Mechanical Engineering degree - 1979. Spent from 1979 to 2001 working in the power generation field in paper mills. Lots of background in process control - powerhouse instrumentation. Made a career change in Jan. 2001 to "Reliability Engineer" over a paper machine that produces up to around 750 tons of coated linerboard a day. (Next time you purchase a twelve pack of drinks - look at the inside of the packaging - it will either say Riverwood International or Mead Corporation). Keeping the machine running is worth about $15,000/hr. I am responsible for insuring there is no "unplanned" downtime and planning the weekly maintenance activities along with the daily outages we have once every six weeks. Lot of hard, intense work but I really enjoy it. This type of job is not for everyone.

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Jim