You need to take EIT exam first. It could be done before you graduate. It's not very difficult. It's good time to searching for a job now. I'm in SF. Hope you can find good one.
為增強國內工程師國際化能力,中國工程師學會與美國國家工程暨測量考試委員會(National Council of Examines for Engineering and Surveying, NCEES)簽署合作備忘錄,於台灣舉辦Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)考試及Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE)考試。
關於找工作: Try校園内的Job Placement Center和當地星期天的大報紙,such as Los Angeles Times....。 關於工作上的困難: 用時方知課堂上所學的都不管用,公司要的是懂AUTOCAD或是Microstation能劃圖,會STAADpro能做結構分析和設計。 關於PE執照資格: 至少四年制大學的碩士,須通過FE或是EIT Exam(考試包括大學所有的基礎課目),至少有四年工作經驗under PE 's supervision,通過PE Exam(專業實用課目)。 PE 申請表格上必須有三位推薦人(最好有該州的PE執照),可能還要US citizenship or PR? 國道收費員,能短期轉職考上建築師執照的範例,在美國是不可能發生的!
這幾天才剛註冊這個論壇。如你對家庭木造建築有興趣的話,可跟我連絡。我有一位非常要好的同學就在LA. 也許我和他可以幫忙. 以下是我在台北的演講,先看看了解一下,這行業is pretty rewarding if you really good and it is very very busy. I always try to let many more people know so that they can get into this area combining structure and architecture. 打中文太慢, sorry.
City of Los Angeles has many departments are hiring new graduates with structural or civil engineering background.
Try the L.A. City Personnel website and fill up the application first for an interview. After the interview, you will be on the eligible list. All departments with openings will go to the list to find candidates for the job interview.
稍微補充一下,在此想鼓勵一下所有讀土木系,且即將畢業的同學。我現在住在Fremont, CA, US. (矽谷附近)土木及建築這行業,在美國雖然不如high tech吃香。一開頭薪水大概在40k to 60k US dollars per years (120萬至180萬台幣左右) (New tech is about 60k to 100k, depends),但越老越香,經驗越好,當然收入越高。生活基本上不會太差。以我自身的經驗,一開頭不要要求及期望太高。認真工作,好好學習,態度正面,樂意幫忙,要會作人,make friends and try not to create enemy. Create 你自己的價值。會越來越好的。由於我多年的經驗主要是在家庭住宅建築及結構設計,我很樂意的提出三個非常適合我們土木背景做的職業。 (1) 家庭住宅建築及結構設計,(2) Contractor for 家庭住宅, (3) 家庭住宅的地產經記
至於第一個,只要你有加州PE牌照,那麼你可以做家庭住宅的建築及結構設計,而不需要有建築師執照。這樣,那麼你就可以同時賺取建築和結構部分的手續費。例如,一個500平方英尺的加建,一般來說你可以根據project複雜性收費4000〜6000美元。而對於新的兩層樓的房子,say 2500平方英尺,如在加州的庫珀蒂諾市,你大概可以收取12000至15000美元在建築和結構設計部分。我知道很多工程師只能做結構設計部分。然而,如果你願意自己多學,跨到建築部分,那麼我建議你應該兩個都做,這將是非常有趣的,具有挑戰性和滿足感。當你做的好而出名後,很多人都會來找你幫他們設計房子。這種跨建築及結構的人是很受歡迎的。就我所知,目前這種人才很少.學土木的人可考慮進入這行業.200k to 300k per year in general.
Since myself has same experience as all of you coming from Taipei with nothing and try to get a better job and life, I can understand the hardship and difficulties. If you whoever now are graduating and looking for a job, you can forward me your resume and I will forward them to my firends and my working networks and you might get an interview and maybe even a job. Good luck
我是新註冊的香港土木工程師,亦持有英國特許工程師執照(UK Chartered Engineer, Member of Institution of Civil Engineers)。
我曾經在Aecom Asia Company Limited 及 Atkins China Limited 工作(都是consultancy firm),參與過US$ 500Million 的香港tunnel project,有1.5年的tunnel, geotechnical engineering design experience 及4年的drainage and sewerage construction 的 site experience.