Mechanical engineers Market: good rotating VS good static equipment engineers

[billbusy]

As a mechanical engineer at an EPC company for oil and gas projects in Calgary, Canada, I heard several times from different people(both from EPC and clients) about it is much harder to find a good Rotating equipment engineer in the market.

I don't know if this only happens in my current industry or area OR it is a overall market situation all around.

Do you have the same feeling?

Anyone can explain a little bit more why there are less good rotating equipment guys vs static or market needs.

Thanks~~~

MSc. Mechanical Engineering;
4 years EPC experience;
Oil & Gas industry in Canada.

 

[kas420]

http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=376

 

[ConstantEffort]

The interest isn't just regional. I know several EPC firms desperate for a rotating equipment engineer. I know one which has been looking for about 4 years now.

I've met a lot more rotating equipment engineers who work for an OEM than I have the same working for an EPC. For static equipment engineers, it's not quite the opposite but it's much closer to parity between OEM and EPC. That's in my experience anyway.

 

[zdas04]

Mine too. Amoco had two Rotating Equipment guys and probably 50 vessel and fluids guys in the General Office when I worked there. I knew a few vessel guys in Regional/Field jobs, but they were pretty rare. I didn't know any Regional/Field guys in Rotating Equipment. On the other hand when someone gets a rotating guy that they trust they hang on to him like a cop holds a donut. Historically companies smaller than the biggest have relied upon manufactures or contractors for that expertise. Medium sized companies will often have a vessel guy.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

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[rakuday]

Usually, it is a bit easier to find rotating equipment engineers in the service field than in design. One reason is there are very limited number of engineers working on hard-core design & engineering. For example, there are only a handful of experts in specific areas of design of these equipment’s and they will be working for OEM’s and are in constant demand. With regards to the service engineers, they are also in great demand, as the ratio of number of equipment’s in field v/s service personnel needed is also huge.