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Engineering job requiring a lot of 'hands-on.'

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Hello all. I applied for a "Manufacturing Engineer" position with a company producing composite cloth. The job requires a degree. I am an IEng with a CGLI Full Tech. Cert. and experience. I have had a phone interview. The man interviewing me said they would provide me with a full set of tools and that I would spend a lot of time taking things apart. I asked about drafting and was told I could choose the software package. A friend runs a machine shop and does a lot of work for them. He told me I would be doing about 95% 'on the bench' and 5% drafting. The job description covers the full spectrum of tasks an 'engineer' would expect but it seems more of a 'fitter' type position. The previous bloke apparently had a degree but could not manage a pencil sketch and would often bring a component and ask to 'make this hole a bit bigger.'

Of the list of responsibilities I was asked to choose the three I would like most and three I would like least, which caught me off guard.


Has anyone on the forum come across this sort of set up?

I may have to chalk it up to interview experience!


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  • Former Community Member
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    Hello Roy

    The interview was with the manager. It was worth doing the interview. I had to have a copy of the job description in front of me.As I said in my original post, I was caught flat-footed when I was asked to choose the 3 tasks I would like most and least and then a question about my 'passion!' The company is Vectorply. You can see the ad for yourself. CGLI and IEng carry little weight here in the US. I kick myself for not having applied for a CGLI Licentiate when IEng. was the only prerequisite. On top of that contacting CGLI is virtually impossible. The site I end up on only wants potential CGLI center owners.


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    Hello Roy

    The interview was with the manager. It was worth doing the interview. I had to have a copy of the job description in front of me.As I said in my original post, I was caught flat-footed when I was asked to choose the 3 tasks I would like most and least and then a question about my 'passion!' The company is Vectorply. You can see the ad for yourself. CGLI and IEng carry little weight here in the US. I kick myself for not having applied for a CGLI Licentiate when IEng. was the only prerequisite. On top of that contacting CGLI is virtually impossible. The site I end up on only wants potential CGLI center owners.


    Cheers
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