M&E Engineer is a very versatile and useful career

What is M&E? M&E stands for Mechanical and Electrical (in Vietnamese, meaning mechanical & electrical, which is often abbreviated as electromechanical engineering).

M&E system is divided into four main categories:

• • Ventilation and air conditioning system (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning, HVAC for short)
  • Water supply and sanitary equipment (Plumbing & Sanitary, referred to as P&S)
  • Electrical System (Electrical)
  • Fire and fire alarm system (Fire Alarm & Fire Fighting)

What is the M&E system?

• • Mechanical part in a large volume construction is the Air and Ventilation (MVAC - Mechanical Ventilation and Air Conditioning) category [or other common name is HVAC]. Other parts of Mechanical include Fire alarm and Fighting, Plumbing and Sanitary (P&S), LPG and compressed gas supplies.
  • Electrical part as the name, it includes electrical related items: distribution, power supply, lighting (lighting), Control (control system), Extra low voltage (ELV).

Heavy electricity includes:

Main power supply: is the main power supply system, including medium voltage cabinets, medium voltage lines, 24kV / 0.4kV transformers and main switchboards (called MSB, main switch board). Can be added (Automatic voltage regulation system: Automatic Voltage Regulator System, referred to as AVR)

• • System of distribution cabinets: Submain power supply (including power supply for motivation, production, lighting, sockets ...)
  • Lighting system: Lighting
  • Socket system: Socket outlet
  • Emergency lighting system: Emergency lighting (exit light, emergency light)
  • Earthing system: Earthing system (or grounding system)
  • Lightning protection system: Lightning protection system (including grounding poles and lightning collecting needles, other earthing systems)

Light electricity includes:

• • Lan network and Internet: Data network system
  • Telephone system: Telephone system
  • Security monitoring system: Security & Supervisior system
  • PA (public address system) ....

In other words, in an architectural work that shows the beauty of romantic ideas, the building part is a robust body, M&E systems are the healthy "heart" of the project.

What do M&E engineers do?

What is M&E engineer? It is the common name for engineers who work in the works of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. M&E engineers can understand that Engineers are doing jobs related to M&E, M&E engineers can graduate in electrical, cold, electronics, auto, information technology, mechanics, Water supply, even construction ...

Jobs of M&E Engineer from M&E system design, construction drawing design, Construction supervision on construction, assembly and production at workshop such as electrical cabinet, capacitor cabinet, cable tray ladder, pipe wind…

M&E engineers can do the estimation work, the procurement department (Tender), the Project Management department, the training and the development of the sector's human resources, and the engineers of the materials and equipment business for the cold water power industry , light electricity.

M&E engineers can also do Mantenance maintenance jobs, consulting and customer service engineers ...

This is the job of the M&E engineer. There is a wide variety of related but even closely related, depending on the specific circumstances, the passion that each Engineer choose for himself is one way to go one job. suitable for me.

The following skills are required for an M&E engineer:

• • Reading skills to understand M&E drawings
  • M&E construction measures
  • Basic knowledge of equipment and tools needed to install M&E
  • Skills to identify and distinguish M&E supplies
  • Skills of drawing construction drawings
  • Dissection skill, accurate weight calculation
  • Planning and assignment skills
  • Skills create records of acceptance and interpretation of volume
  • Skills to make payment and settlement documents
  • Skills of making quotation, estimating M & E ...
  • Skills to use Email, Zalo, Viber, Facebook ...
  • English communication skills.

It seems that all projects have M&E systems from working offices, trade centers, hotels, hospitals, schools, public works such as airports, cable cars, casinos, apartment buildings. high-rise, to industrial plants, even agriculture ...

Today it can be said that M&E Engineer is an interesting career and there are many opportunities for engineers and young people to satisfy their technical passion and be a career that can develop their own careers.

By LITHACO