Project Engineering | The Essential Toolbox for Young Engineers

Frederick Plummer

ISBN 10: 0750682795 / ISBN 13: 9780750682794

Published by Elsevier Science & Technology, 2007

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Project Engineering | The Essential Toolbox for Young Engineers | Frederick Plummer | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2007 | Elsevier Science & Technology | EAN 9780750682794 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project Engineering | The Essential Toolbox for Young Engineers
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750682795
• ISBN 13: 9780750682794
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 164H x 20D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 508 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

For newly hired young engineers assigned to their first real 'project', there has been little to offer in the way of advice on 'where to begin', 'what to look out for and avoid', and 'how to get the job done right'. This book gives this advice from an author with long experience as senior engineer in government and industry (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Exxon-Mobil).

Beginning with guidance on understanding the typical organizational structure of any type of technical firm or company, author Plummer incorporates numerous hands-on examples and provides help on getting started with a project team, understanding key roles, and avoiding common pitfalls. In addition, he offers unique help on first-time experiences of working in other countries with engineering cultures that can be considerably different from the US.

• Reviews essentials of management for any new engineer suddenly thrust into responsibility
• Emphasizes skills that can get you promoted―and pitfalls that can get you fired
• Expanded case study to show typical evolution of a new engineer handed responsibility for a major design project

Review

"Project Engineering is an excellent reference work on the basis of launching an engineering career amd staying on the right course. Project Engineering was written with two goals in mind: helping the freshly minted engineer survive his or her first foray into the workforce and aiding the established working engineer as he or she seeks to advance to a leadership oisition. Beginning with a description of the scope of a project engineer's typical areas of responsilbiliy, Plummer noted that they run the gamut from core planning to safety, risk management, cost control, and scheduling." --Civil Engineering, Ray Bert