Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
Vakthavande Ingenjör
English translation:
Duty engineer
Swedish term
Sweden
Highly educated and experienced
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish
Vakthavande Ingenjör
Jan 11, 2013 07:48: rajagopalan sampatkumar Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Switzerland
30 years in legal, commercial and social
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
Duty engineer
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George Hopkins
: Possibly: Duty technician. Your comment is correct sampat but check (eg, Collins English Dictionary) for examples of usage.
16 hrs
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Thanks, George Hopkins. I thought 'technician' was 'tekniker' or teknisk expert' in Swedish.
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Helen Johnson
17 hrs
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Thanks, bjornbear.
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Lars Jelking
3 days 12 hrs
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Thanks, Lars Jelking.
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Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish , English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
Engineer in Charge
United States
Anything technical or legal! Fast and ac
Native in: Swedish , English
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English, German to Swedish, and 6 more.
Engineer on duty
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Helen Johnson
17 hrs
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Lene Johansen
1 day 22 hrs
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sayitinswedish
2 days 43 mins
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Charlesp
9 days
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United States
Swe-Eng & Eng-Swe translations
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish
Lead Engineer, Senior Engineer, or Supervising Engineer.
on call
I'm making this suggestion to give you a choice as I'm not sure that the engineer is actually 'on duty' (present on the site)
In view of the context, he could be 'on call' (available on the phone and can come to work at short notice in an emergency)
See reference which talks of 'under icke kontorstid'
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Note added at 13 hrs (2013-01-05 07:56:16 GMT)
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Engineer on call of course
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Deane Goltermann
: This doesnt agree with 'Nu finns vakthavande ingenjör (VHI) ständigt på plats inom anläggningsområdet med 15 minuters inställelsetid till kontrollrummen.' at http://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se
1 day 13 hrs
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The text quoted is not in the question and doctors on call often sleep in the hospital. (they are not on service). The suggestion is still ok in my opinion. It all depends on how they have organised things.
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Sweden
Easy reading - Good writing
Native in: English , Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English
Senior Reactor Operator
Fits with this suggestion (offered at this late stage). Have also found reference to 'reactor engineer'. Though I must agree this is an engineer who is definity on duty and in charge. In the navy, the term is engineering officer on watch, if you're interested...
Some ideas to spin if you're still working on it.
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Discussion
To cut a long explanation short an "ingenjör" is usually a white-collar occupation while an engineer is often a blue-collar occupation, eg, electrician, fitter, smith, toolmaker.