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I have3 years of experience in commissioning of turbine, generator and its auxiliary equipment of2 *500MW and a600MW coal fired power plants. Though i'm an electrical engineer by graduation I wish to build up my career in mechanical field preferably in power plant sector.can anybody suggest me whether I should keep myself in mech field,or deviate to electrical jobs.
I have seen many electrical Engineers excelling in Mechanical maintenance & in Operation. In fact, many of my bosses were from Electrical background, who had impeccable record in Mechanical area. So I feel, an Electrical Engineer can excel in Mechanical field. Involvement is the Key.
If you are electrical engineer than you have to learn mechanical mechanism of Engine and turbine. For Engineer i think its easy depands on your devotion to learning.
Yes, its possible if you understand the basics of Mechanical Engineering. In our university they also taught us a few Mechanical Engineering subjects for the first3 semesters because Mechanical and Electrical was combined for the first3 semesters. So although I am an Electrical Engineer I have studied the basics of Mechanical Engineering as well. This includes subjects such as Engineering Mechanics (Statics), Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics), Thermodynamics, Engineering Drawing and Engineering Workshop.
It is preferable to start at the Site for the new power plants projects. Installation works for the Turbine Units & Electrical equipment at the site. This work will give you wide experience in the Electrical & Mechanical Engineering. Each day at the site will learn something new in the professional life. Well-known companies in this field as GE, Siemens, Al-Stom Power & Ansaldo ---- etc.
I am in the Same Situation as you Athul,
But i am mechanical engineer, and have the experience in electrical engineering, specifically " Electronics Engineering", So the Opposite of you :)
It is Confusing, Because you will need the Basics of mechanical engineering, which you don't have, But you prefer it, and have the Experience for it
And for Electrical engineering, you have the Basics, but no Experience
My advice for you, is to Focus on the Electrical jobs at the power plant sector, and Mention the experience you got at Commissioning at your resume, so it improve your chance of getting the job as electrical engineer, with some experience in the sector, even if it were in the mechanical engineering side
That way, you will be going through the right direction of the Electrical Engineer Career, and getting the use of these3 years experience
because later if you worked in the mechanical engineering area , it will be hard for you to stay competent against mechanical engineers, while you have no basics for this engineering specialization
That is what i am doing these days, to switch to mechanical engineers jobs. which has some need of the electronics i learned, liked, and got the experience in it, so i apply both my degree and the experience i got, maintaining the Mechanical Engineer Career
Good Luck
It will be a challenging job as you studied electrical but going to do mechanical works.Mechanical part of power plant not only Steam Turbine and its auxiliary equipments.Power Plant consist of Boiler,Feed water pump,boiler safety valves,a very important item,Feed water Tank,Water Treatment Plant,Regenerative Air Heater,fuel conveying system if solid fired boiler and many more..it will challenging if you give it a try.wish you best of luck...unless you are in charge of Steam Turbine only.
You should do some mechanical courses, and add your diploma or degree in your CV, this thing will help you very much, if you have experience and interest in mechanical engineering then you should prepare yourself to fulfill the requirements, and of course you can do it by adding6 months to1 year diplome in concerned field. So, think about it. Prepare yourself according to circumstances. :)
Ofcours you can develop your career in mechanical if you study mechanical discipline , in parallel , you are working in a power plant.
Based on my experience , it is easier then if you are a mechanical engineer and will learn electrical.
Yes why not it's kind a specialization for your in a certain field... no one can master all the fields of electrical.
Yes why not if electrical engineer work from starting in power plant operation and he got training of it.
