Auto Repair/Mechanics in South Shields, United Kingdom

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.

word of warning, if you go offshore you will be working with people like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcsoqIylmDI

John Carey motors Aliyah Hussain . Just behind main post office in South Shields. Good, honest and wont cost you a fortune. x

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I would highly recommend Gary Tuck workshops on maxwell street.

Is tht near orange grass? Malcolm R Osborne

+447805468110 his name is Scott Ditchburn .xx

Paul Catley csl autos

jarrow mot 4839696 x

Mick Abbot in Jarrow he's fantastic & won't take your eyes out! Xxx

Hogg Mot hebburn x

Gary Tuck Workshops - 01914552757. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Tuck-Workshops-Ltd/420384518066824

I second Hogg Mot xx

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=420384518066824 we go here and have never been ripped off xx

https://www.facebook.com/sdtyresne he's fab and comes to you

Ians Autos 4275929

Jarrow mot 4839696

Danielle Sutton x

Erik Thorius of riverview cars on commercial road I wouldn't go any where else and I work in a main dealer garage

Billy Sutherby??

Hogg Mot is brilliant in Hebburn highly rate him x

Eddie Schellens 424-6021

That's the guy Ed https://www.facebook.com/ComputerRepair11010

Eddie Schellens... He's working on my computer as we speak! The best around

Danielle Sutton fella is fab x

Leighton motors 4557109

Gary Tuck Workshops Ltd Service, Repairs and MOT's for all makes and models. 01914552757

Gemma Moore sorry can't take mechanic page

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Jarrow Mot Centre. Won’t go anywhere else. Excellent service. Fully recommend them.

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LG Mot in Boldon

Norham Garage in North Shields isn't far from the Tyne Tunnel just up Norham Road, I use them all the time, great prices and fair 0191 2577255.

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John Carey garage behind shields post office. X