Matthew Maniaci
Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
Company: Fisk Electric
Location: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Age: 29
Years on the Job: 6
Interests: Hanging out with friends, playing board games, and spending time with his dog, Jameson, and his girlfriend, Jasmine
In college, Matthew Maniaci secured an electrical engineering internship early on in college.
“I verified the wiring on prefabricated substations, and I’ve been hooked ever since,” says Maniaci, who recently moved from Chino Hills, Calif., to Huntington Beach to enjoy life by the ocean.
During his last year at California State University Long Beach, he worked as an intern at a construction company working on the Los Angeles Metro projects. Fisk Electric has three Los Angeles Metro projects, and he is working on a project near downtown LA’s art district.
“I’m currently working on my fourth Los Angeles Metro project,” he says. “With each project, I was able to take my experience from the previous one to do better on the next.”
As an assistant project manager, he is charge of all the engineers for the electrical/systems subcontractor. His day starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m., and he enjoys overcoming a new challenge every day.
Over the course of his career, he says he has been fortunate enough to work on some of the biggest construction projects in Los Angeles. Within the next five years, he sees himself as a project manager and plans to achieve this by mentoring with senior management.
“To succeed as a young employee in today’s electrical industry, it’s important to have a strong mentor to give you a strong foundation to build off of,” he says.
