]

Unfortunately, EE underemployment or outright unemployment is very common. And it tends to hit the people one would least suspect (ie: top of the class).

You're sort of stuck inbetween being a new grad, and being a P.Eng., and that's going to really cause you trouble.

Have you tried the Calgary firms?


People with Masters in Engineering having hard time finding a job.

Masters guys probably have it even worse because its easier for firms to apply the 'overqualified' label to them.

[Arabian_Knight]

Ya i agree with you. I think that's the case for most of the times :S.

[Truemana]

Unfortunately, EE underemployment or outright unemployment is very common. And it tends to hit the people one would least suspect (ie: top of the class).

People like you, right?

[flight878]

Hi, I am currently looking for electrical engineering position in the consulting, power, hydro, solar power industries.

Any help is highly appreciated.


Thank you my friend for your nice reply. No i have been working since i graduated. I have 2.5 years of experience now but i am not making much unfortunately which is really making me frustrated, so i am looking for a new job.

I agree with you. I really hate HR people. Most of them don't even know what the hell the position is about or if the candidate in front of them is really a suitable one for that position. As you said, they are not different than a school bully picking on the weaker child.

Jobs would present themselves to me in an ideal world, but unfortunately the world we live in is totally not. People with Masters in Engineering having hard time finding a job. Oh well what can you do. You gotta fight your way through.

This 2.5 years of experience in what?

At this point, I wouldn't say it's too late. Power engineering job interviews, by my experience, tend to emphasize technical knowledge in power systems, electric machines, and basic control theory. You have a very verstile degree, and now your resume will have to show that relevant skills in this industry have not atrophied. Hopefully in your undergrad you had some co-op or summer job in the field, or extra-curriculars that provided you with valuable experience, but also you are doing something now, aside from your job, to stay updated and "relevant". You would have to show that you can learn things fast and work well as part of a team... is your current job strengthening this? When I did a co-op for a Toronto utility's SCADA network, almost all concepts had to be learned on the fly, for none of that stuff is taught at school (especially PLC programming that usually employs a company's proprietary "language", but where the logical structure gained from a basic 1st-year programming course would help).

Furthermore, you'll have to harness and bring up some skills gained from your current job. For example, if you are currently underemployed working at a call center, you would have to emphasize strong problem-solving skills, ability to liaise with irate customers (therefore being able to professionally deal with a firm's recalcitrant clients...), and so on. You may have a steeper hill to climb compared to a new grad with multiple co-ops or other relevant experience, but you'll have to toot your horn strongly at an interview, eliminate any cruft from your resume, and always keep in mind to never sell yourself short.

[Winkle]

Only 2.5 years working experience and no post-grad degree correct? So you're still an EIT with at least 1.5 more years to go before you're eligible for your P.Eng.

Best thing you can do right now honestly, unless your employer is a sinking ship, is to tough it out for another year and a half. If you're in Ontario, take the PPE if you haven't already and any technical exams as required (unless you graduated from a university with an accredited engineering program then you're exempt from technical exams), get it all done and get your P.Eng because it instantly makes you much more attractive and hire-able.

[joe_greps]

Try Walter-Fedy

Can't say anything else.

[THINKPADT61]

Hi, I am currently looking for electrical engineering position in the consulting, power, hydro, solar power industries.

Any help is highly appreciated.

If you need another 1.5 yrs for your P.Eng... Suck it up and get it first!

I am in Electrical Controls so dont be discourage, the job does exist! This forum is pretty negative. Go try Alberta or Sask... They have jobs there!

Engineering job in Utilities can be hard to come by, try oil, mining, etc... I see potash/uranium company hiring engineer all the time.

You need your power engineer certificate to get into a power engineering tech position. But if I remember correctly, you can take 1st level power engineering exam as long as you work in a plant environment before (not office). I was about to take up the exam but too lazy and I won't be working as tech anytime soon.

hope this help. Dont be discourage by those who can't find a job, you will only follow them... You have to tell yourself you will get what you want, that's how you get things in life. If you cant even picture it in your mind, you will never have what you want in life.

[RS6quattro]

Try Walter-Fedy

Can't say anything else.

They wouldn't hire me. I'm a guelph enviro eng grad

[THINKPADT61]

Unfortunately, EE underemployment or outright unemployment is very common. And it tends to hit the people one would least suspect (ie: top of the class).

You're sort of stuck inbetween being a new grad, and being a P.Eng., and that's going to really cause you trouble.

Have you tried the Calgary firms?



Masters guys probably have it even worse because its easier for firms to apply the 'overqualified' label to them.

Mark77, tell me, what should someone do to improve there chances of employment in the field of EE? I take that you are unemployed EE grad?

[Yubiwa]

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I wish to know how to increase my chances as well.

I was employed by an engineering consulting firm until the recession hit and I was laid off.
I keep seeing mechnical and civil job postings. EE positions are scarce and mostly senior/P.Eng required.
I can't even land a simple electrical drafting job currently.

[Mark77]

Mark77, tell me, what should someone do to improve there chances of employment in the field of EE? I take that you are unemployed EE grad?

Your typical EE employer these days, the scarce few that are out there and actually hiring, are generally looking to hire people for cheap that can be retained over the long term. Basically, you have to convince them that you're willing/able to fit the bill.

Guys with my background have had a hard time fulfilling such desires. For instance, I personally have far above average communications, business, and leadership skills for an EE (I've held elected office, have started my own business, etc.). And much of my study and final project was in the embedded systems/controls/communications area. These are not traits that are all that desirable to a firm wanting to hire a $40k/year EIT to churn out relatively routine wiring diagrams associated engineering documentation.

[Mark77]

People like you, right?

Well it was rather astonishing that, just looking back at my own graduating class, that the lower half of the class managed to find jobs, while the upper half struggled in vain. I've explained why at length in other posts. The sort of firms that have done most of the hiring in the past decade haven't been the high-end technology firms, or even firms needing to do really innovative things -- but rather, the 'nuts and bolts' sort of roles in more traditional EE.

2nd year AC electricity + 2nd year 3phase analysis class + 3rd year machines course = most of the coursework used by an EE hired in the past decade. I don't want to trivialize such, but the high end stuff just isn't in demand at that particular phase of the economic cycle, and shrinking R&D in ECE has put a lot of very good people on the market.