What INDUSTRIES or what kind of companies hire Mechanical Engineer in Piping, Fluid Mechanics? 14

[amata42]

Hello Engineering Community,

I was recently laid off, and I was working at a indoor algae growing facility, working with Pipes, Pipelines, Piping Networks, Pumps, valves, Fluid Flow (Fluid Mechanics), and chillers.

I've identified a few industries (or kinds of companies) that could use my abilities:
1. water plants
2. beer breweries
3. wineries
4. bio-pharmaceutical (liquid medicine)
5. oil industry

BUT I do Not want to work in bio-pharmaceutical industry (too much documentation) or oil industry (I'm an environmentalist).

WHERE ELSE can they use a mechanical engineer with Pipes, Pipelines, and Fluid Mechanics? Feel free to post comments and suggestions.

Thank you!

 

[GregLocock]

Paint shops in car factories. Nerve gas production plants.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[msquared48]

Greg:

I heard they have a few openings in Syria for that.

amata42:

Other than that - try the petrochemical and chemical industries.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 

[JedClampett]

Nuclear Power Plant Design, but I have a feeling your environmental sensitivities might be bruised. Maybe missing a few paychecks will help you get over it.
As far as Water Plants, there's a lot of pipes, but it's mostly relatively low pressure that can be handled by our run of the mill Mechanical Engineers.
I'd also like to get a job at a winery, a beer brewery or a whiskey tasting facility. So tell me if you find any openings.

 

[zdas04]

"I'm an environmentalist" You might as well have said "I'm an idiot". To write off the single fastest growing industry in the world because of some misguided and outrageous idea that to work for Oil & Gas is to work for "the enemy of the planet" is simply stupid. The Oil & Gas industry spends more time, money, and effort protecting the environment that all of the Prius-driving, solar-cell loving, dead-bird ignoring environmental wacko's on the planet. Enjoy your upcoming stint at McDonalds.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

"Belief" is the acceptance of an hypotheses in the absence of data.
"Prejudice" is having an opinion not supported by the preponderance of the data.
"Knowledge" is only found through the accumulation and analysis of data.
The plural of anecdote is not "data"

 

[Latexman]

There's two refineries on Oahu that I've applied to several times over the years when they had openings. If they need someone to do Pipes, Pipelines, and Fluid Mechanicss, I'd go for it if I was you!

Good luck,
Latexman

Technically, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.

 

[HornTootinEE]

Natural Gas utilities

 

[oldestguy]

First, look deeply as to why you were laid off. What you write here tells me that your attitude probably didn't fit well with the bosses ideas. It is not always lack of work that is the reason. I've seen employers bend over backwards to keep good help, even so far as going into debt to tied things over.

The blunt statements above reflect a view that many employers have in tough times.

Life can be tough, so get used to it.

 

[btrueblood]

HVAC companies, the ones doing it right, might be able to use those skills. Trouble is, there aren't many doing it right...

 

[rconnor]

Totally with zdas here! How dare you harmlessly and unobtrusively indicate your subjective moral stance as it relates to what fields you’re targeting! I mean how stupid do you need to be to pick a field that you feel a personal, professional and moral connection with? Your personal preferences and opinions are wrong and should rightly be mocked!

I swear, if you said you didn’t want to work for a hog rendering plant because you were a vegan, I would ask the admins to ban you from this site! Don’t you know that veganism is objectively abhorrent? And how dare you attack the hog industry; they do more for pigs than you ever have!

Outrageous!

 

[racookpe1978]

Gee Rconner, let us know how you really feel next time! 8<)

More seriously. If you (the original poster) really "feel" that your environmentalism is so important to your "feelings" that you refuse to consider working for oil, energy or gas companies; then, by all means, DON'T go looking for work in any industry that is going to offend your feelings.

Then again, you've just written off most industries today that are actually hiring people since YOUR environmentalism (through YOUR actions in electing today's administration and their EPA and DOE and NOAA and IRS (etc, etc, etc)) are preventing the rest of the economy from growing worldwide. So, you want to work? See, the only other growth industry other than a few parts of the natural gas sectors is welfare. And government regulators. But I repeat myself there.

