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An Accidental Engineer: Advice For: Newly Forged Engineers and the Lay Quality Engineer in Training
A personal accounting of an engineering career as a lay engineer. From "Owner's aren't people" to "You are paid to be frustrated"; I include advice I have developed to help contract engineers calibrate their emotions in today's contract and professional world. This may help the entry level engineer adapt to a working environment not covered by their academic experience.
The truth about teamwork is that teamwork is hard work, and nothing important in the world is accomplished without it. It is misunderstood and misrepresented. I provide some insights into being part of a team. One danger of improperly empowered team function is letting people without 'Technical Grasp' make technical decisions.
After introductions, I deal with a history and analysis of corrective action and how this process is essential to the engineering process.
Contracting: Specific chapter filled with experiences and advice.
Safety and the Environment: A review of selected histories which every engineer should know about.
Supplier's Quality: Selected histories from both sides of the supplier relationship are reviewed. I include some pertinent advice about business in the People's Republic of China.
Compounded Loss: An explanation of how to look for the true cost of quality loss.
Physics always wins: The universe is lazy and other thoughts an engineer needs to keep in mind.
The truth about teamwork is that teamwork is hard work, and nothing important in the world is accomplished without it. It is misunderstood and misrepresented. I provide some insights into being part of a team. One danger of improperly empowered team function is letting people without 'Technical Grasp' make technical decisions.
After introductions, I deal with a history and analysis of corrective action and how this process is essential to the engineering process.
Contracting: Specific chapter filled with experiences and advice.
Safety and the Environment: A review of selected histories which every engineer should know about.
Supplier's Quality: Selected histories from both sides of the supplier relationship are reviewed. I include some pertinent advice about business in the People's Republic of China.
Compounded Loss: An explanation of how to look for the true cost of quality loss.
Physics always wins: The universe is lazy and other thoughts an engineer needs to keep in mind.
185 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2019
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