How can I get a civil engineering job in America with a degree from India if I have two years of civil engineering experience in India?

How can I get a civil engineering job in America with a degree from India if I have two years of civil engineering experience in India?

Nikhila Punuru, Associate Engineer, EIT, Masters from University of Cincinnati

Answered Jun 12, 2016 · Upvoted by Vaibhav Gangani, M.Tech. Geomatics Engineering & Civil Engineering, CEPT University (2017)

Originally Answered: How can I get a civil engineering job in America with a degree from India?

I can think of two ways. Both of them will require intense dedication and considerable amount of time

Before we begin assessing these options. Lets see what qualifications a typical Entry Level Engineer with a 2 year work experience look like

1. Bachelors in Civil Engineering
2. Masters in Civil Engineering (optional)
3. Passed Engineer in Training (EIT)

In these 2 years an engineer in USA would have gained the following experiences

1. Made several contacts with Clients and on the way of building some potential relations with them.
2. Acquired knowledge of Codes and Standards in practice.
3. Oversee Construction.
4. Design projects at least 4 per year. (Depends on the size of the project).
5. Attend various meeting with the client though out the project life. (most of them are at the clients office)

and many more.

Of the 5 I can say that you can gain 2 of these. So, your score is 2/5 as of today. (this is an arbitrary score. please do not take it seriously)

Now lets assess the options.

1. Work for an US based company in India and after 5 years move to US with an L1 Visa.

Option #1 : This is by far the most time taking of the two. However, the upside is you will have already created good relationships with the folks in USA and the transition would be easy.

It also depends on the type of the work you have done for the company back in India. By the time you get approved for an L1 Visa you will have about 5+ years of experience.

An engineer who has acquired the same experience in USA will have many other qualities to offer. (Considering that you have only design experience and have never interfaced with the clients in USA.)

Also, you need to be a certified Professional Engineer (PE ) which gives you license to practice and sign/stamp Civil Drawings. This will be required to justify the amount of money spent by your company to bring you from India to US

Option #2 Do Masters in USA

Since you have 2 years of work experience in India, this could be an advantage in getting an admit from good colleges in USA.

There are programs that allow you to complete Masters in a year or year and half if you choose to not do thesis.

Most of the companies when looking of a candidate will consider the year(s) spent in Masters as some sort of experience.

I strongly suggest you to strategize and have a plan before coming to the US.

The 2 years experience will help you in getting an internship in USA. I strongly encourage you to get an internship in your summer. This allows you to understand how these companies function. An internship in the US will be an added advantage when searching for your full time job up completion of your studies.

While doing your internship or even before, give the EIT exam, its pretty easy if you prepare well.

Lets see the time line now.

If you have started your Masters in August 2016.

A typical semester ends in December 2016.

1st Semester Ends.

I would suggest you to study hard and get atleat 3.5/4 GPA.

As the 2nd Semester Starts in January 2017. Start looking for internships. Glassdoor, Indeed, dice should be your best buddies. Use LinkedIn to network with your Alumni.

Land an Internship with a company for the Summer 2017

Create good relationships the company. Typically if you perform well you will be given a full time position.

One month after you begin your internship start applying for full time job.

Start your Fall Semester 2017.

Keep at applying jobs. Its difficult not to get an calls from companies or be told that they do not hire international students. Trust me . Persistence pays . I applied for more than 200 jobs. Few of my friends applied for over 500 jobs.

About 3 months before your semester ends, apply for OPT. This allows you to work for full time.

If every thing works, by Winter(December) 2017 you land an entry level job in an engineering company.

I understand that you will probably not maximize the benefits of your 2 years work ex from India. Trust me, this will certainly help you be a better professional than a lot of your colleagues who might be straight out of college.

The advantage is you will learn the ropes and reach your destination faster.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for reading.

Quiz #3 of CVL308

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EXTERNAL PRACTICAL SCHEDULE

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Attendance Requirement

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What should every civil engineer know?

I got the below on Quora. Might be of help for you.

Ref: https://www.quora.com/What-should-all-mechanical-engineers-know/answer/Rohit-Kapoor-49

What should every civil engineer know?

In College

• Half of the college subjects are of no use at site.
• Autocad is very important thing to learn which you try to avoid till last year.
• During placement interview, Practical knowledge is given importance and not grades.

Dilemma Phase - What to do next?

• Even doing MTech don’t assure you job guarantee.
• Nicmar gives you certification and not degree at end of 2 Years construction management course at expense of 10L fees.
• Government job require hardcore preparation for 5–6 months with 10–12 hrs study a day.

JOB

• Starting salary is as low as 15k per month and not more than 25k per month.
• In starting you might have to work even on Sunday and from day to night without any extra pay or incentives.
• Don’t expect life of IT employees for first 3–5 Years.
• Labors might have more knowledge than you.
• You are expected to work at 40 degree and that too in remote/rural locations like Kashmir or some village.
• 50% get into smoking during this phase.

