I知 planning to switch careers to the civil engineering field and am aiming to be a professional engineer (civil). I was hoping to get some advice as I知 in a dilemma as to which organisation to join.
For context, I知 bonded to the Government and have been offered jobs in the engineering teams at
LTA and
JTC. Both jobs offer in-house design experience: The
LTA job involves the detailed design of an
MRT station while the
JTC job involves the design of infrastructure (roads, sewers and drains). Both jobs also require me to review design submissions from the consultants for other non-in-house design projects.
I知 currently leaning towards
JTC because (I) there are more opportunities for private sector attachments to consultancies, (II) the organisation culture is less hierarchical (based on what I致e heard), (III) there are more in house design projects available, although the design involved is less technical compared to
MRT stations.
However, I知 concerned that the design of drains, sewers and roads would not be sufficient experience for me to qualify as a Professional Engineer, which is the aim of my career switch. Hence, I was hoping to get some advice from people in the industry on this as well as your opinion on which would be a better organisation to join. Thanks in advance!