About CE

[hongyin]

I will emigrate to TX, and I have been a Certificated Cost Engineer of CHINA(civil enginnering), anyone could tell me if I wanna do the same work as china in TX, I need get the similar certificate there?

other question:finding job(CE) is easy to me with 17 years experience there?

Thanks your input.

 

[greenone]

What kind of work will you be looking for? Are you an estimator? I don't know about the TX market, but you will need good language skills anywhere. While your English is lightyears ahead of my Chinese, you still want to improve your English grammar.

 

[francesca]

Becoming a professional engineer (licensed, or "certificate" as you put it) will be very difficult with a Chinese undergraduate - or graduate - degree. The easiest way would be to get a masters degree in the US. Finding a job that recognizes your experience will be very difficult without a PE.

 

[jeffcivil2]

We call those estimators in America, and you will have to work for a contractor most likely. Don't be down on yourself about being a foreigner. People see foreigners as being good with numbers, so you can get a good job as an estimator I'm sure as long as you pick a big city in TX with good growth.

If you desire a more designer oriented atmosphere, than you may do well in a large company. Also, there are many minority -owned firms in this business. They tend to get a lot of the government projects, so I'm sure you'll find a job.

cheers,
Jeff

http://www.civiltips.com

 

[drkgray]

I just moved to TX in Oct 07. You should have no problem finding work in the big 2: Houston metro (my area) or Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. I agree with the statement regarding the MEng beeing a boon to a career here... I'm working on mine right now. There are several options available through the University of Texas, Texas A&M, etc. not to mention the few ABET accredited online programs. I also agree with the social sentiment: few people in the larger cities have any notable problems with foreign professionals.

Good luck and welcome (soon) to the US! [thumsup]