Anyone moved from structural to oil and gas???

[rorys]

As the title really. Looking for a career move after 9 years designing buildings. Anyone done it from a similar background??

[Raffles]

Sort of similar - Did a degree in Civil Engineering but straight out of uni went offshore and started drilling for oil.

What field are you wanting to go into? You wanting to do structural stuff offshore?

I am an MWD Engineer for Schlumberger - www.slb.com/careers

[crossle]

rorys said:

As the title really. Looking for a career move after 9 years designing buildings. Anyone done it from a similar background??

Sort of. Started out at British Gas in the 70's, moved on to offshore oil and gas until the mid 80's until I went to the BBC's Architect's & Civil Engineers dept.

Stayed in consulting engineering until the last property crash ('89) then moved back to oil and gas, subsea engineering this time.

I'm a CAD jockey by the way - what's your speciality?

We've got quite a few structural and civil engineers and designers who've made a successful transition.

[Hoppy2008]

crossle said:

rorys said:

As the title really. Looking for a career move after 9 years designing buildings. Anyone done it from a similar background??

Sort of. Started out at British Gas in the 70's, moved on to offshore oil and gas until the mid 80's until I went to the BBC's Architect's & Civil Engineers dept.

Stayed in consulting engineering until the last property crash ('89) then moved back to oil and gas, subsea engineering this time.

I'm a CAD jockey by the way - what's your speciality?

We've got quite a few structural and civil engineers and designers who've made a successful transition.

Hey crossle, Im a CAD Jockey too.
Been in Rail (stuctural, m&e) for the past 5 years but always fancied getting into oil and gas. Every time I speak to agents they more or less say "no chance"....
Any tips for me??

[rorys]

Raffles said:

Sort of similar - Did a degree in Civil Engineering but straight out of uni went offshore and started drilling for oil.

What field are you wanting to go into? You wanting to do structural stuff offshore?

I am an MWD Engineer for Schlumberger - www.slb.com/careers

To be honest I would rather get away from doing pure structural stuff. Would like to try something a bit different but to be honest I'm unsure what. I was thinking about drilling but it would be starting from scratch, not to sure how much of my current experience could be brought over?

[crossle]

Hoppy2008 said:

crossle said:

rorys said:

As the title really. Looking for a career move after 9 years designing buildings. Anyone done it from a similar background??

Sort of. Started out at British Gas in the 70's, moved on to offshore oil and gas until the mid 80's until I went to the BBC's Architect's & Civil Engineers dept.

Stayed in consulting engineering until the last property crash ('89) then moved back to oil and gas, subsea engineering this time.

I'm a CAD jockey by the way - what's your speciality?

We've got quite a few structural and civil engineers and designers who've made a successful transition.

Hey crossle, Im a CAD Jockey too.
Been in Rail (stuctural, m&e) for the past 5 years but always fancied getting into oil and gas. Every time I speak to agents they more or less say "no chance"....
Any tips for me??

Yeah. Send me a CV.

If you've worked in rail, I'll assume you're familiar with Alignment Sheets and profiles? If so, you'll already have a fair understanding of what's required for pipeline design (onshore and offshore). If you've a structural background, and understand how to fit two bits of metal together (clue - no bolts), you'll have enough to get going of offshore/subsea structures.

Unfortunately, it tends to be a bit of a closed shop, for no good reason other than human nature I presume.

Not promising you a job, but a quick look at your details will tell me if it's worth your while pursuing, and who with maybe?

[Hoppy2008]

crossle said:

Hoppy2008 said:

crossle said:

rorys said:

As the title really. Looking for a career move after 9 years designing buildings. Anyone done it from a similar background??

Sort of. Started out at British Gas in the 70's, moved on to offshore oil and gas until the mid 80's until I went to the BBC's Architect's & Civil Engineers dept.

Stayed in consulting engineering until the last property crash ('89) then moved back to oil and gas, subsea engineering this time.

I'm a CAD jockey by the way - what's your speciality?

We've got quite a few structural and civil engineers and designers who've made a successful transition.

