Job Searching!!!

**Dawgyinmiami** · 03-03-2011, 06:52 PM

The fam and I would love to move to the Dallas/Houston area. Do any of you Dawgs in Texas have any good ideas where someone with a Construction Engineering Technology Degree would look for a job down there? I've been in the Air Force for the past 15 years as a Communications Officer and switched to the reserves in 2008 as a Civil Engineering officer that is Explosive Ordinance Disposal qualified...went to the school and everything. Any tips/hints/job offers would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dawgyinmiami

P.S. I'm currently living in Utah. I'm guessing the directional screen name wasn't such a good idea.

**WWDog** · 03-03-2011, 11:44 PM

The 20+ years I gave to the Air Force is a blessing to my retirement. I'm not sure how long you have to go to get retirement but if it is just 5 more, I would stick it out. Retirements like that are hard to come by now days.

**westdawg** · 03-04-2011, 08:02 AM

I had a buddy that worked at Kiewit and Sons out of Fort Worth. They are a huge construction and mining company. They do a lot of hiring from Tech. There is also a Lincoln Builders of Fort Worth over there. They would be a smaller construction company doing commercial work.

**dhussdawg** · 03-04-2011, 08:36 AM

I work at CenterPoint here in Houston, seems we have a few engineering and even a telecommunications position open on our website. Not sure what that entails or what type of communications work you did. Most of the engineering jobs here are pipeline infrastructure. Not sure your interest in that.

**Dawgyinmiami** · 03-04-2011, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by WWDog

The 20+ years I gave to the Air Force is a blessing to my retirement. I'm not sure how long you have to go to get retirement but if it is just 5 more, I would stick it out. Retirements like that are hard to come by now days.

I would have loved to have stuck it out for 20+ years active duty, but the AF decided it didn't need my talents anymore a couple of years back during the last Reduction in Force. I actually misspoke in my first post. I have 12.5 years active duty and went reserves after I had to separate. Believe me, I'm feeling the fact that i won't get my military retirement until I turn 60. My life plan was to be retired at 45/46 and then doing whatever I wanted to do after that. My retirement will still get a big boost, just not as early as I wanted to. Oh, well. Best laid plans, right?

**WWDog** · 03-04-2011, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Dawgyinmiami

I would have loved to have stuck it out for 20+ years active duty, but the AF decided it didn't need my talents anymore a couple of years back during the last Reduction in Force. I actually misspoke in my first post. I have 12.5 years active duty and went reserves after I had to separate. Believe me, I'm feeling the fact that i won't get my military retirement until I turn 60. My life plan was to be retired at 45/46 and then doing whatever I wanted to do after that. My retirement will still get a big boost, just not as early as I wanted to. Oh, well. Best laid plans, right?

Sorry to hear that. I have worked with a few communications officers in the past and all of them were top notch very bright individuals. The Air Force should keep more of them around in my opinion but it seems that a lot of them don't get the upward movement and are either RIFed or get out for greener pastures.

**Dr Twister** · 03-04-2011, 11:32 PM

Willing to bet you could get a Field Engineering position with Halliburton in the Frac Division because of that explosive experience

**Ktulu7** · 03-05-2011, 12:36 PM

I second this search!!! My fiance and I are wanting to move to Dallas, Houston, or Austin as well, and I'm a programmer with a Computer Science degree. Baton Rouge just isn't working out at all anymore!

**Amos Moses** · 03-05-2011, 01:18 PM