Hazell Engineering Offers New Opportunities for Oil Rig Jobs

Hazell engineering, the leader in Oil Rig recruitment in the UK recently announced new and high sought after vacancies in the oil rig industry over the world. Jobs in Offshore oil rigs are well paid jobs. Even an entry level job can fetch good money. There are no on-site expenses in an oil rig as both food and accommodation are provided free of cost by the oil companies.

Oil Rig Recruitment Specialist at Hazell Engineering, Steve Dodds said,” The oil rig jobs are well paid because there is a risk associated with every oil and gas rig, which is compensated with good salary and providing healthy living and working environment at the workplace. These facilities also depend on location of the rig and its contractors. There are a variety of jobs available on Oil rigs for both skilled/unskilled jobs of various professions.”

He further added,” Internet has made it quite easy for anyone to apply for an offshore oil rig job provided they are qualified and willing to work on oil rigs. There are a number of online recruitment sites which help people to apply online, but most of these sites are general in nature i.e. they don't specialise in recruitment for offshore oil rigs, they provide services for every industry.  Most of these recruitment agencies will give preference to experienced job seeker who has previous experience with offshore oil rigs. It isn't a bad idea to use some of these online services along with some specialised offshore oil rig placement service like Hazelleng.com. Hazell Engineering provides services for all types of would be applicants; ones who are only interested to learn about these jobs and whether they qualify for them or not and others who are seriously looking for employment in offshore oil rigs.”

About Hazell Engineering

For over 27 years Hazell Engineering have supplied the services of high calibre engineering personnel to the International Oil and Gas industry, both on a contract and permanent basis.

Our highly experienced recruitment team utilises one of the industry's most comprehensive personnel databases, this enables us to respond rapidly to our clients individual requirements.

Quality is of primary importance in all of Hazell Engineering's operations. Accordingly, we are ISO 9001: 2008 accredited by DNV, "for the provision of specialised recruitment services to the offshore oil, gas and petrochemical industries". We are also First Point Assessment Limited registered and a fully accredited member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

www.hazelleng.com combines best traditional practice with state of the art e-cruitment technology ensuring our place at the forefront of oil and gas recruitment.

Oil Rig Jobs – How to Get Your Career Started

Oil rig jobs are not easy to come by, it takes a lot of effort time & patience. You need a structured approach. A lot of people do not realise that the best chance of getting an oil rig job lies with the drilling companies that own and operate the oil drilling rigs. They do not understand that the big oil companies like Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco etc. do not hire the likes of Roustabouts and catering staff. They do not even hire Drillers or Crane Operators. Most jobs on oil rigs are filled by agency staff, so the best route way to get an oil rig job is through a reputed recruitment agency. Trying to get your first oil rig job by applying to one of the major oil companies is a waste of both time and effort.

It is not necessary to live in or even close to an oil centre like Aberdeen to work offshore in the North Sea. Aberdeen is the main location of the offshore oil industry in the UK. It is considered the Oil Capital of Europe. It has the busiest heliport in the UK.

Many onshore jobs in Aberdeen are dependent on the search for and production of oil. High proportions of current offshore employees commute from as far away as Ireland, Wales and the south of England. Others come from much further away such as Spain, USA, France, and Australia etc. Among those living abroad are British people, who moved there when they became settled into their offshore career and pay their own fares back and forward every trip. Few companies now pay travelling expenses. As far as a starting salary you would be looking in the region of £20,000 per year as a Roustabout or Catering Assistant / Steward. Your payment type may vary; a fixed amount every month, or a 'day rate' where you get paid for each day on the rig. Whichever way you get paid the annual salary would still work out the same of course.

There is no real age limit, it just depends on how you sell yourself. You will need to be fit enough to pass the medical and carry out your duties. Other than that, there should be no problem with age as long as you don't still want to be working offshore after you're 65.

A lot of the personnel in the industry have started work way back in the capacity of a Roustabout. This is the bottom rung of a long and diversified ladder that is the oil industry. It's the offshore equivalent of an onshore labourer but with more specialised skills like banking and slinging which you can learn on the job, or as is getting more common, in specialised schools teaching these skills to green hands to improve their chances of getting employment in the first place.

Employment agencies, as opposed to oil and drilling companies, mostly only employ people who have offshore experience, unless they are very busy. However you should definitely send them your CV and phone them as some are more flexible than others about this rule.

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