# Engineer on a drillship **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime Employment\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165 "2012-03-18T16:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![engine1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@engine1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/engine1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/1 "2012-03-18T16:50:18Z")
I am looking for a job as a 2nd assistant engineer or 3rd assistant engineer on a drill ship, were I can work one month on and one month off. I have been sailing mostly on container vessels and oil tankers. I want to pursue my career further in the oil and gas/ offshore industry. ---
**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/2 "2012-03-18T17:24:13Z")
Ok… ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/3 "2012-03-18T18:59:22Z")
it is most simple if you follow these seven easy steps… step one: go to websites of drilling companies step two: find job openings step three: apply online for open positions step four: await being contacted by company step five: get interviewed step six: get hired and take pre employment pysical and drugscreen step seven: go to work on ship you agree it is most simple…no? . ---
**Author:** ![ryanwood86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ryanwood86](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ryanwood86)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/4 "2012-03-18T19:27:30Z")
Listen to the gentleman, he only speaks the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Fraqrat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/fraqrat/32/1961_2.png) [@Fraqrat](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Fraqrat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/5 "2012-03-18T20:01:29Z")
Maybe not so simple…did he graduate from Kings Point recently? ---
**Author:** ![engine1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@engine1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/engine1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/6 "2012-03-19T07:44:21Z")
No I have been sailing for about 10 years ---
**Author:** ![engine1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@engine1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/engine1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/7 "2012-03-19T07:45:31Z")
Any heads up on which company I should apply to. ---
**Author:** ![KPEngineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@KPEngineer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KPEngineer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/8 "2012-03-19T08:03:36Z")
> [@"Fraqrat"](#): > > Maybe not so simple…did he graduate from Kings Point recently? He wouldn’t be looking for a 2nds job as a recent grad. I guess comprehension is a gift not given to all. ---
**Author:** ![rigdvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@rigdvr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rigdvr)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/9 "2012-03-19T08:04:56Z")
Why not all of them? Check [rigzone.com](http://rigzone.com) maybe. Drilling companies aren’t like OSV companies…little need for door knocking from what I understand. ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/10 "2012-03-19T09:40:06Z")
> Any heads up on which company I should apply to. Refer back to my earlier post and insert the following steps at the beginning: Step one: type [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) into the address line of your web browser step two: click enter step three: enter the search words “offshore drilling contractors” step four: click enter step five: click on the links for each company you find listed step six: look for “careers” or “employment” or “positions available” or “jobs” or “openings” or anything else that sounds like those words step seven: look for “assitant engineer” or “engine room operator” or “watch engineer” or “licensed engineer” or anything else that sounds like those words Are you an academy grad? Did they not teach you how to use the internet where you went? Didn’t they also teach you there not to ask stupid questions and instead use your brain to figure things out all on your own? sheesh…where do they get these guys anyway? ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/11 "2012-03-19T09:47:52Z")
> Maybe not so simple…did he graduate from Kings Point recently? > He wouldn’t be looking for a 2nds job as a recent grad. I guess comprehension is a gift not given to all. It was a jab at the buffoon son…poking him with a sharp stick so to speak. btw, I’d bet he is a KP’er. ---
**Author:** ![engine1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@engine1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/engine1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/12 "2012-03-19T23:04:08Z")
Thanks for the heads up guys! ---
**Author:** ![KPEngineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@KPEngineer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KPEngineer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/13 "2012-03-20T05:35:48Z")
> [@"c.captain"](#): > > It was a jab at the buffoon son…poking him with a sharp stick so to speak. > > btw, I’d bet he is a KP’er. i saw it for exactly what it was. I thought it deserved pointing out that he was doing exactly the same thing as the OP whom he was trying to slur as a KPer. GCaptain is definitely not a KP friendly place to hang out and I think some of the sport is played simply to impress the old timers like yourself and that is their method to try and be “one of the good guys”. Just a gut feeling. I accept that I am from a place that people love to “hate” and I accept the fact that outing myself as a KPer doesn’t get me any bonus points around here. That’s fine, I have a thick skin so I can deal with it. This is not an industry for the thin-skinned anyway. I’m not here to change anyone’s mind about KP because that just isn’t going to happen. The only ones whose minds I can affect are my shipmates. Neither am I a hawsepiper hater, hell I’m not even a c.captain hater. I’d buy you a beer in a heartbeat because 1) you are a fellow seaman and 2) you definitely keep GCaptain interesting. My only hope is that some of the young minds here who have never met or sailed with a KPer form their own opinions AFTER the fact and don’t hold any preconceived notions. That’s not fair to any individual. I saw a kid run off a boat because he could do nothing right in the eyes of everyone else and that was just because he had been bad mouthed before he got there. ---
**Author:** ![Fraqrat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/fraqrat/32/1961_2.png) [@Fraqrat](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Fraqrat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/14 "2012-03-20T07:47:59Z")
Relax gang it was a joke. With all the recent talk about wether KP is a boondoggle it was said in jest. I would like to go back in time and give myself a swift kick in the ass. With the crystal clear vision that hindsight provides I should have listened to my father. He wanted me to go to KP and offered to pay for a state academy. I have only gotten marginally smarter as the years have gone on. ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/15 "2012-03-20T09:03:07Z")
> hell I’m not even a c.captain hater. I’d buy you a beer in a heartbeat because 1) you are a fellow seaman and 2) you definitely keep GCaptain interesting. Thank you brother mariner. You are kind in your words and I would truly enjoy hoisting a pint with you to swap seastories and other lies 😉 ![](http://gcaptain.com/forum/members/c-captain-albums-newbuilds-picture1849-ernest.jpg) cheers! ---
**Author:** ![PDCMATE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PDCMATE](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PDCMATE)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/engineer-on-a-drillship/7165/16 "2012-03-24T19:42:06Z")
Try these first: Noble Ensco Transocean Rowan Others, usually requiring experience: Pacific, Vantage, Atwoods, Seadrill, Maersk, Odjfell, Ocean Rig, Songa Offshore, Sevan, Grupo R, Odebrecht, Etesco, Dolphin Drilling. You can try, but typically will only hire experienced people.