Job Opportunity

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is the world's largest independent aerostructures manufacturer. The skies are fraught with Vought; Products include fuselage sub-assemblies (doors and fuselage panels), nacelles, thrust reversers, wings, and other components for military and commercial aircraft.

Officers: President, CEO, and Director: Elmer L. DotyVP, Communications: Michael L. (Mike) Schwarz Government and Industry Relations: Janie D. Haga.

Company Perspectives:With a solid focus on the future, Vought will continue: producing products of superior quality; creating an atmosphere that supports our reputation as an employer of choice; maintaining strong financial performance; providing customers a competitive advantage.

My Job Opportunity at Vought Aircraft Industries:

Salary/Wage: 35000 – 50000 US$

Job Category: Engineering

Career Level: Entry Level

Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree

I found this job opportunity very interesting because there I will be able to work in the area I like the most of my career: Methods Engineering, Logistics, Transportation, and al that stuff. I also love big manufacturing industries like Vought.

This job could bring me a lot of experience in this areas and I will be known in the industry, so later, I could apply for other jobs, harder to find, like an Industrial Engineer at Disney! ;-)

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10% of what we READ
20% of what we HEAR
30% of what we SEE
50% of what we SEE and HEAR
70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS
80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY
95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE

Interview

Interviewed: Andrés Villalobos

1. What influenced you to pursue Electronics engineering?
Since I was a child I liked everything about circuits and I always liked to open computers to see how they were inside and how they worked, I’ve always been very curious and also I know that electronics engineering is a career that I will be able to find a job in other countries very easy with.

2. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer? Well, after I graduated from high school, I entered in the university and there you see subjects like: math, physics, digital electronics, computer drawing, Algorithm and Programming, Circuits and Networks, Data Transmission, Electromagnetic Theory, Telecommunication Networks, Antennas and Propagation, Mobile Communications, microwaves, and others.

3. From your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student? I think that engineering students are the ones that have to be more applied, they need to love their career and study a lot. Sometimes is mandatory to resign to some travels or some activities that may interfere in your studies.

4. What are your plans for the future? My plan is to graduate and if I’m able for that time, work here in Venezuela in a large telecommunication company such as movistar, and I would like to own a Mountaineering school here in Maracaibo, because I practice mountain climbing.

5. Why would you recommend Engineering as a career? I would recommend this career only for those people who really love this, because it is not easy, but it is very rewarding and it is practically a new career most, here in Venezuela and is the career of the future.

ENGINEERING THE MAGIC OF DISNEY (Summary)

As an Industrial Engineer I will be able to develop in a lot of areas, also in different kinds of industries. This article is about the experience of two Industrial Engineers students working at Walt Disney World.
They applied their knowledge in different areas. One of them, Zac Hyde, senior IE major, worked: supporting Disney Transportation, (Which comprised the monorail system, ferry boats and buses that moved guests from various areas within the resort property), worked on the Disney Cruise Line, Disney's Magical Express (A shuttle service between the resort and airport), assisted with the opening of two new attractions-Soarin' and the Lights, Motors, Action Stunt Show-and the development of a mathematical model that would determine the optimum number of shows to schedule each evening in the Magic Kingdom. He says that he loved working on a company that worries a lot about guests satisfaction, although that makes his job harder because no matter how much he studies a situation, the guests experience (good or bad) was the one that qualify the results.
The other one, Patrick Foxworthy sophomore IE major, worked with the Maintenance and Engineering group. Some of his responsibilities include evaluating the maintenance team for MonstersInc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue, a new attraction at Disney's California Adventure. He says that what he liked the most about working as an IE at Disney was the fact of working with talented and creative people and also in the “Happiest place on earth”. He also says that creating memorable experiences for guests is very rewarding.
They both had a great opportunity working in an industrial engineering cooperative position at one of the biggest corporation. The memorable experiences that the guests live are the measurement of their capabilities to improve how things are done, and their willing and creativity. Or in other words, the measurement of their capabilities to be very good Industrial Engineers.