For those of you in the Petrochem field...

[Hopedale Hustler]

Is there like some kind of a hiring hold...i just completed school and now cant pay somebody to hire me...it seems like the whole field is like this and is very frustrating....

[eman]

It's not just the petro / chem field. construction sucks right now too

[Hopedale Hustler]

Ya I shoulda put petro chem and construction man it's horrible I hope it picks up soon like some time in 2011 atleast

[southern151]

Give it about another 3 weeks or so and the turnarounds will start to kick off. Traditionally, Dec and Jan are very slow times in industrial construction.

[specktator]

Everything oilfield related is extremely slow. Oil prices are very high. Hopefully they start to recede very soon and it should pick back up.

[duckman444]

Not that good. I work for turner and it is SLOW. We got conoco in belle chasse kicking off in about a week or so. Then nothing till march. Huntsman in port arther has a two week squat. Then who knows. It is bad. Shell Norco ain't got nothing no time soon and Motiva convents turn around they just had was a joke. It's gotta get better. I am happy I am full time. If u get or got a job right now hold on to it and thank god.

[cricket]

i Work for Citgo and the best info i can give you is try to get as much experience as you can. We are starting up alot of turnarounds starting this week actually. As for getting hired for the company you'll just have to hang in there. From now to the next five years or so the baby boomers will start to retire and as long as the stock market holds out. Keep looking in the paper and on companys web sites.

[outcast]

I work for Total Petrochemicals in Carville. We have a turnaround scheduled for October this year. 55 day mechanical. its gonna be a big one. Turner provides the manpower.

[outcast]

also we are starting to hire again for the company. Lot of people are starting to retire. go to the LA Works website. alot of the plants go through there to do their hiring

[YellaBlazer]

Originally Posted by duckman444

Not that good. I work for turner and it is SLOW. We got conoco in belle chasse kicking off in about a week or so. Then nothing till march. Huntsman in port arther has a two week squat. Then who knows. It is bad. Shell Norco ain't got nothing no time soon and Motiva convents turn around they just had was a joke. It's gotta get better. I am happy I am full time. If u get or got a job right now hold on to it and thank god.

Are you on-site @ Conoco?

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by cricket

i Work for Citgo and the best info i can give you is try to get as much experience as you can. We are starting up alot of turnarounds starting this week actually. As for getting hired for the company you'll just have to hang in there. From now to the next five years or so the baby boomers will start to retire and as long as the stock market holds out. Keep looking in the paper and on companys web sites.

I was about to say CITGO is about to be booming...look for Conoco LC too

[Hopedale Hustler]

ya i have been to turner specialty, capitol ultrasonics, team industrial, and acuren all today and all the same story....turner and team actually may have something but i highly doubt it...turner has a huge turnaround coming up supposidly..and team has one in the end of Feb for like 65 days..dont know what plants....i didnt think it was gonna be this hard after skool but i guess i was wrong...im just thankful that God has blessed me over the past few weeks.

[southern151]

Hey, I know a guy who works at Team, two actually. The office manager and assistant. manager. I did some work for them last year and may be able to help you. What again is your training in?

[Hopedale Hustler]

southern let me know if u got that PM it was sent form my iphone..so im not sure..

[southern151]

No pm here HH. I'll pm you my cell now.

[duckman444]

I was insite today reinstalling three bundles. But I just got home. They were just maintenance bundles. I'll be staying down there for the turn around though. I am a extractor operator for turner specialty services.

[all star rod]

HH do you know how to weld or install trays and packing in distillation towers.......I work for Sulzer Chemtech. However, I work on the process sales side. But I do get involved in field work when a turn-key job is involved. Fell free to send me a PM if you have more questions or if you need some info on our tower installation group since I know a lot of these guys.

[Zachary Boy]

Originally Posted by eman

It's not just the petro / chem field. construction sucks right now too

Add home improvement to that list.

[Hopedale Hustler]

Originally Posted by all star rod

HH do you know how to weld or install trays and packing in distillation towers.......I work for Sulzer Chemtech. However, I work on the process sales side. But I do get involved in field work when a turn-key job is involved. Fell free to send me a PM if you have more questions or if you need some info on our tower installation group since I know a lot of these guys.

i know how to weld ive welded trays in acid towers...ive been welding and fitting since i got out of high school...i want to get my API's/CWI's here in a couple years so thats why im trying to get into the NDT field.....i love welding just dont wanna do it for the rest of my life...

[YellaBlazer]

Originally Posted by duckman444

I was insite today reinstalling three bundles. But I just got home. They were just maintenance bundles. I'll be staying down there for the turn around though. I am a extractor operator for turner specialty services.

I've been down there since mid-October working for RSC. I'll probably be down there through this turn around as well.