Mechanical Engineer Job Offer
Dec 29th 2013, 5:54 pm
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Re: Mechanical Engineer Job Offer
BP & Chevron are good options. Statoil and Maersk would be worth a look too, although Maersk are limited in USA right now. Taqa would probably be hiring but I don't know if they have anything in USA right now. Oxy (Occidental of Piper Alpha infamy), Chesapeake, Pioneer or EOG may hire direct to the USA. Try some specific oil and gas headhunters.
Avoid Exxon & Total. Exxon do very few external hires. Total will likely only want you to go to Africa.
I would also look to avoid Petrofac or Woodgroup. They tend to supply contract engineers to places oil companies can't staff. The money is good, but that doesn't tend to be USA.
Avoid Exxon & Total. Exxon do very few external hires. Total will likely only want you to go to Africa.
I would also look to avoid Petrofac or Woodgroup. They tend to supply contract engineers to places oil companies can't staff. The money is good, but that doesn't tend to be USA.
Dec 29th 2013, 8:31 pm
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Re: Mechanical Engineer Job Offer
Lots of single expats out there...or at least there were in the 80s and 90s.....as I was relocating there (as a single guy) I read a statistic that 80% of single expats that stayed in Singapore for more than a year would be married before they left, and 75% of them would marry someone from a different country. I was one of the 75% of the 80%.
Dec 29th 2013, 8:41 pm
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Re: Mechanical Engineer Job Offer
Another one to add to your list...BG/British Gas....I know quite a few offshore technical guys who were directly employed by them with the specific intention of relocating them out here after initially working in Reading. The guys I know were all LNG/marine experienced, and are working either fleet ops, ship building projects or FPSO/terminal design/construction, so not sure if that fits with your expertise, but at least it is a company that has a track record of targeting Brits for expat US positions.
Dec 29th 2013, 9:08 pm
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Another one to add to your list...BG/British Gas....I know quite a few offshore technical guys who were directly employed by them with the specific intention of relocating them out here after initially working in Reading. The guys I know were all LNG/marine experienced, and are working either fleet ops, ship building projects or FPSO/terminal design/construction, so not sure if that fits with your expertise, but at least it is a company that has a track record of targeting Brits for expat US positions.
Dec 29th 2013, 9:23 pm
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Dec 29th 2013, 10:32 pm
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Dec 29th 2013, 11:12 pm
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