02/22/2024
In honor of National Engineers Week, we’re proud to highlight Jim Day, CEM, Senior Project Manager 🛠
Jim has nearly 3 decades of experience in energy operations, maintenance, and management. He graduated from Thomas Edison State College with a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology and is a Certified Energy Manager. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a Machinist Mate 2nd Class on the USS Phoenix, SSN-702.
Dedicated to raising awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to our quality of life, the National Academy of Engineering celebrates National Engineering Week to promote the importance of a higher technical education and strives to motivate youth to pursue a career in engineering.
Jim offers his best advice to aspiring engineers of how to excel in this challenging, yet immensely rewarding profession:
✅ Find good mentors. The industry is small, so it’s important to build relationships with the people you work with.
✅ Ask questions! Approach every situation as an opportunity to learn.
✅ Seek problems and be solution-minded. Problems are everywhere: in your kitchen, backyard, house. Engineers are professional problem solvers. Never stop developing your critical thinking skills.
