JimmyJunior
Electrical
Hello:
I work for a Federal Agency as a Senior Electrical Engineer and have been a PE for 27 years. Our engineering department is multi-disciplined. All of our Branch Managers are PEs also. There are presently several electrical engineers working here, but I am the only PE. Our Agency does not require engineers to be PEs.
Here are my questions: Can our branch managers decide matters in electrical designs and applications overiding my professional opinion and using the opinions of electrical technicians as their decision basis and still remain safe from an ethical point of view?
Are they practicing outside of their area of experise?
Any liability issues for me? I carry liability (malpractice) insurance separately.
Thank you,
I work for a Federal Agency as a Senior Electrical Engineer and have been a PE for 27 years. Our engineering department is multi-disciplined. All of our Branch Managers are PEs also. There are presently several electrical engineers working here, but I am the only PE. Our Agency does not require engineers to be PEs.
Here are my questions: Can our branch managers decide matters in electrical designs and applications overiding my professional opinion and using the opinions of electrical technicians as their decision basis and still remain safe from an ethical point of view?
Are they practicing outside of their area of experise?
Any liability issues for me? I carry liability (malpractice) insurance separately.
Thank you,