I live in a major US metro area, and finding time a damn soils engineer was a nightmare. There are very few around and it can take months to get on their calendar because they’re spread so damn thin.
That’s a good point. The problem is probably that they don’t want to do residential contract work. They’d rather work for big developers or energy companies.
I got to speak with a few soil engineers at a recent job site and they said the worst part of their job is that everyone hates that they’re around, because they’ll make or break a site, lol. I felt bad.
Geotechnical jobs.
I live in a major US metro area, and finding time a damn soils engineer was a nightmare. There are very few around and it can take months to get on their calendar because they’re spread so damn thin.
They’re all getting way more money looking for oil.
That’s a good point. The problem is probably that they don’t want to do residential contract work. They’d rather work for big developers or energy companies.
Start hiring people out of Alberta. Still lots of engineers looking for work.
I got to speak with a few soil engineers at a recent job site and they said the worst part of their job is that everyone hates that they’re around, because they’ll make or break a site, lol. I felt bad.