qman5
Electrical
- Sep 10, 2012
- 28
I've taken over as the lead engineer for a project, where I have been assigned to lead the technical success of a turn key project. It's a smaller project for what my company usually handles, but I've already started to find huge mistakes, mostly on the technical side. For example, a UPS system has been missed, the building equipment was undersized/not compared to actual equipment sizes that will lead to an increase in building size, the proper testing questions were not answered and associated equipment was not accounted for, other smaller items were missed.
My previous boss and colleague were among those responsible for preparing the bid, but I recall that my colleague was thrown under the bus by my previous boss at the last minute to prepare this bid.
So far I have already discovered items that will likely contribute to significant non conformance costs and huge barriers. This is the second time this has happened in my career (the first being when I first started), and I'm unsure how to proceed politically.
I want to throw everything on the table and say:
- This "ABC" was wrong -- why would you do something like this?
- This "BCD" was wrong -- why did you agree in a clarification to this?
however, I know that I would be essentially setting up the failure/firing of the other employees or my previous boss. In my other experience, I took more of a "I'll solve this and won't point fingers", but at this point I feel like I only need to look out after myself. I don't need another political headache to fix.
Any tips on how I should proceed or handle this?
My previous boss and colleague were among those responsible for preparing the bid, but I recall that my colleague was thrown under the bus by my previous boss at the last minute to prepare this bid.
So far I have already discovered items that will likely contribute to significant non conformance costs and huge barriers. This is the second time this has happened in my career (the first being when I first started), and I'm unsure how to proceed politically.
I want to throw everything on the table and say:
- This "ABC" was wrong -- why would you do something like this?
- This "BCD" was wrong -- why did you agree in a clarification to this?
however, I know that I would be essentially setting up the failure/firing of the other employees or my previous boss. In my other experience, I took more of a "I'll solve this and won't point fingers", but at this point I feel like I only need to look out after myself. I don't need another political headache to fix.
Any tips on how I should proceed or handle this?