Geotechnical engineer/Engineering geologist?

straas

Are any of you commuters in this field? Ideally in the NW?

If so, and you know of any vacancies in your office/who to contact with a speculative enquiry then please let me know! Looking to start work from the beginning of Sept.

estampida

I always wondered about advertising myself on here

will be interested to see what happens

good luck

mr_ribble

Hello. I am a geological software enginner. I am currently developing a website for people to upload and compare the different speeds at which they can hammer through rock.

I have called it Strata and its on alpha testing. I do not live in the NW

EKE_38BPM

Mr_Ribble wrote:

Hello. I am a silly commuter racer. I am currently cycling to a site which is developing a website for people to upload and compare the different speeds at which they can hammer through traffic.

I have called it Strava and it is live. I do not live in the NW

FTFY

aeon

very good, Mr Ribble. very good indeed.

jomoj

My Dad was a geotechnical engineer who specialised in drilling. He said his job was mostly boring.

SimonAH

Well, well, well.

gtvlusso

I heard that the job was quite granular.....

UndercoverElephant

I think it's likely to be an SCR-type profession, because office work is really sedimentary. It doesn't take igneous to work that out.

SimonAH

I can dig it man.

mr_ribble

jomoj wrote:

My Dad was a geotechnical engineer who specialised in drilling. He said his job was mostly boring.

He wanted to leave but was very well paid. As such, he found himself between a rock and a hard place.

straas

Some very tenuous links here... humerous all the same.

I appear to be stuck in an annoying loop

Find Job > Apply > Make the grade > Oh wait you have no experience? Sorry > Repeat

When does someone cease to be a graduate? There's a plethora of ads for "Graduates" With >2 years experience.

UndercoverElephant

Ah yes, the old graduate conundrum. My advice: take any job you can get, whether you like it or not. It's always easier to get a job when you have a job - it shows a willingness to work. Then when you see a job you actually want, you can say that you've been working and have gained experience in an office, yadda, yadda, yadda.

SimonAH

Plus one, it's a bitch making that first step.

Have you looked at an internship?

I also take it that you've spoken to the likes of Schlumberger and NOV Downhole Europa in Stonehouse?

gtvlusso

A job anywhere is a job.

Geotechnical services in Gloucestershire comes to mind......

Tried the oil companies? Baker Hughes - friend was a graduate geologist for these guys, earned allot could live anywhere as he was on the rigs.

straas

gtvlusso wrote:

A job anywhere is a job.

Geotechnical services in Gloucestershire comes to mind......

Tried the oil companies? Baker Hughes - friend was a graduate geologist for these guys, earned allot could live anywhere as he was on the rigs.

I'm afraid I have a few commitments which make living out of the NW quite impracticable so am mainly focusing my search around the area.

I'm looking for a specific role really to make use of my expensive MSc :oops:

richVSrich

have you tried all the major engineering consultancies / contractors? they always have a geotech department..and they should have offices in the NW... and should have grad programmes...you said no to oil? doesnt necesarily mean you have to live away from home...

are you a fresh grad? were there no job fairs at uni?

what was your msc in?

rick_chasey

straas wrote:

Some very tenuous links here... humerous all the same.

I appear to be stuck in an annoying loop

Find Job > Apply > Make the grade > Oh wait you have no experience? Sorry > Repeat

When does someone cease to be a graduate? There's a plethora of ads for "Graduates" With >2 years experience.

Does your job/qualification require a fair bit of quantitative work?

If it is, as I suspect it might, go for anything that requires a quantitative degree/ability. UK hirers, especially the larger ones, are a lot more flexible with what you've studied. As long as you degree can prove the key abilities required, like, say, quantitative analysis (which many employers want) then you're quids in.

gtvlusso

straas wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

A job anywhere is a job.

Geotechnical services in Gloucestershire comes to mind......

Tried the oil companies? Baker Hughes - friend was a graduate geologist for these guys, earned allot could live anywhere as he was on the rigs.

I'm afraid I have a few commitments which make living out of the NW quite impracticable so am mainly focusing my search around the area.

I'm looking for a specific role really to make use of my expensive MSc :oops:

I won't give you my life story, but my education does not match my work in any fashion at all!

Widening your field now may offer more specific roles later on - as you say, employers want experience....as long as it relates to your specific goal, it is good experience.

Sometimes the curved ball is the way forward.....

rolf_f

straas wrote:

Some very tenuous links here... humerous all the same.

I appear to be stuck in an annoying loop

Find Job > Apply > Make the grade > Oh wait you have no experience? Sorry > Repeat

When does someone cease to be a graduate? There's a plethora of ads for "Graduates" With >2 years experience.

Trouble is, the average consultancy (normally a good source for graduate vacancies) is struggling to make any money at the moment. Many have recently had redunancies so if they do need new staff, 2 years plus experience is cheap to buy and much more effective than 0 years experience.

Opportunities do come up though.

richVSrich

Rolf F wrote:

straas wrote:

Some very tenuous links here... humerous all the same.

I appear to be stuck in an annoying loop

Find Job > Apply > Make the grade > Oh wait you have no experience? Sorry > Repeat

When does someone cease to be a graduate? There's a plethora of ads for "Graduates" With >2 years experience.

Trouble is, the average consultancy (normally a good source for graduate vacancies) is struggling to make any money at the moment. Many have recently had redunancies so if they do need new staff, 2 years plus experience is cheap to buy and much more effective than 0 years experience.

Opportunities do come up though.

not necessarily true - some companies have to work on the projects that are out there, like HS2 etc - find out the companies that have won those big projects, they will most definitely be hiring...if that is the sort of thing you want to do that it...

DonDaddyD

If you can afford not to then do not take any job unless for the sake of working. Not unless the job gives you related experience in the career you wish to take.

So many of my friends took a job, because you they were graduates and wanted something immediately and then found themselves unable to move into the field/profession they wanted to years down the line.