PE/MLE Licensing Question
I’m an engineer/EIT in MEP/design-build and have passed the PE exam. I’m working through NCEES Record experience verification and trying to ensure an MLE designation.
Question for anyone with firsthand experience dealing with NCEES Records, MLE designation, or similar state-board review:
NCEES says work experience should be verified by a licensed supervisor or department manager who can verify the applicant’s positions and project experience. It does not appear to require the verifier to be the direct manager or same discipline.
My situation: my direct manager is a PE, but there may be future comity concerns because of the education path involved (my direct manager has an Engineering Technologies degree, which is not accepted in at least 9 states). A higher-level department/management PE in another discipline is familiar with the projects, can tie my time to project records, can review the entries, and can consult internal staff to confirm project details. He is cautious because he does not want to certify technical electrical details he does not personally understand, which is fair.
My questions:
- Has anyone successfully used a licensed department manager or higher-level supervisor, not their direct manager, as the NCEES work-experience verifier?
- Has anyone had NCEES question, or outright refuse to grant the MLE endorsement/comity application because the original PE license relied on experience that one of the more strict states, such as Kentucky, may not have counted, such as pre-graduation experience, or a technologies degree?
- Has anyone seen NCEES/Kentucky or another stricter board scrutinize the work experience verifier background/education path, not just whether the verifier held a valid PE license?
- For NCEES Records, has anyone had overlapping verification periods? How did NCEES calculate the credited experience?
I am mainly looking for firsthand experience, not guesses. I know the final answer is ultimately board-specific, but I’m trying to understand what actually happens in practice.