Stormwater is one of the many little-known sub-fields you can get into as a civil engineer. Is it a good fit for you? Today’s guest has all the answers. Jillian Berbakov is a stormwater engineer who graduated college with a business degree at 16, switched to engineering later on, and passed her PE exam as a full-time working mom!
Tune in to Learn:
- Jillian's path graduating college in business at 16 and then switching to engineering
- How she passed the PE Exam as a working mom — as how you can too
- What does a stormwater engineer do? What software tools do they use?
- How climate change is (re)shaping stormwater design work and projects
- The biggest challenge of working in the stormwater industry – and it’s non-technical
- What other engineering disciplines does stormwater engineering run into?
- Future trends in the stormwater engineering field you need to know before going into it
- Why you need your PE license to advance your career — and it’s not money-related
- How a business degree can help your engineering career (Yes, you read that right!)
- Jillian's top 2 pieces of advice for younger engineers just getting started
- The PE Civil Exam versus the Environmental PE Exam: Which one should you take?
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Resources Mentioned:
NCEES PE Environmental Practice Exam
NCEES PE Civil Practice Exam (Water Resources and Environmental)
Black+Decker
Stantec
Florida Department of Transportation
Automated Storm Sewer Analysis & Design (ASAD)
ICPR-4
OpenRoads Designer (ORD)
FLO-2D
HEC-RAS
HY-8
AECOM
Army Corps of Engineers
School of PE
Connect With Jillian:
jillian.berbakov@burgessniple.com
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