re: Any plants hiring operators???

Most plants use Laworks.net for the application process. Shintech will be hiring 30+ in the next couple of months for their Ethylene unit. They just stopped their pension but still offer retirement insurance.

I'd say apply everywhere, even the graveyards like Rubicon, Westlake. They are like your starter homes. The plants will be up and down so much you will get a lot of experience in a short amount of time.

Be ready for offers all across the board. I have turned down ExxonMobil 4 times because they start everyone no matter the experience at about $24/hr. My current plant just hired a few new people and they started them anywhere from $30-38/hr. My best advice is that with operations it's not all about the money. I started in a VCM unit which is a very hard working and terrible unit for your health. But, I turned that experience into a pay raise and a very clean and good running Methanol process. Plants like Rubicon, Oxy, and some others may pay very well but it's really just life expectancy pay. If you want to be in the plants, get in a good process and learn to live within your means.

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The methanol unit isn't that far away from the VCM unit (really close to VCM-A, but I doubt that will ever run again (if it is running that is cool as shite). Not to mention your site will shutdown again if natural gas prices every rise like they did in the early 2000's.

*edited VCM-A for VCM-E

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Not sure if you're talking about Dow's old VCM units or not, but I don't work for them. I work for a stand alone Methanol unit/company. Gas prices are forecast to be low for decades, and we are the world's largest supplier. With more foreign countries as well as maritime applications coming on board for fueling alternatives the methanol market outlook is bright.

We have a few older guys from their Methanol plant. We are almost right across the street from Westlake. That is a small VCM unit, think they are in the 1-2 million lbs/day range. I worked in a 5 million lbs/day.

I gotcha I'm at CF but with sgs

What the hell is a plant operator anyway? Do they get to wear those onesies jumpsuits and boots too?

Westlake, Geismar

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Thanks, that's the one I was leaning towards!!

I talked a lot in this thread when it was first started. Laughed because someone mentioned working at Almatis as a joke and that’s where I’m at now . After 4 years of working on a dock that’s all I was able to pull. Hopefully will leapfrog that into something better eventually.