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Best Engineering Career Advice (that I ever got!) as we finish 2024. Get a Mentor! There are a lot of different types of career advice. As an engineering recruiter, I talk to many engineers on a weekly basis. Many of these engineers are earlier career professionals looking for new challenges and growth opportunities. One regular comment I hear is that many engineers lack mentorship or a support network. This is exacerbated by a growing number of retirements, difficulty of hiring replacements, and the rise of hybrid work which decreases interactions. So my advice to any engineer, early career or not, is to seek and find a mentor. This mentor needs to be an experienced engineer and someone that you trust. He or she doesn’t necessarily need to be a co-worker working for the same employer as you are. Forbes lists 15 invaluable traits that make a good mentor. The key ones that I think are important qualities follow: - Supportiveness - Follow-Through - Transparency - Good Listener - Focus on the Mentee For the full list of traits, read the full article at Forbes https://lnkd.in/enXGiM2m With 2024 coming to a close, there’s not much time left in the year to find a mentor who will become a key partner in your overall career success.

Engineering “All-Star” Highlight-Manufacturing Engineering Manager and Electro-Mechanical Engineer! I am highlighting two experienced engineering "All-Stars" we recently interviewed. Our Manufacturing Engineering Manager “All-star,” has extensive capital equipment experience managing people and projects to implement new production lines and or update existing equipment in a metal fabrication, welding, paint, and assembly manufacturing environment. On the other hand, our electro-mechanical “All-Star” has experience with embedded systems and controls development for use in industrial manufacturing equipment. Each “All-Star” is working with us and is ready to make a career change. A brief outline for these "All-Stars" follows. If you have an interest in having a conversation with one of the “All-Star” candidates, please reach out to me or give me a call to discuss. Best Regards, Cliff Candidate: #28830 Title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager Desired Location: North Suburban Chicago Area Expected Compensation: $150K+ Education & Skills - Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering. - More than 10 years of manufacturing engineering and value stream engineering with a leading manufacturing. - Certified Six Sigma Green Belt and Project Management Professional. Accomplishments - Improved delivery times by 20% for key production line. - Decreased product defects by 55% per unit. - Transferred production lines and doubled assembly capacity on time and under budget to a sister plant. Candidate: #52260 Title: Electro-Mechanical Engineer Desired Location: Greater Chicago Area Expected Compensation: $95K+ Education & Skills - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. - 7 years of electro-mechanical and software engineering experience with industrial manufacturing equipment. Accomplishments - Updated WonderWare UI and Allen-Bradley embedded hardware in Wonderware and RS Logix5000. - Prototyped embedded hardware control systems used in custom industrial manufacturing equipment in CompactLogix, Siemens Simatics, and Omron Cx-One. - Designed software suite for interfacing with MySQL database with PLC controllers.

Manufacturing Supervisor Career Opportunity Alert #748 Join a leading manufacturer of engineered-to-order capital equipment used in a wide range of industries which is driving growth through decarbonization, electrification, and onshoring. Be part of a stable workforce and experienced operations team to support a growing business and customer base in a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant that will benefit from this strategic direction. We are seeking a manufacturing supervisor to join our client’s operations team. Reporting to the Operations Director, you will oversee production, ensuring that quality and productivity metrics are met in a high-mix engineered and built-to-order manufacturing environment. Reach out to me to discuss or visit our website jobs page to apply. https://buff.ly/4fQq9LY #manufacturingsupervisor #productionsupervisor #machinery #manufacturing

M-Works Search Motivation Monday Quote: “Soldiers, when committed to a task, can’t compromise. It’s unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it’s been done.” - Sir John Keegan (military historian). Working to identify the best manufacturing professionals?. To learn more about M-Works Search and how we work to identify the best manufacturing professionals, visit our website at <https://buff.ly/4hVTwyy>. #MWorksSearch #Engineeringjobs #Manufacturingjobs #MotivationMondayQuote

