|
Last Week For March Savings On The Job Board
Get lucky in your search for new engineering talent by using ACEC's Job Board. Save 15 percent on 30- and 60-day postings. Just use the promo code LUCKY08 at checkout.
Why should you use ACEC's Job Board? We have the power of focusing only on engineering and related fields. Mass market job boards may not have the right candidates. By adding a niche job board, such as the ACEC Job Board, you get direct access to a focused group of qualified engineering talent specific to your needs.
Remember that when you have an active job posting, you also have access to our searchable resume database, containing over 7,800 job seekers.
Please visit the ACEC Job Board to create an account and post your job today!
For more information, contact Nina Goldman at 202-682-4325 or write ngoldman@acec.org.
|
|
Over 700 Searchable Jobs Posted
Over 7,800 Searchable Resumes Posted
Over 1,700 Registered Employers |
|
Last Five "Help Wanted" Open Positions:
Principal Geotechnical Engineer—Tempe, AZ
Project Engineer—St. Johns, MI
Professional Engineer— Milwaukee, WI
Sr. Electrical Engineer—Fairfax, VA
Airport Design Engineer—Mobile, AL
A Sampling of Posted Resumes:
Geotechnical Engineers—884
Water Resources/Wastewater Engineers—1,449
Transportation—1,281
Civil Engineers—2,189
Structural Engineers—1,461
Environmental Engineers—1,327
View These and Other Resumes and Jobs on ACEC's Job Board
www.acec.org/jobbank |
|
|
Bookstore Offers HR Titles On Generation Diversity
Resources from the ACEC Bookstore show how to effectively manage diverse generations in the workplace.
Motivating the "What's In It For Me?" Workforce: Manage Across the Generational Divide and Increase Profits
Cam Marston
Click here to order.
|
Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers and Nexters in Your Workplace
Ron Zemke, Claire Raines & Bob Filipczak
Click here to order.
|
The New Workforce: Five Sweeping Trends That Will Shape Your Company's Future
Harriet Hankin
Click here to order.
Click here to browse the full Human Resources category of the ACEC Bookstore!
|
|
Online Seminar Offers Solutions For E-Mail Management Challenges
April 1—Thinking Outside the In-Box: Deploying an E-Mail Management Process Enterprise-Wide
Jim Forester, Newforma, Inc., and Tiffany Morris, ColeJenest & Stone, present solutions to manage information in today's e-mail communications deluge.
This session details how engineering firms can implement a consistent e-mail management process enterprise-wide and offers takeaway tips, strategies and technologies to help you empty your in-boxes, comply with regulations and streamline the larger project management process.
(1:30-3 p.m.; 1.5 PDHs)
Click here to register.
April 2—Pandemic Flu—Implications for Your Firm and Your Clients
Do you have a system in place to keep your business running in the event of a pandemic of serious illness? Dr. Daniel Barnett, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, again presents this informative online seminar to help A/E/C firms become aware of the implications and prepare for a major health-related crisis.
(1:30-3 p.m.; 1.5 PDHs)
Click here to register.
April 8—Merger and Acquisition Transactions—Looking Ahead
Colvin Matheson, Matheson Financial Advisors, reviews the basics of firm valuation in anticipation of mergers and acquisitions, the nuances of deal structures and closing transactions in the context of the near-term marketplace.
(1:30-3 p.m.; 1.5 PDHs)
Click here to register.
April 9—The Business Case for Sustainable Engineering Practice
Bill Wallace, Wallace Futures Group LLC, predicts that sustainability will be the No. 1 megatrend that will change the rules of global business, as innovative companies find creative and practical ways to gain relative advantage in the marketplace. This online seminar explores sustainable engineering and its growing economic feasibility.
(1:30-3 p.m.; 1.5 PDHs)
Click here to register.
April 15—Escaping the "Wal-Marting" of Engineering
External pressures are forcing a commoditization of the engineering industry, which Robert vanArsdall, XL Design Professional, describes as the "Wal-Mart effect." He notes that to succeed, firms will increasingly need to differentiate themselves from competitors, understand and deliver on client demands, and maximize the knowledge value of their workers. This practical session looks at internal project delivery processes and external demands of clients.
(1:30-3 p.m.; 1.5 PDHs)
Click here to register.
|
|
| Annual Convention Hotel Filling Fast As Room Discount Deadline Nears
Fox News' Chris Wallace |
A strong turnout is expected at the upcoming ACEC Annual Convention, April 27-30, in Washington, D.C. Attendees are encouraged to make hotel reservations early while discounted rooms are still available.
