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Proposal Engineer 10

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Etrier60

Mechanical
Jan 21, 2011
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Hello everyone, I need your feedback on my situation.

I am a process engineer with ten years of experience. Four years ago I moved to our Proposals Department. Pay is better that what I was making as a process engineer.
Hello everyone, I need your feedback on my situation.

However, I am missing the engineering challenges and I am pretty much fed up with writing proposals. I don't enjoy this at all anymore.

There was an opening for an engineer position at my current company but I was told I am too good as a proposal engineer to be considered for the new position.

I don't know what to do and I am afraid that if I am staying in the proposals department, I will never be able to get back to engineering.

Has any of you been in a Proposal Engineer role before? Was the switch back to engineering possible?
 
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Etrier60 stop selling your self short! If they are happy with the job you are doing take the opportunity and make a step up. Don't look at the open position and just return to your old job. Think about what you want to do and where you can do it that will be more valuable to the company than what you are doing now. Are their problems you have seen as the guy in front of the customer that you could solve? Are there new capabilities the company needs to develop to stay competitive (or become a leader)?
If you move to the project execution department they will find your current and previous experience valuable and you will be learning another part of the business. Continue on a path like this and soon you will have an understanding of the needs of the entire company and be able to move into a top position.
 
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