Manufacturing Engineer-Tooling Design Career Opportunity Alert! #722 We’re excited to present an outstanding opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer-Tool and Die Design with a prominent precision manufacturing company in the Racine, Wisconsin, area. This role offers a compelling chance to make a meaningful impact within the Tool and Die Department, contributing to the design and development of critical tooling, dies, fixturing, and gauges that drive the company’s continued success. If you have a tooling design background, I’d love to connect. Reach out to me to discuss or visit our website jobs page to apply. https://buff.ly/3Cn6wNi

Electrical Controls Engineer Career Opportunity Alert #747 Interested in growing your electrical controls engineering career? Are you an electrical engineering professional with experience designing controls systems, schematics, and control panels in AutoCAD Electrical? Do you enjoying programming and would like to increase your Allen-Bradley PLC and HMIs programming skills? If you’re ready to take your next step career wise? If so, let’s connect! Our client is a leading privately held, diversified, and growing OEM of custom industrial process equipment used in a wide range of industries. In this electrical controls engineering role, you be responsible for full spectrum electrical and controls engineering tasks including electrical design, PLC/HMI development and programming, system testing and virtual commissioning. Reach out to me to discuss or visit our website jobs page to apply. https://buff.ly/40z6E6m #controlsengineer #electricalcontrolsengineer #PLCprogramming #HMIprogramming

M-Works Search Engineering Video Friday. John Deere. An American global agricultural and construction equipment giant. Last week, I highlighted Caterpillar, a global giant with roots in Central Illinois. I couldn’t not highlight John Deere, another global giant with roots right down the road in western Illinois. John Deere is the largest agricultural machinery maker in the world today. It all began in 1837 when John Deere opened a blacksmith shop in Grand Detour, IL. It was here that he invented a new plow blade from an old saw blade that was self-scouring. Thanks to its new shape and material, the plow blade didn’t need to be frequently cleaned of the rich local soil. So sit back and take a walk through the history of John Deere. https://buff.ly/40Y5TEf M-Works Search-Working to identify the best manufacturing professionals?

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Build Your Engineering Portfolio-Don’t delay. You’re an engineer not an artist. Why do you need to build and maintain a portfolio? It’s pretty simple, like an artist, as an engineering professional you need to be able to provide examples to demonstrate your experience and accomplishments as needed. Whether you are looking for a new job or getting ready for your annual performance review, having an engineering portfolio will help you land a new job or get an increase. What should you include in your engineering portfolio? There’s no right or wrong answer, here. Yet, think of everything you do and or have done which helps your employer increase sales or decrease costs. Most, if not all, of your accomplishments in your engineering portfolio should be quantifiable. An example could be a new product design and the incremental sales it generated. It may be an innovation that was patented and allowed your employer to pursue new markets or business. Or it could be a new manufacturing process that reduces production costs. Organize all of your accomplishments, update your Linked In profile, and keep things updated so that your engineering profile is ready. Do you have an engineering portfolio? I’m curious to learn how many engineers have and maintain an engineering portfolio. It’s a tool that you should always have in your engineering career toolbox. Let me know your experience in comments.

Build Your Engineering Portfolio-Don’t delay. You’re an engineer, not an artist. Why do you need to build and maintain a portfolio? It’s pretty simple: like an artist, as an engineering professional, you need to be able to provide examples to demonstrate your experience and accomplishments as required. Whether you are looking for a new job or preparing for your annual performance review, an engineering portfolio can help you land one or get an increase. What should you include in your engineering portfolio? There’s no right or wrong answer here. Yet, think of everything you do and or have done that helps your employer increase sales or decrease costs. Most, if not all, of your accomplishments in your engineering portfolio should be quantifiable. An example could be a new product design and the incremental sales it generated. It may be an innovation that was patented and allowed your employer to pursue new markets or business. Or it could be a new manufacturing process that reduces production costs. Organize all of your accomplishments, update your LinkedIn profile, and keep things updated so that your engineering profile is ready. Do you have an engineering portfolio? I’m curious to learn how many engineers have and maintain an engineering portfolio. It’s a tool that you should always have in your engineering career toolbox. Let me know your experience in the comments.