About Me:

I graduated back in 2020 and got my national license as a Mech Eng back in 2022. Mostly a blank state between those years except the time I worked as a tutor solving homework for kids on a platform.

I got two jobs 7 months later after getting my license. One job was a monthly junior inspector working for my uncle, inspecting the mechanical systems of this high-class condominium, and making reports to my uncle. I also got a full-time job in the elevator and escalator maintenance industry as a project mechanical engineer by title but I felt like an operations engineer by nature since we rarely get more than 1 project per quarter.

Now about my full-time work:

- During my first year I only hung around a village with the area technicians waiting for calls from the security regarding their elevators so we could fix them. The village had a total of 52 elevators ranging from 5-10 stops. I admit I was a slow learner of the technicals of the elevator and rarely went with the technicians since the engineer from other areas threw me his office work where I mostly compiled parts requests, small technical reports, and completion certificates at the village staff house (financed by the company I work for). I hated my first year, I stagnated for a year and felt like a couch potato.

- Somewhere around March, I was moved to the office away from the site, where the scheduling was handed to me I scheduled where these certain technicians will work on a daily basis, and when all of our areas will be scheduled for preventive maintenance by our technical crew. I also schedule immediate corrective maintenance as well if there are major breakdowns with some of our high-rolling clients.

- I also answer calls from our clients regarding technical concerns where they tell me that their elevator is broken and I call available nearby technicians to divert them.

Benefits from full-time work:
- Not very strict with schedule

- Most of my money only goes to transportation, and food since the company answers for all the stay-in facilities at the village.

My concerns:

1. That's mostly my work every day, am I f***ed careerwise?
2. Is this not classified as mechanical engineering work, or is this management engineering?
3. I want to get out and grow by changing to a different industry however I'm financially afraid of what might happen next since I have to start from zero.
4. Is there an industry I can apply to where I don't have to start from zero and where I can use the hard and soft skills I got from the job?
5. Is it a good idea for me to apply as a province technician in the meantime so I can learn more about on-hand maintenance?