 

[MacGyverS2000]

I have never seen a thread attack from so many sides at once before... this must be a new record.

zdas practically takes amata's head off for simply stating a job requirement (nothing that will interfere with his beliefs). oldestguy makes the poor assumption that he was laid off because of a poor attitude (pot, meet kettle). rconnor somehow managed to offend pig-haters (nice trick, that one) [;-)] racook managed to turn it into a political argument, as well as making an assumption about amata's political affiliation.

Well done, guys, well done. Give yourselves a clap on the back for being such upstanding citizens.

Jerks...

Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

 

[amata42]

I did not come to Eng Tips to have an argument or a "moral debate".

zdas04: DON'T INSULT ME ON A THREAD. Thanks giving me information about the oil industry. I did not know how much effort and time they spent on the environment. I may need to be educated about the subject. But THAT'S IT. I came to ask a question. And I thank the community. I am very thankful. I see that you have 32 years experience in the oil & gas industry. So there are a-lot of things that YOU know about the Oil Industry that I do not know. What you can do is "enlighten me" on the subject. But calling me an "idiot" on a thread is just rude & disrespectful and burns bridges.

Oh, and don't worry. I will not be working at McDonalds--- I guarantee you that.

rconnor: You are outrageous--- You are just writing a bunch of "jibberish." A "hog rendendering plant"... Where did you come up with that stuff? I am not even a vegetarian, much less a vegan. I'm a carnivore. But anyways, that is IRRELEVANT. None of this has to do the subject.

oldestguy: I was a great worker. And yes, I did get laid off because of lack of work. I knew it because it was getting really slow, I had very little work to do, and they did not even have the money to buy the software I needed to continue the work! So no. It was not me. I guarantee that. IN ADDITION: My boss did not know I had those views/opinions (stated above). I never talked to him about that stuff. I just did an awesome job at work. SO MUCH SO, that he is event writing a letter of recommendation for me, and is providing an EXCELLENT reference.

Okay... now. That being said. I just came here to ask a question. Not to have an argument. Not to talk about my last job situation. I am thankful to everyone. AND I will look into the Oil industry.

YES, it could be that I am wrong, and the Oil industry does a-lot for the environment. I will look into it. Oil industry might not be bad at all. One thing for sure: I am willing to admit when I am wrong OR when I am misinformed about a subject. I am human of course. (I thought all Engineers were humans).

 

[Latexman]

Wow, it's a tough crowd. Way to buck up, amata42!

Good luck,
Latexman

Technically, the glass is always full - 1/2 air and 1/2 water.

 

[rconnor]

amata42, my post was sarticial. I was criticizing the absurdity of zdas' post. I thought my sardonic tone was obvious but I understand it can be hard to read sarcasm in text-form.

Re-read it with that in mind and you'll realize I was defending you.

 

[77JQX]

Amkata42 - I see a lot of work from fire protection companies doing indoor sprinkler systems for new construction and retrofits. I'd look into that as a possibility.

 

[ornerynorsk]

Food processing, bottling, and packaging.

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

 

[rotw]

amata42,

I respect the fact that you stand up for your values (whatever they are) and this hold especially true because you face an adverse situation (and you are still looking for a job rigth now).
But I beleive you could TEMPORARLY shift your the order of priority in your values, this does not mean that you give them up, and consider environmental cause as being secondary until you stabilize the main issue here. Even if the oil and gas industry happened to be the ennemy number 1 of the environment, you may want to secure first a salary and then manouever for the noble cause.

I am not judging you but this is how I see it.

All in all I think it was just a miscommunication or misundertanding from your OP.

I wish you good luck to workaround your difficulties.

 

[IRstuff]

@rconnor, I assumed as much, since it was SO over the top. Perhaps a smiley face would have helped.

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[rconnor]

IRstuff - there is only one thing that ruins satire more than explicitly stating that it's satire, and that's not explicitly stating it's satire and everyone assuming you're sincere haha (but seriously, “harmlessly and unobtrusively indicate your subjective moral stance” and “veganism is objectively abhorrent” weren’t enough to tip people off?). I will take your advice for next time!

Again, apologies to amata42 for the misinterpretation. I imagine it would have been quite enraging to read that and think I was genuine (kind of the point).

(also you’ll have to excuse me, apparently I suffered a brief, and mostly benign, stroke while trying to spell “satirical” in my last post)