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[Venkat162]

I am working as a rotating equipment engineer with a reputed engineering company in India for 2 years. Would like to seek some industry expertise on below queries. 1) What is the ideal growth rate (career wise as well as money wise) ; 2) Minimum experience required to work abroad? 3) How easy to get a job in US / Canada / Europe in comparison with Middle East? 4) What is the expected knowledge level and equipment handled from a 2 year experience person? Kindly provide your views.

[manojkaila]

Dear Venkat,

 

1) What is the ideal growth rate (career wise as well as money wise).

This depends on the your company growth or change of company. It can grow from 1000 USD / Month to 4000 USD / Month with 6 to 7 year experience.(Again It depends on the opportunity & company you worked for).

2) Minimum experience required to work abroad? 

For contracting company any no of years is OK but for client side minimum 7 and above is required.

3) How easy to get a job in US / Canada / Europe in comparison with Middle East?

For US / Canada /Europe is very difficult to get Job you have to fulfill many type of requirement ( Check with google). It is easy to join middle east if your mind set is OK.

 4) What is the expected knowledge level and equipment handled from a 2 year experience person?

You should be able to do the trouble shooting for small equipment & must know the basics for rotary system. Should be able to do some independent job for small equipment.

I hope this will help.

Regards,

Manoj

 

 

[shvet]

Hi

I have experience of work only with Europe (Czech, Poland and Baltic).

 

2) Minimum experience required to work abroad? .

 

5-9 years of work and parallel learning

 

3) How easy to get a job in US / Canada / Europe in comparison with Middle East? .

 

Not so hard.

 

There is a though competition. Regular engineer earns ~2k EUR / month and it is rather small value actually. You have only 0.1-0.3k EUR of "free" money. Let's me explain - there is no "oil money". Companies earn money in other countries where is cheap oil. Middle east, Central east, North Africa, Syberia and so one.

And of course you have to have 3 technical languages:

- of country where your company works

- of country where your company is placed

- technical english

And you have to know 2 sets of design codes:

- international (ISO+DIN+ASME+API)

- native

And there're no normal native codes. Oil is cheap because it's "banan republic". You have to know not only native codes but and how to apply it correctly.

 

Good place to study / learn. Bad place to work. Many of european engineers work in other countries because of this.

Edited by shvet, 20 December 2015 - 11:10 PM.

[Venkat162]

Thank you Manoj for your responses... I am currently working with an EPC contracting company only.. Interested to know about the career growth. Is it mandatory to complete so many years to move to next positions or knowledge would suffice? (In any country).also please tell me what is the expected minimum criteria in the middle east?

[Venkat162]

Thanks shvet for your time and response. Would like to know which country will be good (both money wise and career wise) for a rotary engineer in epc field? or is it better to move to client side?

[manojkaila]

Dear Venkat,

 

In all GCC there is no specific qualification. All depends on the requirement of the company & you. I have seen many BSc / Diploma qualified getting very good salary. Start  facing interview you will find the range. One more thing do not go on designation supervisor in Gulf earning much more than General Manager in Indian company.

 

Good Luck

 

Manoj