related summer jobs for engineering student

[bluemeate]

Well this summer I searched around and emailed a solid 20 or so companies asking for a position as a civil engineering intern. Only one replied, I went to the interview and I got the job. My duty was to be collecting/reporting data from a drill rig and also as a labor hand. But the job site was put on hold and since they are up to date on their office work, they said they do not have much use for me so I was let go. I was recommended to find another job as they think it will be a while before the site is running again.

The problem is most businesses have already hired their summer interns and many of the programs run on set schedules to include training. So now it seems I am SOL for an internship.

Still I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for civil engineering or even construction related temp jobs I can try to look for, any places that can leave me with at least something to aid my resume and/or give me more experience in the field.

If not, anyone got any ideas where a 22 year old can find a summer job that pays at least 15 an hour. I knew a few people with no experience who worked at some local refinery's doing heat treatment and other random ass jobs and only worked for about 2 months but I lost contact with them. Can anyone suggest any similar jobs, or direct me towards a place where I can find jobs like that?

fyi I live in northern California about 20 minutes north of San Fransisco.

can post my resume if anyone cares to see

[leaf74]

Hi There guys (and gals)

I'm the operations Manager of a Marine Construction and Dredging Company in Eastern Canada. We are primarily a dredging company, and operate two Lima 2400Bs, a Manitowoc 4600 Series 3 Vicon, and mobile Linkbelt HC108B along with various support equipment.

We are currently expanding our operations and are interested in receiving resumes from experienced crane operators with dredging (ie clamming) experience. Experience with Lima and Manitowocs is a plus as is clamming experience. We clam with buckets ranging in size from 4 to 17 yard.

Please send resume to:

Attention Operations Manager

Fax 902 466 2483
email: harbour@ns.sympatico.ca

Our website is www.harbourdev.com

[bear]

Get up early in the morning and hit all the job sites seeing if they need a laborer. Youll gain much needed knowledge and experience of what life is like in the dirt (and wearing it) and see how a job comes together from the bottom. This will help later on in your career planning jobs and you'll earn a little respect from the crew. I'd rather pay a guy that has been dirty and sweated all day than some FNG straight out of school.

[surfer-joe]

Try KS Industries in Bakersfield. They are ALWAYS looking for hands that can pass a drug screen and work hard in the oilfields. (engineers too!) They have several divisions in several states going right now and oilfield hands are very hard to find. KSI works from the well head out, meaning they are heavy into pipeline and oil handling equipment and facilities. They do no work down hole. Talk to Dean Web if he is still there as employment manager, tell him Joe sent you. They have a nice website with contact numbers and some company information. There is an employment agency in Bakersfield called Continental, they do a lot of the initial employment screening for KSI and many other employers in California. Give them a call too.

Good Luck!

[dirt digger]

i am going into my senior year at Penn State for civil engineering....i don't have the situation you have though

I have worked for an excavation company since i was 16, i am now 21 and have been running equipment full time since 18. I love my job, but the biggest thing is that it give you real world experience as to what works and what doesnt. I will look at plans some times and wonder what the engineer was thinking when he drew them up because most guys have never been in the field. In my personal experience companies love the fact i have worked in the dirt and i have already had full time jobs offered to me when i graduate. Even if you make less then $15 an hour i HIGHLY recommend getting a job in the field, it will make your resume that much more attractive when you graduate and when you actually do start designing plans even one summer as a laborer will greatly help you in knowing how things work and that type of things


good luck with the search...over here on the east coast there aren't enough students to fill the internships out there