Jobs that are 4 weeks on/4 weeks off

[Moominho]

I’m currently working in the unglamorous world of IT, I’m a project manager at the moment, but have done various jobs within project and service management since starting as a support engineer 15 years ago. Which means I find it easy enough to find jobs within my sphere of IT, but I don’t have any real technical skills to speak of. I’m in my mid 30’s now, and I’m seen more as a manager than a techie these days, which is sad, but probably correct. My only qualifications since Uni have been an ITIL course.

What I would really love to do, is work in a job where I could do a rotation shift, something like 28 days on/28 days off, or a few weeks on and a few weeks off. I know these jobs tend to be in oil and gas or offshore somewhere, and it’s not something I have any experience or contacts for. But are there any jobs of this ilk that are close to my skillset? I’m happy to work in any location, nationally or internationally, I have nothing that ties me to this country, and part of the reason I want to work the rotation is so I can travel more. I had a friend who went and worked as an operations manager, looking after a 24 hour IT team in Libya. He was doing a month on/month off job for around 8 years until instability in the region sent him home.

Is what I have asked for possible, or is it just a pipe dream?

Edited by Moominho on Monday 27th October 11:28

Edited to try and remove the "over 18" emoticon, not sure why that is there. I told you I'm no longer technical

Edited by Moominho on Monday 27th October 11:29

[Moominho]

EnthusiastOwned said:

Have you thought about contracting?

I would go contracting tomorrow - if it offered the shift pattern that I want. I have contracted before, but only on normal 9-5 hours.

[Moominho]

Thanks for all the advice all. I'm not in a relationship at the mo (been single for 6 months after being engaged for 10 years) so I'm happy to leave it all behind. Some good tips there - I wasn't aware that gas and oil had any IT jobs that were rotation based but will have a look.