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Petroleum
- Nov 7, 2010
- 307
Hi everyone,
I am currently a facilities engineer with an O&G company here in the US, I feel like I'm well paid but my job function does not have a clear path for me in the future:
CURRENT SITUATIOIN
My Degree: B.Sc Mechanical Engineering, May 2009
Title: Facilities engineer (Upstream operations), started May 2009
Salary: $85,000 starting and $96,000/year right now
Bonus, Benefits: Bonus + stock over $20k/year
Benefits: Insurance, wellness benefits, 100% match in 401-k, etc
lenght of time with this company: 2 years and 5 months.
Job function: Not defined, depends on what's needed, is not engineering related 40% of the time. Typical:
1. Do economic analysis for production facilities to optimize cost
2. Study industry codes and communication application for Operations
3. Train Operations on equipment tracking soft ware
4. Develop standards and BMP for piping, welding, spacing, tank grounding, pressure releiving, and a whole bunch of stuff.
5. It appears to be comprised mostly of researching new techs. and codes and communicating to Ops.
WHAT I THINK
I think that facilities engineer in other corporations are deeply involved in design (I may be wrong), and that they get involved in capital projects, design, simulate, model, and build the facilities, involved in operation and maintenance support to field folks, etc. So if I'm right, it appears that I might not be very useful if I'm not in this company
WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT DOING
My last/current assignment is to
1. Develop welding procedures for our piping/gathering line welding
2. Develop a welding standard and BMP
3. Develop Piping standard adopted from B31 codes including Inspection, testing, and examination
4. Develop minimum requirements for welder qualification, inspection, inspector, etc from ASME Section IX, B31, etc.
This assignment has exposed me all year to the world of welding and inspection, and reading of the code as a young engineer. After talking with CWIs, and working with SCWIs, I'm begining to think about studying, writing exams, becoming a PE and going into being a consultant, contractor in that area, i.e. get my CWI, and many other qualification with API, ASME, etc to be able to be a inspector/consultant for O&G construction, offshore and onshore, material/metallurgicals, BPV inspection, etc.
Sometimes I get tempted to stay and enjoy the money or get an MBA to climb within the company, but inside me, I know I like to engineer and have my time and get things done.
PLEASE ADVICE...THANKS A MILLION.
I am currently a facilities engineer with an O&G company here in the US, I feel like I'm well paid but my job function does not have a clear path for me in the future:
CURRENT SITUATIOIN
My Degree: B.Sc Mechanical Engineering, May 2009
Title: Facilities engineer (Upstream operations), started May 2009
Salary: $85,000 starting and $96,000/year right now
Bonus, Benefits: Bonus + stock over $20k/year
Benefits: Insurance, wellness benefits, 100% match in 401-k, etc
lenght of time with this company: 2 years and 5 months.
Job function: Not defined, depends on what's needed, is not engineering related 40% of the time. Typical:
1. Do economic analysis for production facilities to optimize cost
2. Study industry codes and communication application for Operations
3. Train Operations on equipment tracking soft ware
4. Develop standards and BMP for piping, welding, spacing, tank grounding, pressure releiving, and a whole bunch of stuff.
5. It appears to be comprised mostly of researching new techs. and codes and communicating to Ops.
WHAT I THINK
I think that facilities engineer in other corporations are deeply involved in design (I may be wrong), and that they get involved in capital projects, design, simulate, model, and build the facilities, involved in operation and maintenance support to field folks, etc. So if I'm right, it appears that I might not be very useful if I'm not in this company
WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT DOING
My last/current assignment is to
1. Develop welding procedures for our piping/gathering line welding
2. Develop a welding standard and BMP
3. Develop Piping standard adopted from B31 codes including Inspection, testing, and examination
4. Develop minimum requirements for welder qualification, inspection, inspector, etc from ASME Section IX, B31, etc.
This assignment has exposed me all year to the world of welding and inspection, and reading of the code as a young engineer. After talking with CWIs, and working with SCWIs, I'm begining to think about studying, writing exams, becoming a PE and going into being a consultant, contractor in that area, i.e. get my CWI, and many other qualification with API, ASME, etc to be able to be a inspector/consultant for O&G construction, offshore and onshore, material/metallurgicals, BPV inspection, etc.
Sometimes I get tempted to stay and enjoy the money or get an MBA to climb within the company, but inside me, I know I like to engineer and have my time and get things done.
PLEASE ADVICE...THANKS A MILLION.