Does any contractor want to rent therir engineer for a period?

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wus2000

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In a project, we need electrical engineer for almost half a year. So I have two ways to select: 1, hire electrical engineer from job website such as dice.com. 2, cooperate with one electrical contractor or consultant company to rent one engineer from them.

Here I mean full time job. Which one is applicable. Does anyone have other suggestion?

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There are companies that have engineers, but that do not perform engineering work. Instead, they send their engineers to client locations, where they work under the client's supervision. The engineer remains an employee of the original company, and that company still pays the engineer's salary. The company has a contract with the client, and charges them a marked-up hourly rate for the time the engineer is at the client's location.

But if you please, do not call this "renting." I have worked under this arrangement, and it was called "staff augmentation." Please note that this is different from recruiting firms (also called "head hunters"). But you can also get what you need from a recruiting firm.

I would suggest contacting the local unemployment office. They may have candidates who are looking for jobs, and you won't have to pay a fee to hire one.
 
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I agree with Charlie.
You can contract with an engineering firm to have on site engineering support for as long as you want. That way, you also get the support of that guys office behind him, in case you need something drafted for shop drawings, etc.
 
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ron said:
I agree with Charlie.
You can contract with an engineering firm to have on site engineering support for as long as you want. That way, you also get the support of that guys office behind him, in case you need something drafted for shop drawings, etc.
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This is how we operated for years, and it paid to have a PE on staff a good guy can help grow your business
 
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But if you please, do not call this "renting." I have worked under this arrangement, and it was called "staff augmentation."
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So do I now ask if some one has a trencher for augmentation:confused: :grin::grin::grin:
 
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You want a Job Shopper

You want a Job Shopper

wus2000 said:
In a project, we need electrical engineer for almost half a year. So I have two ways to select: 1, hire electrical engineer from job website such as dice.com. 2, cooperate with one electrical contractor or consultant company to rent one engineer from them.

Here I mean full time job. Which one is applicable. Does anyone have other suggestion?

Best Regards.
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You can hire an engineer from a Temp Agency. In the Engineering business it's usually refered to as a Job Shop. The person you get is a "Shopper" or a "Hired Gun". You pay the shop they pay the engineer.
There are lots of engineers who do it for a lot of reasons.
IF you look at the following site there are links to all kinds of shops. Pick one and get out your checkbook.
http://www.roadtechs.com/
You can also google up this site by googling up "Roadwhore". Most engineers that work temp say "they will go anyplace, do anything for money". Temp work pays more than a "real" job ( there aren't any "real" jobs) and you get time off. I know people that work 6-9 months a year and make as much as "Real" jobs pay in a year. :cool:
 
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Thanks for your replies. I agree it should be staff augmentation.

We have a project in North america, but not in US. Do you know some electrical engineer company want to do the staff augmentation?
 
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