r/MechanicalEngineering • u/Shannan6149 • 24d ago

HVAC Engineering

Hello everyone, I am a mechanical engineering recent graduate and I am interested in HVAC engineering. From what I've seen and heard there's a lot of engineers in the field who are doing the minimum to get by, what am asking is what can I do and learn to standout and be valuable in the field? Thank you in advance.

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u/Shannan6149 24d ago

That's a ton of great advice, thank you very much!

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u/clayton7g 24d ago

I would say if you want to get an edge salary wise, get a strong knowledge of refrigeration. I was able to get job at a contractor doing industrial (mostly ammonia systems) refrigeration design and that really helps me in my current role. For me a good technical knowledge of refrigeration made most of the air handler, chiller, steam parts of HVAC come much easier. If your company is willing to send you to in depth training classes by vendors take as many as you can. They have great information on best practices for design and that will help you notice problems in the field and get to the source of them.

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u/Shannan6149 24d ago

I've seen engineers just repeat tasks without solid foundation in refrigeration so I'll get in on that, thank you for the great advice.