Oil and gas operations managers plan and co-ordinate onshore and offshore exploration and production.
£35,000 - £75,000
37 to 39 a week (between 8am and 6pm)
You'll need:
You'll need to:
complete basic offshore safety induction and emergency training
You can get into this job through:
You could do a degree or postgraduate qualification before applying to join an oil and gas company's management training scheme. Relevant subjects include:
You'll usually need:
You may be able to move into this role through training and promotion if you're already experienced in the industry. For example, if you're a project engineer, production manager or quality controller.
You can find out more about careers in the energy industry from My Energy Future.
As an operations manager, you will;
You could work in an office, on a rig or visit sites.
Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time.
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