STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING JOB

[ALK2415]

AS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, WHAT TO EXPECT WHILE WORKING FOR AN OVERSEAS OIL COMPANY?

 

[rb1957]

getting dirty ?

"Hoffen wir mal, dass alles gut geht !"
General Paulus, Nov 1942, outside Stalingrad after the launch of Operation Uranus.

 

[ALK2415]

Their contract form is almost reminiscent of a slave form?

 

[JLNJ]

I'm sure you will have recourse for mistreatment and rights as an individual for fair treatment.

 

[ALK2415]

MY question is do they have actual structural engineering duties (design and analysis) on daily bases or just stand by for field fixing works?
if anyone here has similar job experience ?

 

[AskTooMuch]

Are you being sent to an engineering company or to a construction site or an existing plant located overseas?

 

[ALK2415]

Mostly construction site

 

[GC_Hopi]

You would have to talk to the supervisor. I would not trust what the recruiter is saying. When I was at an oil service company, I had engineer in my title but most of my time was spent supervising a crew, being the middle man between the customer and the yard, collecting invoices, and putting out fires (figuratively though literally is a real risk).

 

[AskTooMuch]

Well obv not much engineering and analysis because it was already done. Answering RFIs, meetings, "watching" construction people. Should be a valuable experience once you get back to "engineering and analysis".

 

[ALK2415]

@ GC_Hopi Thanks for the information. "Putting out fires" this is what i was talking about, actual works are not what they inscribed it
@ rb1957 mud is not an issue, it came with job description, unless you mean different kind of dirt?
@ AskTooMuch appreciate your inputs

 

[AskTooMuch]

Your resume would look good once you add commissioning and construction experience in there.