Anyone here work in Oil&Gas?
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Copied in from a thread I've started in the employments section, was suggested I post here too - hope this is ok:
Morning All, an odd first post on PH - have read the forums for a while now but never bothered to register and post, however having read this section before it seems there may be a few here that can give me some pointers.
I have an interview soon for a job with one of the major Oil and Gas players, oddly enough it's based in Scotland but not Aberdeen (though i'm guessing travel is par for the course which won't be an issue). As I'm not currently in the industry I'm wondering what I'll be expected to know. The job is a commercial role (estimaing) and relates to project services.
My own background is a mixture of Qs (construction) and defence estimating with about 6 years total to date so I have quite a wide range of experience that may or may not be directly applicable. I'm getting into late 20's so this move could potentially set up the rest of my career.
I assume they will be looking for somebody to work through bottom up, norm based estimates and tie in with various engineering leads along the way then compare with previous similar projects and profile risk /contingency etc. All of this should be fairly standard across all industries but I'm wondering if anyone knows anything oil and gas specific that I should read up on or has any general tips on what the industry tends to look for?
(ps I know that's a pretty specific thing to ask but you never know!)
Morning All, an odd first post on PH - have read the forums for a while now but never bothered to register and post, however having read this section before it seems there may be a few here that can give me some pointers.
I have an interview soon for a job with one of the major Oil and Gas players, oddly enough it's based in Scotland but not Aberdeen (though i'm guessing travel is par for the course which won't be an issue). As I'm not currently in the industry I'm wondering what I'll be expected to know. The job is a commercial role (estimaing) and relates to project services.
My own background is a mixture of Qs (construction) and defence estimating with about 6 years total to date so I have quite a wide range of experience that may or may not be directly applicable. I'm getting into late 20's so this move could potentially set up the rest of my career.
I assume they will be looking for somebody to work through bottom up, norm based estimates and tie in with various engineering leads along the way then compare with previous similar projects and profile risk /contingency etc. All of this should be fairly standard across all industries but I'm wondering if anyone knows anything oil and gas specific that I should read up on or has any general tips on what the industry tends to look for?
(ps I know that's a pretty specific thing to ask but you never know!)
You could do well to read up on that particular operator (assuming that's what they are) and what projects they've currently got on the go. Best way to help your chances is to present yourself as a solution to their specific project requirements based on your experiences to date.
Taking on QS guys from construction is quite common in the O&G industry, so don't be concerned about that too much.
(I'm currently in a commercial role for an operator btw)
Taking on QS guys from construction is quite common in the O&G industry, so don't be concerned about that too much.
(I'm currently in a commercial role for an operator btw)
That's what i'm struggling to find information on, well not so much what the company do as a whole as their website is excellent but I've been trying to figure out what this role will be mainly for - so far I'm coming up with a blank unfortunately.
I'm pretty sure my QS and defence experience will work for me as you've suggested, just want to make sure I have a think about the right areas of what I've done to date.
I'm pretty sure my QS and defence experience will work for me as you've suggested, just want to make sure I have a think about the right areas of what I've done to date.
Without knowning any more details about the potential company, although based on your description I'd guess it's a major engineering contractor with an engineering house located out of Abz.....so I'm guessing it could be for the WGPSN Glasgow office? Maybe not though!
Anyway, I would suggest that your gut feel is probably not far wide of the mark. Virtually all of what you mention are typical when estimating O&G mods/projects and your skill set would probably transfer pretty cleanly into this area of the business.
As per the other poster. Worth knowing a wee bit about the types of engineering drawings we typically use in our industry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piping_and_instrument...http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=isometric+pipewor...
Probs worth doing your homework on a little bit of an overview of general offshore engineering principles http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/publications/Producti...
Maybe also worth understanding a wee bit about engineering standards, many are derived from API.... http://www.api.org/
Without knowing more about your opportunity that's about as much as can think of!
Anyway, I would suggest that your gut feel is probably not far wide of the mark. Virtually all of what you mention are typical when estimating O&G mods/projects and your skill set would probably transfer pretty cleanly into this area of the business.
As per the other poster. Worth knowing a wee bit about the types of engineering drawings we typically use in our industry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piping_and_instrument...http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=isometric+pipewor...
Probs worth doing your homework on a little bit of an overview of general offshore engineering principles http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/publications/Producti...
Maybe also worth understanding a wee bit about engineering standards, many are derived from API.... http://www.api.org/
Without knowing more about your opportunity that's about as much as can think of!
Excellent stuff thank you, just so happens I was looking at some of this anyway, though with anything new like this it would really take working through practical examples to get into it.
You certainly aren't far wrong in your other assumptions either, look like the kind of company I want to be working for going by what I've read so far
You certainly aren't far wrong in your other assumptions either, look like the kind of company I want to be working for going by what I've read so far
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