Hey crossle, Im a CAD Jockey too.
Been in Rail (stuctural, m&e) for the past 5 years but always fancied getting into oil and gas. Every time I speak to agents they more or less say "no chance"....
Any tips for me??

Yeah. Send me a CV.

If you've worked in rail, I'll assume you're familiar with Alignment Sheets and profiles? If so, you'll already have a fair understanding of what's required for pipeline design (onshore and offshore). If you've a structural background, and understand how to fit two bits of metal together (clue - no bolts), you'll have enough to get going of offshore/subsea structures.

Unfortunately, it tends to be a bit of a closed shop, for no good reason other than human nature I presume.

Not promising you a job, but a quick look at your details will tell me if it's worth your while pursuing, and who with maybe?

Thanks crossle, thats much appreciated.
Ill get my CV over to you this week.
I sent you an email so if you reply I'll know where to send the CV.
Cheers
Hoppy

[krusty]

No offence but all of the struckies that we had coming over from the rail industry (particularly Metronet) were next to useless. Their basic drafting skills weren’t up to much but more importantly they had it ingrained that a day’s work could be strung out to a week.
Saying that you will never find a better time to transgress as there is a huge shortage of manpower.
If you get an opportunity, keep your nose clean and remember time is money (and lots of it) then you should do OK.

Forget Drilling, if you think O&G is a closed shop.......

[crossle]

krusty said:

they had it ingrained that a day’s work could be strung out to a week.

Agreed with that. If you can't string it out for a fortnight, with a weekend's overtime, you've got no chance!

[Hoppy2008]

krusty said:

No offence but all of the struckies that we had coming over from the rail industry (particularly Metronet) were next to useless. Their basic drafting skills weren’t up to much but more importantly they had it ingrained that a day’s work could be strung out to a week.
Saying that you will never find a better time to transgress as there is a huge shortage of manpower.
If you get an opportunity, keep your nose clean and remember time is money (and lots of it) then you should do OK.

Forget Drilling, if you think O&G is a closed shop.......

Served my time at an aersopace company, precision engineering, so hopefully im more than a "tracer", but I know what you mean, Ive come across many of these myself.

Would like to get into it though, so any tips would be appreciated.

crossle, I sent you my CV.

Cheers
Hoppy

[Raffles]

rorys said:

Raffles said:

Sort of similar - Did a degree in Civil Engineering but straight out of uni went offshore and started drilling for oil.

What field are you wanting to go into? You wanting to do structural stuff offshore?

I am an MWD Engineer for Schlumberger - www.slb.com/careers

To be honest I would rather get away from doing pure structural stuff. Would like to try something a bit different but to be honest I'm unsure what. I was thinking about drilling but it would be starting from scratch, not to sure how much of my current experience could be brought over?

Well I would recommend MWD with Schlumberger or Halliburton. The job is a great way of getting into the industry, and once you have been offshore a couple of times you can decide if any of the other jobs on the rig take your fancy. It will lead onto Directional Drilling which is $$$ and not a closed industry at all.

Your background is good as it all a lot of the service companies are looking for is an engineering mind. You will do one of those basic mechanical tests on paper and a practical test as well which were pretty simple, especially if you have been working with engineering principles all along.

[krusty]

Hoppy2008 said:

any tips

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[login name]

rorys said:

Raffles said:

Sort of similar - Did a degree in Civil Engineering but straight out of uni went offshore and started drilling for oil.

What field are you wanting to go into? You wanting to do structural stuff offshore?

I am an MWD Engineer for Schlumberger - www.slb.com/careers

To be honest I would rather get away from doing pure structural stuff. Would like to try something a bit different but to be honest I'm unsure what. I was thinking about drilling but it would be starting from scratch, not to sure how much of my current experience could be brought over?

Lots of recruitment going on for UK Arch/M&E/Struct/Data/Voice/CAD to go to Dubai / Abu Dabi at the moment on fixed contracts (1-3yrs)! Interesting buildings/Marinas/Developments and a change for a year?