KHALID HACHIL
Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Company: Stantec
Location: Brentwood, N.Y.
Age: 30
Years on the Job: 8
Interests: Training for martial arts and practicing Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, and boxing. He is also an instructor for PPI2Pass - Kaplan and an instructor for the FE Electrical and Computer Engineering course.
Inspired by the movie, “Swades,” Khalid Hachil understood that the best way to help people is through engineering.
“The more I looked into career options, the clearer it was that any advancement or innovation in the world stood on the shoulders of engineering,” Hachil says. “Although I didn't have anyone in the field, I knew that I would be a first-generation college graduate and the first engineer in my family.”
A lifelong New Yorker, Hachil graduated with his bachelor’s degree from SUNY Farmingdale and his master’s degree with a controls specialization from New York Institute of Technology in 2019. He earned his professional engineering license in the State of New York and is a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction. Throughout his education and licensure, he learned two important life lessons: to be a problem solver and put in extreme hard work.
Hachil started his career in engineering through multiple internships prior to graduation. Now as an electrical engineer at Stantec, he has worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from commercial and high-rise buildings to schools, distribution centers, hospitals, and solar projects. Within a short period of time, he has designed more than 3 million sq ft to meet client deadlines and design expectations. His level of responsibility and involvement in each project grew over time. After 10 years in the field, it’s all about progressive goals and step-by-step growth, he says.
“The fact that engineers can wake up every day with a new challenge is what drives them,” he says. “It is a reminder that the engineering mind is geared toward problem solving, not memorizing.”
