CEA - College at 16 to Stormwater Engineer with Jillian Berbakov

Stormwater is one of the many little-known sub-fields you can get into as a civil engineer. Is it a good fit for you? Today’s guest has all the answers. Jillian Berbakov is a stormwater engineer who graduated college with a business degree at 16, switched to engineering later on, and passed her PE exam as a full-time working mom!

Tune in to Learn:

• Jillian's path graduating college in business at 16 and then switching to engineering
• How she passed the PE Exam as a working mom — as how you can too
• What does a stormwater engineer do? What software tools do they use?
• How climate change is (re)shaping stormwater design work and projects
• The biggest challenge of working in the stormwater industry – and it’s non-technical
• What other engineering disciplines does stormwater engineering run into?
• Future trends in the stormwater engineering field you need to know before going into it
• Why you need your PE license to advance your career — and it’s not money-related
• How a business degree can help your engineering career (Yes, you read that right!)
• Jillian's top 2 pieces of advice for younger engineers just getting started
• The PE Civil Exam versus the Environmental PE Exam: Which one should you take?

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Resources Mentioned:
NCEES PE Environmental Practice Exam

NCEES PE Civil Practice Exam (Water Resources and Environmental)
Black+Decker
Stantec
Florida Department of Transportation
Automated Storm Sewer Analysis & Design (ASAD)
ICPR-4

OpenRoads Designer (ORD)

FLO-2D

HEC-RAS

HY-8
AECOM

Army Corps of Engineers

School of PE

Connect With Jillian:
jillian.berbakov@burgessniple.com
LinkedIn