As a young 27-year-old engineer with only three years of experience, I was given significant responsibilities related to improvement projects at our facility. I actively worked in five major areas: plant capital improvement projects, new plant construction coordination, a very large environmental upgrade project, plant operations/maintenance support, and coordination with a company providing demolition services to the old plants. These duties required a significant amount of time dedicated to accomplishing them on a consistent basis. The environmental upgrade project required me to travel to South Carolina for two weeks each month for two years during the design phase. These duties would normally be expected of a team of three to five engineers.
My life was more complicated than many in that my wife was in law school at this time. Our marriage was certainly not normal, as we did not live together during the week while she was in school, I also operated as a single dad during the week for our daughter, providing all the home duties that were needed.
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