Jacob Egorov
Job Title: Engineer and Project Manager
Company: The Engineering Enterprise
Location: Auburn, Calif.
Age: 29
Years on the Job: 6
Interests: Road trips, international travel, and exploring outside. He enjoys hiking and caving.
In high school, Jacob Egorov was part of a FIRST Robotics team, which got him interested in engineering. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and during the summers, he interned with construction companies in the oil and gas and solar industries.
Now, as an engineer and project manager, he is continuing to learn the different codes and latest construction methods and studying for credentials such as the LEED AP. Most of his time is spent managing projects, attending meetings, and updating the plan sets for each project.
“My responsibilities involve managing entire projects,” he says. “When I first started, I was only helping out with parts of a project — now I do everything.”
His company is working on a multitude of projects at the UC Davis Medical Center, including two parking garages and renovations to the Cancer Center. He is also managing the design of several projects for Placer County.
“One of the challenges is when there are multiple project deadlines at the same time, but that makes it more rewarding to complete,” he says.
Egorov says it is important to keep up with the latest technology used by design teams to be as helpful as possible to the architect and general project manager.
“Our goal is to be able to work seamlessly with the rest of the team,” he says. “Internally we are creating tools in a software to automate any repetitive tasks. This reduces the possibility of errors in addition to saving us time on the drafting and design side.”
In five years, he would like to still be managing projects and working in electrical engineering but become more of an expert at each subfield. He would also like to continue to build relationships with electrical/general contractors and expand the design-build projects performed by his company.
“I am very happy I chose the construction industry as a career for an electrical engineer,” he says. “I highly recommend that other electrical engineers currently in school consider this field, and I think it should be given more exposure at universities.”
