Hope to get some assistance and advice from the senior engineer. i had been offered as the project engineer in
1) main con M&E company contract based
2) sub contractor M&E company
1) FIREFIGHTING COMPANY
2) air cond company
3)lorry tanker fabrication factory such as the esso & shell lorry tanker

As i m quite dilemma which job to choose as the M&E future prospect seem like brighter than others. futhermore is the project engineer for main contractor tougher or dangerous than sub contractor.

Btw, what is the best job for a mechanical fellow as the path is too wide ?
thanks for the advice

This post has been edited by Lyagami: Jun 11 2011, 09:39 AM

i have a friend that working as a main contractor.. he said, main is more easy/relax than sub..

no, its not. my advice is better give a try at sub con first as the the first step before getting indulge with main con job

Main con if ur project managememt is good

my advice is if u wanna learn hw to mamage projects, go main con

thanks for the advice ! is it the sub con will do more hands-on job unlike main con just to supervise n test the progress only ? But the main con offered the contract based job for 2300 only is it sound good ?

When you say contract job, are you engaged as a private contractor for the main contractor? This is in malaysia right?

Im currently working as a private independent contractor for an Oil and gas firm so my job is within the mechanical engineering field, currently based in singapore but my job requires me to go overseas on projects for months at a time. Accommodations is provided for and i get paid in USD.

Before this, i was working for a sub-con whose client is now my main employer.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Jun 11 2011, 09:27 AM

yup is in malaysia but it is a japanese company kajima ! they build the jusso and most of the japanese factory in malaysia ! but i m not sure is it the private contractor as i m a fresh graduate !The contract worker doesn t enjoy any benefit from the company such as the bonus ?
As a conclusion is it worth to join them ?
otherwise join the sub con to specialize my skill ?

It depends on your contract but some contractors do get a bonus payout if they complete their project either within a certain allocated time or ahead of schedule.

I dont know about your industry but if your working as a independent private contractor, you can make alot more then a measly RM2300. I know guys who make that amount in one day.

as sub-con, u will learn lot of laws & regulations, design, drawings, tender doc, testing & commissioning, pikc up lot tech specs knowledge, handling people at site, coordination, A-Z, etc.

as main-con, just manage and taichi.

u will feel more umph after u learn all the tricks as sub-con then only join as main-con.

if the sub-con company is small, u may ask for more $ but more workloads. but as fresh grad, u learn more.

thanks for the information ! is it 2300 without yearly bonus sound like ridiculous ?

Why no bonus?

As they said that contract worker didnt qualified for the bonus

1) main con M&E company contract based (no technical background go work for main can u'll get ur ass kicked)
2) sub contractor M&E company (u'll hav better training but being a subcon its a tough life if u can endure it it'll b good)
1) FIREFIGHTING COMPANY (selling fire fighting equipment? or a contractor?)
2) air cond company (sales?design?r&D? contractor?manufacturer? wat department u joing? or u joing the cleaners to help air con company sweep floor?)
3)lorry tanker fabrication factory such as the esso & shell lorry tanker(imho too specialized next time susah cari makan)

not really, its niche. susah if u r into some deepshit n everyone in d insustry knows u. dat is deepshit

yup I also agreed with u ! As those sub contractor will focus more on the technical job! The job scope for the fire fighting n air cond are project engineer ! If work for the air cond company, I think it will involve some design job ! But I m wondering is there any design for the project engineer of the fire fighting company ?

I also think that the tanker fabrication Susah Cari makan as it is quite a niche market ! Sometime hard to define which is the best choice

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Added on June 13, 2011, 11:12 pmHaha is truth also

This post has been edited by Lyagami: Jun 13 2011, 11:12 PM

anyone here can give some advice or some guiding on "NETWORK DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER" ? the scope is
1)Work closely with M & E Consultants & Developers/Contractors on technical specs requirements
2)Closely monitor, review, analyse customers feedback and pro-actively extend appropriate pre & post technical sales solution actions

thx

This post has been edited by markie88: Jun 14 2011, 12:16 AM

to me working in construction line is tough and be prepared for long working hours..it can be working everyday without a rest day!

Btw is it worth to work for the long hour ?

It's very subjective,depend on the jobscope n also package they offer u.

how about the project engineer ?

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Added on June 18, 2011, 8:27 pmjust signed the offer letter with the firefighting company ! ==


This post has been edited by Lyagami: Jun 18 2011, 08:27 PM