ACEC's discounted rates for rooms at the Grand Hyatt Hotel expire on Friday, April 4. Convention attendees should contact the Grand Hyatt directly at 202-582-1234 and reference ACEC to secure the special rate.
The Convention features the year's largest A/E industry advocacy event on Capitol Hill to address issues critical to the profession, in addition to an outstanding lineup of media notables such as Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, MSNBC's Tucker Carlson, and former Clinton advisor Paul Begala.
To see a greeting by Wallace especially for Convention attendees click here.
The Convention also includes the 2008 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala—the annual black-tie extravaganza—on Tuesday, April 29, in addition to 30 top-tier education sessions on business management and exciting social activities.
Click here for Convention information and to register. Register by April 4 and receive an additional 5 percent off the registration fee. |
 |
| ACEC/Tennessee Second To Hit 2008 ACEC/PAC Goal
ACEC/PAC Champion of Tennessee Jerry Stump |
ACEC/Tennessee became the second state in the nation to meet its ACEC/PAC fundraising goal for 2008.
The Volunteer State hit their goal for the fifth straight year.
"Our plan this year was simple—increase the number of ACEC/PAC participants while simultaneously increasing the size of the average PAC contribution," said ACEC/PAC Champion Jerry Stump of Wilbur Smith Associates in Franklin, Tennessee. "We knew if we could educate our members about ACEC's recent legislative wins and the implications of the kind of federal issues that are now before Congress, our membership would respond—and they did."
Stump also credited the support of ACEC/Tennessee Executive Director Candy Toler for helping to promote involvement in ACEC/PAC.
For more information on ACEC/PAC, contact either Greg Knopp, ACEC executive director of political affairs at gknopp@acec.org or Elizabeth Coit, ACEC/PAC director at ecoit@acec.org.
|
| 2008 QBS Grant Program Launched; QBS Award Nominations Now Accepted
Lester Fukuda: "Grant program excellent funding source for grassroots materials." |
ACEC is launching its Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) Grant Program for 2008.
Each Member Organization received applications by email on March 19, which are due back to ACEC May 30.
The grant program is designed to assist states in creating programs and materials to familiarize public owners with the advantages of QBS. More than $400,000 has been disbursed to the states through the program since its inception in 1989.
ACEC is joined this year by the American Public Works Association (APWA), American Institute of Architects (AIA), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in establishing a grant pool of $25,000.
On a related front, ACEC's QBS Awards Program is currently accepting nominations from Member Organizations. The QBS Awards Program recognizes public and private organizations that make exemplary use of the QBS selection process at the state and local levels. Nominations for this year's awards should be submitted by April 30.
"With the expansion of QBS at the local level becoming a focus for many states, the grant program continues to provide an excellent funding resource for the development of educational and grassroots materials," said Lester Fukuda of HDR/Hawaii Pacific Engineers, and one of the grant program coordinators. "The awards program provides great examples of state and local entities that have successfully implemented QBS procedures."
Click here for more information about the QBS Grant Program and for a grant application. Click here for more information about the QBS Awards Program.
|
|
|
ACEC/Northwestern Course Examines How Project/Program Management Are Changing
Advanced Project and Program Management for the Engineering and Construction Industry
June 16-17, Evanston, IL
Participants in ACEC's Advanced Project and Program Management for the Engineering and Construction Industry will take a systems approach to the full-range of design and construction project management.
The course is presented and co-sponsored by ACEC and the McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, at the university's Evanston (Chicago) campus, and offers 16 PDHs. Course objectives include modeling and simulation of projects, programs and revenue, risk mitigation and control, A/E/C economics, establishment of a Program Management Office (PMO), organizational implementation strategies, along with benchmarking and metrics.
Click here for details on agenda and faculty, and to register.
|
| Avoid Risk By Recognizing Controversial Contract Provisions; New Course May 29-30
Recognizing the Snares and Pitfalls in Construction Industry Contracts
May 29-30, Chicago
ACEC presents a new one-and-a-half-day course designed to equip engineers, contractors, project managers, contracting officers, specifiers—and anyone responsible for construction or design services procurement—with critical information in key contract areas.
Sessions will focus on specific controversial contract provisions from every angle, including the latest revisions to the most-used contracts and recent court rulings involving construction contracts.
Click here for more information and to register.
|
The American Council of Engineering Companies
1015 15th St., NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005-2605
Phone: 202-347-7474 - Fax: 202-898-0068
www.acec.org - E-mail:acec@acec.org
Alan D. Crockett, Director, PR • Ann Brandstadter, Editor/Designer | |
|
|
