Both Bill.
I partially agree with what you say. Indeed, manufacturing and field experience help tremendously an "office" engineer. It gives them a better perspective and understanding. However, in the end to be an EPC engineer you need EPC experience primarily. The candidates we are...
I asked this question in an interview a couple of days ago. I wanted to know if the guy wanted to move up to Management or whether we could count on him remaining a Technical Specialist after the effort we will go through to train him in our company procedures and turn him into a Technical...
Thanx for the input Scotty.
Would Oil and Gas experience easily be transferable and valuable to power generation?
Depending on the project, typically Rotating Equipment Engineers in Oil and Gas get to oversee a great variety of equipment. The largest variety is found in refinery projects...
Thanx for the response JJPellin. Notice thought that I did not say that those with 25 years of experience are any less than someone with 10. All I said was that IMO, not every year of experience is created equal.
We are looking to hire right now, and we have some guy with 18 years of...
This topic is directly related to the subject of the forum. I.E. "How to improve myself and get ahead in my work" but related to a very specific Engineering career. Namely, a Mechanical Engineer of an Oil and Gas Contractor in the EPC Industry.
More specifically, the Engineers who are...
Great post Kirby. I gave you a star for it.
Well said, I agree.
Knowledge and experience go a long way and for most engineering it's all you need. I call them "engineering jewels". All those little bits and pieces of fact that, if you know enough of, can help you gain really great...
Melone,
I have a feeling people are taking the title of this thread as an insult to companies that use other companies' products as parts of their own more complex products. In fact, I wish I could edit the title, I'd change it to something like "Technical vs Managerial Engineering" or simply...
Stringmaker,
I relate to you in two ways. The first, is that I can take a guess at what company you are talking about, because I believe I had an interview with them for a position that sounds a lot like yours, except it was the Thermal and Fire Protection Department. My job would have involved...
Mike,
I was looking for people who knew exactly what EPC and OEM meant for this discussion, that's why I did not bother defining them. But your definitions are correct.
Also, for the record, I'm not putting down EPC jobs. Heck, I'm in one, and I actually do love my job. By using the term...
The thread title says it all really,
But let me expand on what I mean just for a second.
Going from a highly specialized graduate level degree in engineering to an EPC company in the Oil and Gas industry, I get the very distinct feeling that the work I do right now is a sort of superficial or...
Hi all,
I'd like to know what would be your recommendations for textbooks in the following fields:
-Reciprocating Compressors
-Centrifugal Compressors
-General Compressor Books
-Pumps
-Mechanical Seals
-General Machine Design / Machinery books
Currently I'm considering the following:
-A...
Remember not all engineering positions require SOlidWorks, MATLAB etc.
It takes roughly 2000 hours to get proficient in any CAD software package, but some companies require specific CAD packages, so if you spend 2000 hours on the wrong package, yes, you can still do CAD, but the HR manager...
Along the lines of what people said above (most anyways...do NOT play World of Warcraft at the office, it is an insult to professionalism and generally unethical even if you hate your company and boss and job).
I am currently experiencing the other extreme. I have so much work that I had to...
Umm...I disagree. So then university and PhDs and Masters are just all who cant learn things properly.
Training is the transfer of knowledge and skills from someone who knows more than you do, has more experience, and more skills, and it is also the fastest way people learn. A textbook...
