Agree with msquared48. One of the reasons it is good to be a principal when you are also EOR is that you are in essence the "employer" so, the only way your employer is going to get in the way of your EOR decisions is if you get in the way of yourself. Being a principal also allows for more...
Lots of great advice on this thread. I would suggest talking with your boss. If your immediate boss is somehow not the Engineer-of-Record (EOR) of the project(s) you are working on I suggest getting the EOR involved in the discussion pronto. Regardless of managerial structure, your primary...
I understand, especially about "having to do it all together simultaneously that really stresses me out". I've certainly experienced that more than once in both private and public sectors. In fact, my last public sector position was beyond ridiculous when it came to having to wear too many...
A number of years ago I was in a similar place as you appear to be. Since then, I have made the transition from private sector structural design to a few different positions in the public sector and now back to private sector structural design (after a brief stint working for a GC). In the...