Stationary engineer

A stationary engineer (also called an operating engineer, power engineer or process operator) is a technically trained professional who operates, troubleshoots and oversees industrial machinery and equipment that provide and utilize energy in various forms. The title "power engineer" may also refer to an engineer whose work involves power engineering, a subset of electrical engineering concerned with power systems. Stationary engineers are responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of a wide range of equipment including boilers, steam turbines, gas turbines, gas compressors, generators, motors, air conditioning systems, heat exchangers, heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) that may be directly fired (duct burners) or indirectly fired (gas turbine exhaust heat collectors), hot wat...