Monthly Meeting Announcement
Columbia Chapter of Professional Engineers of Oregon
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Program
“Hyster-Yale –Leveraging Limited PE staff to Develop EIT’s into PE’s”
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will deliver the program via our Zoom link. Non-members are welcome to attend at no cost, but there will be a nominal charge if a PDH certificate is desired. The Zoom link is provided below.
Program Abstract:
How do you support and grow professional licensure within a large engineering community with a limited group of licensed engineering managers?
Many companies hire young, degreed engineers out of college. Often, they may already be engineers-in-training (EIT), having passed the first hurdle on a journey towards professional licensure. However, the ability to achieve professional licensure varies between companies and even within individual companies due to staffing. OAR 820-010-1020, “Education and Experience Requirements for Registration as a Professional Engineer,” sets minimum requirements for experience under the direction and supervision of a registered professional engineer. This often prevents EIT’s from finding a path to their PE license.
Meeting direction and supervision requirements had been a challenge for some of Hyster-Yale’s engineers at our Fairview, OR development center. Many interested young engineers striving for professional licensure weren’t able to meet the minimum experience requirement due to our management structure. The Hyster-Yale engineering community and PEO collaborated on a solution that Hyster-Yale submitted to and received general support from OBSEELS Board.
By sharing the Hyster-Yale Group’s story, you’ll learn about an alternate approach, leveraging PE’s to develop engineers and promote licensure.
Speaker Bio:
Joe Brotherton, PE has spent 22 year in product development for vehicle and mobile equipment and holds 11 patents. Joe received a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University. Joe has been an engineering manager for 11 years at Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. in Fairview, Oregon. He has been a registered Professional Engineer in Oregon since July 2003.
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names. Hyster-Yale Group has been building relationships and partnering with customers, suppliers, dealers, and employees for over 90 years. Subsidiaries of Hyster-Yale Group include Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, an alternative-power technology company focused on fuel-cell stacks and engines, and Bolzoni S.p.A., a leading worldwide producer of attachments, forks and lift tables under the Bolzoni®, Auramo® and Meyer® brand names.
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