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I've wanted to move from Utah to Hawaii for quite a while, and after visiting for the first time last month, I decided it's a pretty good time in my life to make it happen; I'm young, single, and in good shape financially. I "know" (that is to say, I've read a lot of articles and opinions) what I'm getting into with the traffic, 180% cost of living, moving expenses, island fever, etc.
My questions are for anyone on here who knows anything about the AEC industry on O'ahu. I'm a BIM manager and senior drafter at a smaller architecture firm in Utah (and feel quite overqualified there). Are jobs like this easy or hard to find? Where is the best place to look for job listings? What is the pay range for a position like this? How open are firms to hiring from the mainland, and what are some factors that effect that (i.e. availability to interview in-person, ability to tele-commute during move process, etc)?
I'd really appreciate any helpful information you may have, even if it's not about my specific career field.
apply at the bigger corporate companies and they will relocate you if qualified. Check the big companies websites to apply for jobs as well as search engines (indeed, simplyhired, etc) that will grab from company websites. I work in the industry and it seems people are constantly hiring.
Do you know of any such firms with offices in Honolulu? The only one I know of in Utah is HKS, but they don't have a Hawaiian office. I imagine that I'd probably have to look at west coast firms if I want to transfer to Hawaii, but I'm not familiar with who's who there.
I've checked out those jobs sites; I'll continue to keep an eye on them.
The Pearl Harbor Naval Ship is the only Industry on Oahu. They are always recruiting Engineers and Architects. In fact my boss is a Architect. Check on USAJOBS www.usajobs.gov/%20USAJobs
If you are interested.
Best of luck in your search.
Scott
I worked for a large international engineering firm in Honolulu, and I had never heard of a BIM.
They would pay for the moving of high level engineers but that was about it.
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Well, I got a job offer way sooner than expected. I've got some serious number-crunching to do to make sure it'll work.
Congratulations on the job offer. Hope it works out for you.
If its not too Personnel. What is the name of the company. Maybe someone can give you some more information, that might help on your decision.
Scott
PS. Just checked you first post. Is that the company you were posting about?
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