On my final day with SEPI Engineering, I visited a fourth department that was a subset of their overall company/firm. I say it this way as there are not only four departments in this firm, however, I only visited one per day. Tuesday was Transportation, Wednesday; Environmental and Planning, Thursday; CEI, and finally, Friday was SUE. SUE stands for Subterranean Utility Engineering, which has many functionalities and connections to the other departments. The SUE department is in charge of surveying sites before construction even has the concept of beginning, as the plans that the surveyors put together are the integral first step in any plan. I spent the day today out in the field, starting at 7 AM, with a reflective vest and a baseball hat in the hot sun marking off areas of a plan the company were beginning with two other guys for a substantive amount of time. It was hard work and the breaks were few and far between, but it was fun to talk and connect while also learning the ins and outs of the surveyors’ job. Water became a treasured commodity and sweat became a well-known friend, however after what seemed to be an eternity but what was actually around 6 hours later, we finally called off working to grab some lunch and call the day early, as the sun was becoming unbearable and one of the workers had his daughter’s birthday party to get to this afternoon. Overall, working with SEPI Engineering was a greatly fulfilling process and definitely opened my eyes to the opportunity of pursuing a career in engineering, and was a great way as well to meet some great, happy people who were more than willing to share every bit of knowledge they possibly could for me. I really appreciated all that SEPI did for me and am very thankful for the opportunity that I was given to work with them for the short time that I did.
