Offshore Workers

[jdw88rm]

Hi guys,

Anyone here work in the energy/oil and gas industry?
Leaving the military and was wondering about this career path.

Cheers

 

[hades-]

im sure this was asked ones before
and had a good few answers and info try a search.

 

[SammyA]

I work for Doosan, fantastic company to work for overall. You may or may not be aware we operate all over the world and typically offer construction, maintenance and life extension on all power generation systems. Depending on your skills the money can be very good but the travel can become tiresome. Im a trainee Project Manager who lives in Bedfordshire, however I have to travel to Birmingham, Glasgow and many other places for work.

We are currently in the process of beginning work on some very large contracts in Abu Dhabi and Vietnam as well as work up and down the country.

I don't know if this is quite the answer you were hoping for.

 

[JudderMan]

A good friend of mine is a recruitment consultant for offshore jobs. Let me know if you want his number as he should be able to give you more info.

 

[kev.s]

don't do it, it's overrated!

 

[jdw88rm]

Tell me more Kev

 

[Jake 61]

don't do it, it's overrated!

Tell me more Kev

I work in the energy/ oil and gas industry and as far as offshore goes, it's a been there, done that and thanks, but not fussed any more.
At the moment with oil prices plummeting, it not a great direction to go in. New personnel will always face the axe first, if indeed, you even manage to secure a position.

In answer to Kev's statement, it is over rated as a contractor, which is the usual way in. Work for a couple of trips, then maybe weeks doing nothing but waiting for a phone call.

Direct for Mr Shell, BP, Total or any oil company is what you really want to get in to and that needs contacts normally.

 

[kev.s]

Ego's, prima'donnas, and office politics - 20 years dealing with that takes the shine off.

All the best in your endeavors though.

 

[superkarl]

'work in the energy/oil/gas industry' is vague
What area?
or do you just mean to go in as a roughneck?

 

[Jake 61]

'work in the energy/oil/gas industry' is vague
What area?
or do you just mean to go in as a roughneck?

I am a time served welder/fabricator, started off in heavy engineering and then went offshore on shut down work, where production platforms would undergo work not normally able to be done when they are "live" and producing oil.
I then had a stint as drill crew as a roustabout, then roughneck. It was good fun but hard graft, also factor in, that the drilling industry was going through it's first real crisis and Maggie Thatcher was crippling the miners and anything trade union orientated, so it was never going to last for long and the money was rubbish.
I then went back to engineering, went back offshore as a night shift supervisor and hated it. I took one last job offshore as a shift superintendant, which was a great job, lasted about a year and got a promotion back to the beach.
I started working for a local engineering company in 2004. They liked the way I worked, the clients loved my safety record and they offered to put me through my NEBOSH exams for the job I now do, which is Senior HSE Advisor for a company which specialises in sub-sea oil and gas producing structures.
I may be able to summarise in a couple of paragraphs, but this was 30 years of graft.

Do you have a background in any particular discipline or trade, that will be the direction to go if you have. If not, tackle the drilling companies and see if you can work your way up.

Be aware that the UK offshore industry is on the bones of it's ar$e at the moment, so jobs are not in abundance.

Good luck to you though, and I do hope you get a break.