High Voltage Being a High Voltage Engineer

High Voltage

Being a high voltage engineer has its ups and downs. We work in a highly charged social network and working environment, requiring teamwork and trust. A high voltage engineer like me learns quickly how to feel comfortable in positions of power and leadership. As I broaden my horizons and climb a Jacob's ladder to new career heights, I stand poised and ready to help my community. It is with a spirit of altruism and ambition that I embark on this next phase of my life and career. My education has strengthened and solidified my vision as an electrical engineer, as I contemplate the broader implications of my work and the potential for growth in the field.

My background has prepared me for this moment, as generations ago our family was involved in the electrical engineering industries. My grandmother worked alongside my grandfather as technicians, and they passed on their knowledge of the business and technique to my parents. My parents worked in different regulatory environments, and learned a lot about the ins and outs, ons and offs, of the business. Their influence on my has been an intellectual and emotional current running through my life, a trend that will continue as I envision passing on my passion to my children and grandchildren too. To imagine a community bereft of its electrical engineers, people we typically take for granted, is a tragedy. I will be there with politicians and businesspeople to ensure that our community is safe and secure, illuminated by the light of truth as well as the light of electricity.

As I stand here today, I am grounded in the knowledge that my participation in the community will make a difference in the lives of others. I will attend every professional development seminar and conference that I possibly can, so that I can illuminate my mind and remain tuned into and turned on by the recent educational and research findings in the electrical engineering profession. Never wanting to restrict myself to a laboratory environment, I have remained determined to be a leader in the field, achieving my goals in the air and on the ground. My future training, as a leader and manager of generator stations, will cover conceptual issues like grid planning. I have the adept people skills to apply myself to a position of power in the electrical engineering industry. As a high voltage engineer, I have proven myself capable of handling intensity and safety issues. I want to ensure the safety of my colleagues in the future, by creating a culture of safety in the workplace that far surpasses any governmental regulations or restrictions on our profession. I believe that our leaders can do a much better job than OSHA, which only lays the groundwork for our grid safety. Perhaps in the future I can channel my energies into writing a book about my experiences as a high voltage engineer, a career that can be used as a metaphor for being willing to take risks in order to enjoy the rewards.