Final Verdict

• It’s far more easy to get into construction business if you have strong determination
• You will be always physically fit.
• As your practical knowledge will increase, you demand and salary will increase.

I would like to add few points here,

While in College

• Alongwith your courses, get some skills. The skills can be AutoCAD, Revit, STADD Pro, GIS, Remote Sensing, Costing estimation, Bar Bending Schedules etc.
• Just learning/ knowing how to operate the software won't help. Do at least one project on the software you have learnt/ been taught
• Get your communications skills (oral and verbal) improved. Read, Write and Speak English.
• Learn how to use Excel and Powerpoint, or rather master it
• Work on projects and take the projects seriously, even if they are of no credits
• Do not ONLY go for certifications, learn the trade. If you have a certificate and you do not know anything, the certificate is of no use
• Do not go for master's unless you are sure of getting into academics
• Government job preparation is not one day affair. It takes years of rigorous preparation (10-12 hrs at least every day for many years!)
• Coaching are of very limited help/ use. For any kind of preparation, you need to have your fundamentals clear, even of 12th standard courses (Phy/ Chem/ Maths). 

Changed TT

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ON DEMAND EXAM SCHEDULE

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Course offered by NPTEL (Start form 26th August)

You are advised to register for the course.
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Note: The list is based on the choice given by student till 4th August 2019 (Online) and on 5th August 2019 (In hard Copy).

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Choice for Minor Project

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REGISTRATION FOR TERM 1901

Date of Registration 22nd July 2019.

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4th yr: Sonam, Sunil, Fahad: room 106, Block 3

M Tech (Structure + Geotech):  Saranya: Faculty cabin
M Tech (CM + Env): Col. Mathur: Faculty cabin

The timings are 9:30 am- 12:30pm and then 1:15 pm-4 pm.

summer term practical exam schedule

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Kindly go through the practical exam schedule.

The internal exam will be conducted on 15/07/19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

The external exam will be conducted on 16/07/19 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00p.m.

You are required to be there at 9:30 so that the exam can be conducted smoothly on time.

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FR of HMM 111, HMM 112, ENG 202, and ENG 206

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MTE, FR for all the departments will be conducted on 25/06/2019 in 202, Block-3:

HMM112:10:00am-11:30am, ENG206

HMM111 and ENG202: 12:00PM-1:30PM

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Schedule of Soil Mechanics Lab Viva (29th April 2019)

Schedule

Minor project presentation on 26-04-2019

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The final presentation of the minor project is scheduled for tomorrow.
(There will be no other external presentation)

So, kindly come along with the presentation and report in the format that is already been shared with you all.
The report should be signed by the respective guide of the group.

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Minor project Internal presentation schedule

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Minor project internal presentation of 2nd year is scheduled for Friday, 26th April. 

Pfa of the schedule.

Schedule of the presentation:-  

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Please find the Attached documents 

sample format

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Title page format

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Instructions:

1. Report to the venue at the time allotted to you.
2. Dress up in formals.
3. Come along with the report.
4. Follow the format of the report given in the attached link.

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Guest Lecture - Latest Technologies being used in Civil Design on 15-04-2019 at 3:00 pm

Dear all,

A Guest lecture is going to be held on topic  " Latest Technologies being used in Design like AutoCAD, Revit, Staad.Pro and Project Management " for 2nd-year students of Civil Engineering on 15-04-19 at 3pm.

In this lecture you will get to know the following:

1. Introduction of LeLogix Design Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
2. Latest Technologies being used in Design like AutoCAD, Revit , 3ds max, Staad.Pro, Project Management, etc.
3. Design as a Career Option after B. Tech.
4. How LeLogix may support engineers

All of you kindly be present there on time, your attendance will be counted there only.

Date:    15th April 2019

Time:    3:00 pm – 4:00 pm 

Venue: 104, Block-III, Dept of Civil Engg, SET.

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Updated Timetable!!!

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LMS quiz on 27-3-19

Dear students,

The quiz which was supposed to be held yesterday will held today (27-3-19) at 6 pm.
Subject- Hydrology.

Project listing of CVL211 and presentation schedule

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Here is a schedule of your presentation with topic is attached.
Kindly make a PowerPoint presentation to present your topic and also a report of about 10 pages.
Every group will get 10 min to present their topic.
Report should be printed.

Format of the report-

All text in Times new Roman
Running text size-12
Heading text size- bold 14




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 Afreen

Attendance data

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Kindly check your attendance compiled up to March 8 and March 15 and check if there is any improvement in your attendance. Many of you are still way below the attendance cutoffs of the last term. It is strongly recommended that you attend all the classes from now onwards to ensure that you are allowed to appear in all the ETE papers.