Dieseldude4x4

What about you job is interesting?
I work at a nuke plant with dual units putting out 860 Mw to the grid. We have six 6000 HP reactor coolant pump motors running all the time moving 88,000 gpm of reactor coolant at 2235 psi and about 560 degrees, eight 2000 HP motors moving 210,000 gpm of river water, four 7000 hp tandem motor single stage double suction pumps putting out a lot at about 1250 psi, six transformers each as big as a house, and over 600 tons of steel spinning from one end of the rotors to the end of the generator just for starters. We have three EMD 20 cylinder diesels as back up power and a 3612 Cat for loss of off site power (back up the the back up). The containment is held at 9.5 psi which makes for an interesting work area (gotta wear bottles to go in).
What about your job is kinda neat like this?

zulusafari

my current job: nothing.

dieselnewbie

I'm a software engineer and I enjoy my job most of the time.

But, like you a few firends of mine work at the Seabrook nuke plant in Seabrook NH.

From what they've told me, what nuke plants do is flash heat huge, and I mean HUGE quantities of water very fast, which turns it into steam, which is then used to turn huge generator turbines and generate electricity.

Pretty impressive. I wouldn't mind working there.

They are techs and make great money and work all the OT they want.

Good benefits too.

DT.

t_george77

I kinda like that it is 2:15 am here in Japan and im at work. Thats kinda cool.......(Try not to get hit by the sarcasm )

Rollin' Smoke

the fact that I can be on this site as much as I am is pretty interesting.....just dont tell anyone!!!

Shovelhead

The most interesting thing about my job is how folks can spend months and months pouring over information, diagrams, and specifications on a project to make sure it's "Just Right", Put it out to bid, Look over the bids, Award the contract to build it.........
then change their mind when you're half way done and want something totally different.

I'm repetedly told, "You're not part of the Technical Solution Group"
But then I have to figure out how to make their silly plan actually work.


Two Words.........
Job Security.....

s cesnick

My Job is pretty dull. I work for the Federal Bureau of prisons. I am a Powerhouse Operator. I work at a penitentiary and get listen to the do-do hitting the fan inside the fence every day. I'm glad I no longer have to put up with that. Not many days go by without some inmate either getting stabbed by another inmate or an inmate getting gassed in his cell by staff.
Either way, it makes for some intertainment...

t_george77

Which is exactly why I have been at work since 2:00am

Shovelhead

You work for the Air Force too?..........

Oh.....you're a Marine.

Boatnik

I work with Dieseldude4x4. I run any of four engine lathes from 13.5 inch swing to 32 inches x 168 inches and 40 horsepower. Two milling machines, one is a bridgeport style 3 hp. the other is a 15 horse Kearney and Trecker universal mill and a radial drill press that weights 18,500 pounds. Then the assorted small grinders, belt sanders, surface grinder, key seater, hydraulic press, etc. It gives me great satisfaction to take a piece of raw stock and make something useful or take one of the interchangable parts that won't and make them work. Our plant stared up in 1972/1973. The machine shop equipment was bought in 1970. I have been here since 1973. There are only three people here including myself that do what I do for a living. Two of us are retiring with in the next 18 months.

bentwings

To answer the question:

Got laid off again. Promised the moon and never made it to orbit.

Shovehead, you got that right. unfortunately the bottom indian (no offense) can't say "I told you it wouldn't work that way". Instead you are instructed to change the laws of physics. We haven't made contact smart extraterrestrials yet so we don't have that ability.

jj3500

My current job, not too much to write about. In my history, I used to manually climb radio towers. Tallest tower climbed was over five hundred feet. Just me, a climb harness and some steel shank boots. Unfortunately, there have been a large amount of deaths related to climbing radio towers.

s cesnick

I would have never guessed that !!!

CTDinMT

I'm the NCOIC of Elmendorf AFB's Combat Arms section. We run all weapons training for the base from M9 pistol up to the M2 .50 cal MG and everything in between. We also perform all sub-depot weapon repairs and inspections. Good job, if your a gun nut like me...

rbrettctd

I work on a 3k acre ranch, and have a total of 9 diesels, including pickups, mowers, and tractors (23,31,75,116,125hp) that I have the priveledge of operating day in and day out. Plus 120 cows and 20 horses to take care of.