I have around 6 years of experience, I've also worked at civil engineering companies during college. I graduated civil but took And passed the HVAC and refrigeration test. It wasn't that easy teaching myself some of the test material but it was well worth it
Will do Gibson.
Here are some other postings I've found that are helping me. I posted the 2 to reddit.
http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=25170&page=1
http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=25257&hl=salary.com#entry7282426
In the Portland area...
Mechanical Engineer, HVAC and refrigeration, load calcs, energy modeling, permit drawings, equipment selection, LG and mitsubishi VRF software...
That 40k came from the recruiter I talked to 401K, guaranteed bonuses, healthcare, profit sharing, allowances, vacation/sick...etc. I don't know how...
I spoke with a recruiter and they recently placed a PE with 6 years experience at a little over 70K but total compensation was 110K. He then went on to say that the median range for base pay seems to be in the low 80's. Maybe I should shoot for 80-85k, still ambitious. I've been meeting with 2...
I think you are right and agree with you. I'm going to aim to get around 85-90k during my review (hopefully today, if not tomorrow). If not I think I'll search around for other companies. I think that amount is respectable given the other couple engineers I know in my area and do the same job as...
I just passed and got my stamp and am making what a fresh out of school engineer would be making. I'm making 65k working 45 hour weeks when in reality I should be making 100-110k per salary.com
