Jobs to travel the world

[Justin Cyder]

I have a mate who installs, services & repairs egg machines. As in production line industrial behemoths that take eggs from the chicken to the finished packaging or product.

You'd be surprised how few companies are in that market & consequently he travels the world doing that job. He hates the travel. He says he spends his life in taxis, airports, hotels, airplanes & factories. Home is a release & he can't wait to get there.

Beware what you wish for. OTOH I've known kids do ski seasons followed by seasons working for Nielsen mucking about windsurfing & sailing, then back to the ski resorts & have a fine old time. All depends on what you want to do.

[andy-xr]

I fell into a sales role that was billed as Sales Territory Manager (ex DACH), meaning everything to the left of Germany. It started out as UK/France which was fine, then broadened out to Spain, which was interesting. Then they opened up the US market and I was pushed into leading the territory planning and 'stuff' (it was strategy and execution, which sounds wky). Anyway, I got to travel as much as I wanted, do almost anything I wanted while not working, and had an exes account and a deal with AVIS and United Airlines.

Was a good laugh, wouldnt do it again though

[ETOPS]

I think it is what you make of if. If you're rushed around on arrival, to do work and then leave, it is probably not going to offer you the experience you want from travel. If, on the other hand, you can wangle a bit of your own time, it is bloody awesome. I travel 3 times a month with work, and get between 1 and 2.5 days off at the destination. Thankfully, it is totally free of work commitment, but several years in, I still love playing tourist. Renting a muscle car in San Fran, taking a 2 day safari in South Africa, riding around the Milan tram system a few beers down, getting chased by a NYC Koreatown restauranteur for taking pictures or hitting the slopes for an afternoon in Vancouver. It can't be beaten in my view. That said, plenty of others in my shoes just see it as time away from home, earning a crust, while complaining about the hotel food.

I understand that for many, time-frames render them somewhat hotel-bound, but as I said, I make an effort to explore and learn, and I would encourage anyone else to do the same.

Cruise liners is a good bet, as is mining industry, and IT. Failing that, the Navy will send you around the world.

[Bar Pilot]

Merchant Navy, last 8 weeks: Trinidad and Dominican Rep (beach days), some hole in Argentina, Valencia (went to Mastella Stadium to see a match) and this weekend I'm getting up the road for the F1 at Catalunya. Last trip was an Aussie coastal tour with few runs to Singapore. Good pay, good leave.

[Liokault]

Supplier Quality Engineer.

Low entry threshold (no degree required), lots of contracts about if you go LTD, and you get to choose contracts by how much travel is involved.

My current contract is 20% travel (I'm posting this over a beer from Riga) which keeps my Mrs happy and lets me see the kids, my last contract started at 100% based in Germany but after re-negotiation moved to about 50% travel.

[Little Butch]

This is part of the reason I trained to become an Arborist (tree surgeon).
Plenty of work in NZ, OZ, Sweden, Canada etc... My plan is to get a couple of years experience under my belt and then see where It takes me

[Jonathan27]

Any type of consultant

[StevieBee]

Jonathan27 said:

Any type of consultant

Waste Management Consultancy will get you about.

I'm not one but run an ad agency that works in the waste sector that over the past 36 months has dragged me (willingly it has to be said to) Saudi, Kuwait, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, USA, Cyprus, Austria and Rotherham....to name a few.

[Bullett]

Contact centre consultant.

Frankly, an industrial park and business hotel is pretty similar in most parts of the world. It sounds exciting but it's only really fun if you can get time off on location. That only tends to happen if you are on site for an extended period. If its 1-2 days forget leisure time.

I enjoyed it when I was single. Hated it when I was in a relationship. Married now, with kids so happily home based with only occasional travel.

[T S Magnum]

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet but... mechanically minded and after good pay and travel? Offshore oil and gas should be near the top of your list.

[typed from a rig in the middle of the Caspian Sea]

[Liokault]

T S Magnum said:

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet but... mechanically minded and after good pay and travel? Offshore oil and gas should be near the top of your list.

[typed from a rig in the middle of the Caspian Sea]

But its hard to get into?

[T S Magnum]

Liokault said:

But its [offshore] hard to get into?

That's a fair point but you won't know until you try etc.

Find out why you got knocked back, address that, try again.

It will work eventually and the rewards are worth it.

[T S Magnum]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Offshore Oil and Gas... Not a good answer imho.

It was a personal opinion based on 8 years experience of seeing a lot of the World (not just airports), you know best though...

A LOT of people work in the offshore industry without being located offshore for much of the time. E.g. I currently live in Baku and spend periods offshore when required.

[sunoco69]

International Playboy and jiggalo?

[Liokault]

T S Magnum said:

Liokault said:

But its [offshore] hard to get into?

That's a fair point but you won't know until you try etc.

Find out why you got knocked back, address that, try again.

It will work eventually and the rewards are worth it.

Been trying, it's hard lol.

[T S Magnum]

Liokault said:

Been trying, it's hard lol.

Good luck to you. Which discipline are you going for?

[Liokault]

T S Magnum said:

Liokault said:

Been trying, it's hard lol.

Good luck to you. Which discipline are you going for?

I generally do supplier quality and quality systems, but it's tough to get in as they all want prior oil and gas exp.

[ecain63]

Why hasnt the RAF or Navy, or Army, etc been mentioned yet?

RAF is a cushy number and play your cards right and you can land in some really nice places, for a good length of time. Diego Garcia (applies to Navy and Marines too), various US bases, Aircraft carriers etc. Best food of all the forces and really good sports and recreation budget. The RAF never seem to be overworked in my opinion.

Navy obviously travel the world, a lot. Plenty of engineering jobs and promotion / pay is quick to rise. I started my career as a Royal Navy Artificer (apprentice engineer)which meant fairly fixed promotion and quicky accelerating levels of pay, but theyve changed the way branches are managed now and i think its merit / potential based. I left after 18 months (bored and wanted to go conquer the world rather than stare at it from a few miles offshore) and so joined the Royal Marines. Pay wasnt as good but i had 100% job satisfaction.

Marines: See the world, a lot. See a lot of st places and do a lot of hardcore jobs but its a great travelling job and pay has improved a lot over the past 5 years. The new lads live pretty well these days compared to when i was in. Bloody loved it. Places visited: Afghanistan, Iraq, Norway, Germany, France, Gibraltar, Crete, Egypt, Red Sea, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, California, Florida, Cancun, Cyprus, and many more. Not all hard work and no play. Plenty of trips stopping off with air hostesses and other interesting conquests.

Army: Again, plenty of engineer jobs and also plenty of travel. Didnt think much of the army myself and my brother, who did 12 years as a Royal Engineer never really enjoyed it that much. Too much bullst and no real emphasis on personal development. Bums on seats is the name of the game and if your face fitted then you got on. If it didnt, you didnt.

RFA (royal fleet auxiliary). Proper cushy number, sailing the seas and living it up off the MOD. Excellent pay and good civvie qualifications should you want to use your skills for better work.

[98elise]

Art0ir said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Work travel becomes very overrated.

I now hate holidays with hotels.

This.

Yup. I worked on a project which needed travel to the states.

Unless you like living in one room, and spending all your free time with your workmates, then its not fun. Its fine for about 2 or 3 trips, but after that the novelty wears off.

[T S Magnum]

Liokault said:

I generally do supplier quality and quality systems, but it's tough to get in as they all want prior oil and gas exp.

You have probably already tried but 'Oil Careers' and 'Oil and Gas Job Search' are good and there are a ton of specialist agencies of course. PM if you like...