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  1. Jaycen

    Mechanical Engineer job title with no actual engineering

    My work is basically technician work and I'm supposed to just do hands-on work and that's it. Is this normal? LOL! It can be pretty normal, especially at a smaller company. If "maintenance" is in the job description, then nothing else in the description is meaningful. You will be up to your...
  2. Jaycen

    12 years in, struggling to find work/life balance

    I'm going to respond to your problems, because fixing those is the pathway to your initially-listed desires: Almost every solution is conflicting with something else. Yes, but that's the nature of all things in life. Everything is a trade-off. You said you wanted "work-live balance", well...
  3. Jaycen

    Drawing changes during R&D phase - too many changes and pushing drawings out too early

    ves39, As a process-oriented guy, you're correct that the biggest part of the problem is the lack of organization at the beginning of the project. Just like with software or even building a report from a database - the less you know about what end result you're trying to accomplish, the more...
  4. Jaycen

    E-Stop requirement

    I'm not 100% sure what you're asking in terms of a "field motor E-stop". Are you saying you're concerned about something having to do with the field created by the motor windings? I've done industrial controls for 20+ years. When I first started, we would open up motor contactors and let...

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