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re: Polish up your resumes boyz
Posted on 3/21/13 at 7:55 pm to BoogerEater
Posted on 3/21/13 at 7:55 pm to BoogerEater
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That sucks a lot, but I don't think I could complain one bit if I had a rotational shift. I would at least get to see my daughter more often. As it is, I only get to see her every other Christmas anyways.
Go to ExxonMobil.com/careers and create a profile and upload a resume if that's something you are interested in. I work for Exxon (I'm a mechanical supervisor not operator) and we have great benefits, very nice pension and 401k. I love my job and so do most operators. We are hiring a lot of people and will be in the future. Good luck.
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Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:08 pm to JonTheTigerFan
my aunt worked out there for years. i have several friends at the chemical plant. i tried many times, many moons ago to get out there. i guess i just didnt cut the mustard
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:17 pm to CurDog
I'm a Chem plant employee myself. Worked as a contractor for several years before being hired.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:47 pm to Blakely Bimbo
Just a curious question, are jobs at facilities like these dangerous? I've seen a lot of headlines about accidents at refineries and plastics manufacturing facilities in Texas over the last 10 or so years. I remember a couple at Conoco Phillips' Texas City plastic operations.
Do the workers at these facilities get hazard pay or is there no real danger involved?
Do the workers at these facilities get hazard pay or is there no real danger involved?
This post was edited on 3/21/13 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:47 pm to JonTheTigerFan
I wish I could work as an operator, but at Exxon and Shell, my GPA isn't high enough to even interview because I'm still in college. I also only have one year of experience and it was as a Project Management Intern for an electrical contractor.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:51 pm to kingbob
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Exxon and Shell
maybe it is just where i work but they are hiring alot of guys with no experience but that do have those ptech degrees
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:53 pm to JonTheTigerFan
do the plants usually have in house staff that take care of the scada systems? im talking more of a programmer position, not an instrument tech. someone that programs the plc's or dcs systems, touchscreens, and whatever HMI's that are being used.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 8:57 pm to smelvis
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Do the workers at these facilities get hazard pay or is there no real danger involved?
the chemical plant i work at has about the nastiest stuff out there. benzene, phosgene all kind of acids, and a multitude of other bad for you things.
they dont call it hazard pay but we have a factored in rate(that goes on top of out hourly pay) everytime we work
Posted on 3/21/13 at 9:54 pm to smelvis
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Just a curious question, are jobs at facilities like these dangerous? I've seen a lot of headlines about accidents at refineries and plastics manufacturing facilities in Texas over the last 10 or so years. I remember a couple at Conoco Phillips' Texas City plastic operations
People don't get hurt like they used to in plants. Most are very safe. Definitely more risk compared with an office job somewhere, but you are more likely to be hurt driving to the plant than while working.
I think the shift work takes more years off your life than actual accidents FWIW.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:03 pm to JonTheTigerFan
Out of college I don't think my GPA would be anywhere near good enough to work at Exxon
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:18 pm to MikeD
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think the shift work takes more years off your life than actual accidents
after 15 years of shift work, i would agree
Posted on 3/22/13 at 4:54 am to CurDog
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the chemical plant i work at has about the nastiest stuff out there. benzene, phosgene all kind of acids, and a multitude of other bad for you things. they dont call it hazard pay but we have a factored in rate(that goes on top of out hourly pay) everytime we work
Wow. I hope you are diligent about your PPE. Good to see you are compensated for that side of your work.
Benzene effects are more long term but I took a full breath of phosgene when I first started my current job and thought my lungs were done for.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 7:56 am to Blakely Bimbo
These plants will be constructed in Texas.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:35 am to smelvis
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Conoco Phillips' Texas City plastic operations.
You may be thinking of BP Texas City
Marathon just bought it
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:39 am to MonreauxTiger
There will be two new crackers in Texas I believe, but Plaquemines Crack More Ethane project should create some gigs
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:42 am to smelvis
You'd be surprised how safe most chemical plants are (especially DOW). The materials are hazardous but you work at a snail's pace at best.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 9:32 am to diamond333
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There will be two new crackers in Texas I believe, but Plaquemines Crack More Ethane project should create some gigs
Exxon Chem plant is getting started on a big expansion right now as well.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 9:50 am to MNCscripper
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You may be thinking of BP Texas City
No, I was thinking specifically in this case of the Phillips disaster in 1989 in Pasadena, TX.
But I see the BP explosion happened in Texas City years later. Didn't mean to muddle the two, and glad to hear companies are footing the bill to make these plants safer! Been something I was curious about since seeing accounts of these two accidents.
This post was edited on 3/22/13 at 9:51 am
Posted on 3/22/13 at 10:13 am to MonreauxTiger
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These plants will be constructed in Texas.
Thanks. THe article did not say where on Gulf Coast. I figured it would be west of the Mississippi.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 10:26 am to smelvis
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glad to hear companies are footing the bill to make these plants safer! Been something I was curious about since seeing accounts of these two accidents.
I worked a turnaround last year on a unit that had the same design as the one in BP Texas City. One of my jobs was a "Liquid Overfill Mitigation Project" where we reconfigured the system to prevent the same type of incident that happened in Texas City.
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