26M, I currently work as a chemical process engineer 1 at a cGMP API manufacturing plant. I’ve been working here for almost 3 years now and have not even heard of what it takes to become an engineer 2. Some of my duties have included:
1. Working long shifts - sometimes up to 12 hrs
2. Coming in over the weekend to troubleshoot processes
3. Validate custom pharmaceutical processes over the past 2 years
4. MOCs, CAPAs, ICARs, DRs
5. Capital project execution
The last time I asked my boss about a raise, he blew me off saying it will come with experience and there’s no real bulleted list of things to do to get me there.
I hate being stuck in this position. Im the type of guy that has a list of challenges and knocks them out. I can clearly see that I overachieve when comparing against my peers. I work hard and get things done but I feel very very burnt out.
What can I do?