🏗️Engineering & Architecture
Heating & Water Systems Engineer
Keeps buildings heated, watered and ventilated
Designs and maintains heating, ventilation, water supply and drainage systems for buildings and cities.
What they do
- ▹Designs heating, ventilation and water-supply systems for buildings
- ▹Maintains heating substations, pump stations and boiler houses
- ▹Responds to burst pipes and network emergencies
- ▹Prepares a city's utility networks for the heating season
Skills you need
- ▹Heat engineering and hydraulics
- ▹Reading engineering schematics and design documentation
- ▹Hands-on work with pump and boiler equipment
- ▹Fast response to emergencies
- ▹Working in confined and underground spaces
Focus on these subjects at school
PhysicsMathematics
Where they work
- ▹Municipal water utilities and district heating networks
- ▹Housing and utility management companies
- ▹Boiler houses and thermal power plants
- ▹Construction companies installing building utility systems
- ▹Heating and water-supply design organizations
Pros
- + A critical sector — a city can't function without heat and water
- + Stable work in any city or town
Challenges
- − Emergencies must be fixed urgently, often at night or in freezing cold
- − Physical work in trenches and basements
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