Like Pizzaguy, I'm changing jobs. I've had my own consulting business for about 12 years now. And while times have been good since doing so, the past couple of years have been lean due to the economy. And my job dictated that I travel every week. For instance, I just got back from Temiscaming, Quebec in Canada from an 8-wk assignment at a paper mill. Most work right now is international. I turned down a 12-mth assignment in 2012 to go to a Russian mining operation (3-wks on / 3-wks off; and the money was REAL GOOD!). And since Roberta & I lost our oldest son back in March, 2010, she doesn't have any family around anymore whenever I was out of town. Denny was good company for her when I traveled. Kept her mind off things.

Anyway, on November 7th, I'm taking on the role as Reliability Engineer - Asset Management Strategy for Goglanian Bakeries. I'll be based out of the Fountain Inn, SC site, which is only 10-15 minutes from the domestic castle. Keeps me home every night. There will be trips to others locations (California, Illinois, New York) as I'm responsible for seeing that all facilities perform to a standard & deliver quality product at lowest possible cost. But these trips wil be scattered across the year rather than every week.

So, at 60 I start the final leg of my professional career. The additional upside of this role is that we can start again our weekend outings in the XFire and makes GTG's much easier to attend.

Later,

 

Wishing you the best of luck on your new endeavor!

 

Very good! I wish you well...

 

Congrats and good luck..

 

Congratulation! Sounds like a great way to finish the final leg of your career! Best of luck and I hope you and Roberta are able to enjoy the new leg in your life.

 

Nice job. lol all the best!

 

Congratulation. Very happy for you, and wishing you good luck in your new job.

 

Congrats, a bakery hmmmm. There is probably a few of us that would help with the quality control in the sampling section!

 

Congrats on finding something close by home. The way we are headed in this country, you can retire in another twenty years!

 

CONGRATS! Goglanian got a good deal when they hired you. Enjoy the new challenges of the job!
PACEMAKER

 

Good luck in your new position!

 

Congratulations! I read yr old posts maybe the local GTG’s can begin anew !

 

Cool deal....glad it worked out for you.....

 

Thats good to hear. There seems to be so much consternation with jobs nowadays; I'm happy to hear you got a good set up

 

I hope yours works out as well as mine!

 

Well, the new job is a bust already! Turns out that the 'management style' at GBI was something I couldn't live with.

 

I had a scare like that just last week... but a 60 second, yes
60 second

talk with the senior engineer resolved it - or at least let me know that my concerns are important and will be addressed. The rest of that day confirmed it enough that a co-worker even noticed that something had changed.

So, here I sit, in a Holdiay Inn in Harrisburg, PA - tomorrow I visit a coal-fired power plant and continue my assimilation into my new job.


Best of luck to you, in your next position.