Job offer but no degree

[Phishfry]

Hello,

I have worked with many plants within a large Canadian owned company for over 20 years primarily in factory automation machine building, design concepting, applications engineering, and project management roles over the years.
A sister plant in the states has recently offered me a temporary job (1-1.5 years estimated) based on my "technical understanding of automation dynamics, their products/processes, and inherent efficiencies gained through risk mitigation resulting in time/cost savings"..... as they put it.
I do not have a degree but am certified a certified Tool Maker and PMP with lots of product/process specific experience. After researching the TN visa criteria, would it be reasonable to suggest obtaining a TN under the Scientific Technician category?
My role essentially is to "assess risk/deficiencies and assist the engineering/maintenance department in ensuring pragmatic changes within production, quality, cost, and time constraints are acheived."
Many thanks in advance

[agnelson]

If this is truly a sisiter plAnt, look into getting an 'L1' status, as a transferee. Your experience could qualify you for H1.

Sci Tech TN requires that you work directly for a Scientist.

management consultant TN might be more suitable.

Either of these would be highly scrutizized.

[Phishfry]

Thank you for your response.

I have never worked as an employee at this company, but have supplied their plants with automation solutions over the years (they were my customer)

Consultant: In reality I have been consulting with these guys for years in creating the best possible concepts for their stakeholders and specific applications. However I have not been a consultant in a formal sense, and by the reviews on this site, I may not be taken seriously at the POE.... please advise if this is correct thinking

Any comments on a visa solution with approximate costs that can be implemented quickly would be appreciated.

I am currently researching an H1B visa with "Premium Processing"

[agnelson]

You should follow this up at an immigration site like immigration.com

[Reba]

The the plant you currently work at, and the "sister plant" in the US are within the same company, then an L1B visa (intracompany transfer) would be the visa you're looking for. There's no processing of it, you just take your paperwork to a border crossing and apply there.

If the 2 plants are NOT within the same company, then H1B is probably your only option.

[agnelson]

He never worked for the plant, he was a supplier. No L1 relationship.