Career Review, EEI

I started working at EEI Corporation 8 months ago. So far, time has been fairly distributed to learning and stand by time.  It isn't perfect.

I was hired together with my colleagues as Management Trainee. We were offered a salary grade 35% higher than ordinary applicants’. As freshmen in the battlefield, we all had money-driven minds so we bit the good offer. We got this at the cost of being bonded  for 3 years.

Salary was not the only thing I essentially considered in choosing EEI; I also listened to a lot of testimonials from veteran engineers saying the company is the best training ground for starters.

What could I have asked more? An amalgamation of money and knowledge was the best that other companies’ cannot provide.

When we had our General Orientation Program to jump start our life with EEI, I learned that the company lacks the proper Succession Planning. A soon to be voids will be available once the fillers retire.

As one of the “possible fillers” which the company keeps inculcating in us, it leaves me the obligation to set passion for excellence as one of my core values. The need to show the company the kind of employees it deserves must be spearheadedly provided by us.

The program we entered has never been as easy as it seems.Expectations have to be met. A room filled with criticism is available for failures. We can’t be regular engineers. We are so much responsible.

Our first department, the Marketing Department, gave us the skill to present a proper company presentation. We had to know the past of our company, the struggles it went through before it became one of the most successful construction companies. We started learning to love and become the company because as they said, the key to successfully winning a building contract is to represent your company with full of confidence and knowledge by heart and mind.

We studied our history and services. We were taught how to price the construction of a certain structure. Marketing procedures from identifying prospected clients, presenting the company profile, calculating mark ups, agreed budget, engineering budget, bonds and all that until notice to proceed, were simulated in 1 ½ months.

The next department, the QA/QC department showed us all the company procedures. Trainers were assigned to each of us. We were with them in conducting their quarterly audit. We learned how essential this department is in the pursuit of attaining the excellent quality of our company and the services it offers. Deviations from the standard procedures must be addressed and be kept back on track.

Third, the Engineering department where I gave a big contribution in the form of structural designs; Maibarara Geothermal Plant pumphouse, railings and connections designs. They also taught me these; Engineering procedures, take off, estimating, costing, proper coordination with sub-cons and suppliers’ product reviews :D

Fourth is the Supply Chain Management department where we discovered a new avenue in civil engineering. We learned about traditional procurement and the new styles being practiced today. We learned also that this department together with their fast cycle of procedures is essential for attainment of good time management in construction. The following were the things that consumed our 1 month:

Procurement, documentation (PO, POCC, JPR),agreements for sub contracted works, quotations, strategic procurement, tactics,reaching a fair compromise through win-win negotiation, SCM cost savings concept,business growth through SCM, tactical procurement, supplier performance evaluation, supply risk management, contract management, market study, spend analysis, and steel production flow and a lot more.

Fifth, the TCSG (Technical Craft Support Group): Erection and dismantling of Scaffoldings, Surveying, actual layout using total station up to transfer of data, rigging signals, welding,cutting steel using oxyacetylene, understanding MEPF drawings, civil works,building works, mechanical works, piping works, electrical works, WBS of powerplant construction, shut down works, cooling tower WBS, real time kinematics,minimum plumbing requirements and more.

6^th, the Safety department: Department order no. 13, safety induction training course,appreciation course on ISO 14001:2004 standard, general and occupational environmental protection, management review presentation of construction hazards,accident statistics and permits and more.

As of now, we are staying attaining room 1 and about to go to PCG (Production Control Group) tomorrow. I will have the chance to review Primavera. 

I still have 8 departments left plus the last two months allocated for our Group Project and Individual Assessment/ Recognition. 

We also underwent the 2-day-communication skill competency program prepared by our manager, Ma’am Nona. We were given chance to present to the EEI top management key personnel like the EVP,SVP,VP,AVP and Managers.

So far, I can say that my stay in EEI has been full of laughter because I’m with my group who all have and show great talents and I know I'm with the company that has the best plan for me. I love EEI. Thanks God I'm here :)

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