Over the past couple of years I have gotten several calls/emails from recruiters asking about field engineering jobs for steam turbines, combustion turbines, generators. Is there a huge demand right now for field engineers in this field? It seems so. Despite the seemingly high demand, some field...
Over the past couple of years I have gotten several calls/emails from recruiters asking about field engineering jobs for steam turbines, combustion turbines, generators. Is there a huge demand right now for field engineers in this field? It seems so. Despite the seemingly high demand, some...
At my plant we have underground raw water piping. The original piping is ductile iron. At one area the 24” header connects to a valve and then a reducer connects the other side of the valve to a 12” header. Several months ago we replaced the original 12” header with HDPE pipe. The HDPE pipe...
I work at a facility that has a raw water system that supplies water to the fire protection system, various coolers, etc. Maintenance on the filtration system stopped many years ago and there has been a downward trend in water capacity at hydrants, fire pumps, etc. Does anyone have any...
I am a mechanical engineer for a fossil power plant. Many of the senior engineers and some managers with 25+ years of experience have their PE license and/or steam engineer license. The work that I do as a plant engineer does not really qualify as PE work. But what about the steam engineer...
I work in the electric utility industry on the generation side. I have been in engineering for the past 3.5 years since I graduated college. At some point I would like to move up into supervision/management. What kind of qualities do managers in this kind of industry look for when seeking to...
I have worked in or visited 6 fossil power plants. Each of them have the steam turbines and generators inside large turbine rooms with roofs and overhead cranes. During a turbine training class the instructor has photos of steam turbine overhauls where the turbines are outdoors with no...
I have been working in fossil power plants since I graduated from college in 2006 (mechanical engineering). Most of my work has involved troubleshooting rotating equipment and managing steam turbine overhaul projects. In the future I may have the opportunity to work in some nuclear plants and...
I work a power plant that has three identical units with the same style condenser, hotwells, and hotwell pumps (Worthington 6-UJJ-2). When the unit is off-line and operators are preparing for start-up, both hotwell pumps are primed and ready to go. Only one pump is needed when the generation...
