![Welder. Operator. Designer. Consultant. Tim Wilkey Took a Winding Career Path Before Returning Home.](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftimwilkey038.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=620&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=1024&s=b7e36c7d41f96c439c5726b31af689c1)
Wilkey, shown with operator Jeff Tonn, did a variety of work overseas as he built his career in engineering and operations.
Tim Wilkey started his work life as a welder. Now toward the end of it, he’s superintendent of the Wastewater Division in Iowa City, Iowa.
In between, he has been a wastewater operator, an educator and an engineering consultant doing extensive work overseas. “It’s been a...