Career By Design

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Danielle Schroeder EIT, A.M.ASCE
Associate Engineer
Pennoni Associates
Philadelphia PA
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It is easy for most of us to note and talk about areas of improvement. However, it is important to emphasis about achievements, which are very easy to miss out on. I think in this year, I am going to keep a monthly progress sheet in the format of self-appraisal so that I am more prepared for the year end performance review.

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Ketan Ragalwar Ph.D., EIT, S.M.ASCE
Buffalo NY
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As someone who performs performance reviews for our engineering staff, I appreciate when engineers highlight their accomplishments and most importantly, come prepared with a set of realistic and achievable goals for the next year. Those goals often being a combination of professional development and general accumulation of knowledge (learn a new skill, develop interesting research goals, develop new internal tools, etc.).  We typically have our formal review process once a year but are starting to have less formal lunch meetings monthly as check-ins to continually see how an engineer's goals/aspirations are aligning with management's objectives and to see how they can best be aligned. Performance is certainly discussed as well but typically in the context of how it relates to an engineer's goals. Not 100% sure if I'm answering your question or not but I'm happy to provide more input if you have any followup! :-)

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Kyle Haas P.E., S.E., M.ASCE
Senior Engineer
Hinman Consulting Engineers
San Francisco CA
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Please supplement the advice in this thread, with the thread:

"Holding engineering managers accountable: creating a feedback system to identify areas of improvement."

 

. . . . . Anthony Vecchio 05-16-2019 23:35

 

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William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE
Buffalo, N.Y.

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot 1819 - 1880
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-14-2020 14:21
From: Kyle Haas
Subject: Performance Review Preparation Tips

As someone who performs performance reviews for our engineering staff, I appreciate when engineers highlight their accomplishments and most importantly, come prepared with a set of realistic and achievable goals for the next year. Those goals often being a combination of professional development and general accumulation of knowledge (learn a new skill, develop interesting research goals, develop new internal tools, etc.).  We typically have our formal review process once a year but are starting to have less formal lunch meetings monthly as check-ins to continually see how an engineer's goals/aspirations are aligning with management's objectives and to see how they can best be aligned. Performance is certainly discussed as well but typically in the context of how it relates to an engineer's goals. Not 100% sure if I'm answering your question or not but I'm happy to provide more input if you have any followup! :-)

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Kyle Haas P.E., S.E., M.ASCE
Senior Engineer
Hinman Consulting Engineers
San Francisco CA
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