Petrofac Integrated Energy Services

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• Referral from March 5, 2014
  

  Mark T. asked:

  Anyone got any contacts in the offshore industry who might be able to throw a line of information/advice to a diesel/hydraulic mechanic? Want to get a start on the rigs/ships after I finish here.

  

  Ray L. replied:

  Hi Mark, The easiest way in for someone with your background is to get a temporary contract through an agency, impress the people that you are working for so they keep you in mind if a permanent position comes up. The contract work can be hit and miss, rigs are busy in the North Sea in the summer but quieter in winter but if you don’t limit yourself to UK it can all balance out. Contractor wages aren’t great and conditions can be a bit crap, contractors can be treated a bit poorly at times but at least it lets you build up credible experience for when the good jobs come along. Permanent core crew positions generally tend to go to the temporary contractors that they know. Having said that some guys prefer to stay contract and move around. Minimum offshore (oil and windfarm) qualifications for UK are offshore medical, BOSIET (basic offshore survival) and MIST (minimum industry standard training), you can’t go offshore without these. Advanced fire fighting or lifeboat coxswains ticket is often advantageous since the mechies and deck crew make up the majority of the fire teams. Different countries may then have their own requirements. As far as I know contractors are normally expected to pay for their own initial training but it’s not horrendously expensive, generally <£1000 and takes a week to do. Ship qualification is more convoluted with normally STCW watch keeping certs required which can take time to achieve, marine industry doesn’t traditionally recognise onshore qualification. The main operators in the North Sea that I deal with are: http://careers.chevron.com/search_jobs/default.aspx http://www.teekay.com/People/Careers-at-Teekay/default.aspx http://www.bwoffshore.com/Careers/ http://www.bluewater-offshore.com/careers/ http://www.premier-oil.com/premieroil/careers http://www.deepwater.com/career-center http://www.rowancompanies.com/fw/main/Career-Opportunities-334.html http://www.gmsuae.com/offshore/ http://www.nadlcorp.com/careers http://www.maersk.com/career/jobs/pages/offshore-jobs.aspx A lot of rig owners do not man the units themselves but use a manning company who in turn recruit their labour from agencies as well as direct application. In the first instance I would talk to the various recruitment agents such as Faststream, and manning companies such as Wood Group and Petrofac. Some of the engineering contracts such as AMEC also hire their own temporary staff for specific projects. http://www.nmms.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are/Pages/default.aspx http://www.petrofac.com/ http://www.woodgroup-psn.com/ http://www.oilcareers.com/content/coprofile/Faststream_Recruitment_Ltd.asp?gclid=CLqVpqaI_rwCFYTVcgodnI8AhQ http://www.omsintl.com/ https://www.akersolutions.com/ http://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/energy/oil-gas?WT.mc_id=search_google_desktoptablet_engineering&WT.srch=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=search_google_desktoptablet_engineering&utm_term=%2Bcareers+%2Boil&OVMTC=Broad&site&creative=28332373339&OVKEY=%2Bcareers+%2Boil&url_id=25369858&adpos=1 t2&device=c&devicemodel&gclid=CODTz6SL_rwCFcL3 cgodikoAcA http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/search_job_results.asp?JobCategory=3&gclid=CNPnyOiL_rwCFaEMcwodK4 wAQA This should get you started, also if you join linked-in (professional version of Facebook) the recruitment agencies use it as a resource pool and will usual contact you unsolicited if they have anything suitable. https://uk.linkedin.com/ Let me know when you start looking properly and I will keep my ear to the ground.

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