Saturday Star 2015-04-18– Job Opportunities

April 20, 2015

Happy IChemE Hazards AP Week. Meet me there, and take a selfie. Also, Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

  • I say that when the design houses execute a mass firing campaign, the trade papers should pick it up. What say you, R?
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a Senior Reservoir Engineer, Senior Petroleum Engineer, Metering Engineer (Hello There), Senior Drilling Engineer, Petroleum Engineer. Send your exaggerations here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 30th April, 2015.
  • An associate of mine is looking for a senior level instrument engineer, 10 years in the position (no, not position 23b, second variant). Send your CV to me. As per my Facebook posting, idiotic applications, straight to /dev/null.
  • An associate of mine is looking for a technical safety part-time adviser. Needs to be needle sharp with respect to QRAs, and HSE safety cases. A calm demeanor to handle nonsensical questions from young engineers helps as well. Either that, or a drinking problem.
  • Hess is still looking for a measurement and allocation engineer (2 I believe). I saw that the ITB is still floating around. If you want me, you know where to find me. Not Celebrity Fitness, if you need a hint.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? Go visit the mee bandung / asam pedas stall in front of the Petaling Jaya Police Station (don’t ask).

Seen the Episode VII new trailer? Ff you say “What is episode vii?”, I disown you.

Join the Star Wars Fever:

Star Wars Trilogy Episodes IV-VI (Blu-ray + DVD), Star Wars Trilogy Episodes I-III (Blu-ray + DVD), Heir to the Jedi: Star Wars


Saturday Star 2014-12-06 – Job Opportunities

December 8, 2014

Happy School Holidays. Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I want to go for umrah.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a Senior Reservoir Engineer, Senior Process Safety Engineer, Senior Drilling Engineer, Petroleum Engineer. Send your exaggerations here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 20th December, 2014.
  • I hear that Technip is still looking for project managers, senior project engineers, project engineers for Libra FPSO Project & Rapid. > 5 years experience. Send CVs to me, and a donation, and I’ll forward it on. Or save yourself some money, and send it to Technip directly.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

How about some references to improve your health? I’ve been on this plan for about 12 weeks. Muscles have moved from buttery to rubbery.

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises, Body by You: The You Are Your Own Gym Guide to Total Women’s Fitness, 100 No-Equipment Workouts


Saturday Star 2014-11-29 – Job Opportunities

December 1, 2014

Happy School Holidays. Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I want to go for umrah.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer, Rotating Machinery Engineer. Send your exaggerations here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 13th December, 2014.
  • I hear that Technip is still looking for project managers, senior project engineers, project engineers for Libra FPSO Project & Rapid. > 5 years experience. Send CVs to me, and a donation, and I’ll forward it on. Or save yourself some money, and send it to Technip directly.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

How about some references to improve your health? I’ve been on this plan for about 12 weeks. Muscles have moved from buttery to rubbery.

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises, Body by You: The You Are Your Own Gym Guide to Total Women’s Fitness, 100 No-Equipment Workouts


Saturday Star 2014-09-20 – Job Opportunities

September 22, 2014

Talbiyah (from 123muslim.com)

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper. Or go to Hajj, whichever you prefer.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Finally, Mubadala has an advert in the papers. Senior Process Engineer, Integrity and Assurance Manager, HSSE Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, Interface Engineer.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for an Electrical / Instrument Maintenance Engineer, and Mechanical Maintenance Engineer. Send your exaggerations here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 4 October, 2014.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

The newest book in the Dresden File series is out. Magic + pop culture + Star Wars references, beat that!

White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9), Cold Days (Dresden Files), Skin Game (Dresden Files)


Saturday Star 2014-04-05 – Job Opportunities

April 7, 2014

Happy Chem E Car day.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Hey, is the section really short this week?

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Let’s talk about maths:

  

Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical ProblemsIn Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the WorldAn Imaginary Tale: The Story of [the Square Root of Minus One] (Princeton Science Library)


Saturday Star 2014-03-29 – Job Opportunities

March 31, 2014

Happy Vote IEM Council Ballot day (Closing date is this weekend).

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Qatar Petroleum International is looking for people for it’s Mega Grass roots Refinery / Petrochemical / Fertilizer Projects. Examples of jobs are Senior Planning Engineer, Snr Project Development Engineer – HSSE, Lead Process Development Engineer. Apply here or visit the website.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for offshore technicians. Come walking to the KL Convention Center, on 1st and 2nd April, 2014. Send your cv here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 7 December, 2013.
  • Hey, is the section really short this week?

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Since Sir Terry Pratchett has a new volume out, here’s an opportunity to complete your collection :

  

Raising Steam (Discworld)DodgerSnuff (Discworld)

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.


Saturday Star 2014-03-22 – Job Opportunities

March 24, 2014

Happy Visit OTC day.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • EMAS is looking for people for Subsea and marine positions. Lead/Senior project engineer (conventional, SURF), structural, pipeline, technical tender, senior/ interface, technical superintendent, Senior / HSE engineer, cost controller, contracts specialist, HSE manager, crewing superintendent, dry docks superintendent, operations superintendent, technical superintendent, operations manager. Visit their website.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for offshore technicians. Come walking to the KL Convention Center, on 1st and 2nd April, 2014. Send your cv here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 7 December, 2013.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Since Sir Terry Pratchett has a new volume out, here’s an opportunity to complete your collection :

  

Raising Steam (Discworld)DodgerSnuff (Discworld)

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.


Saturday Star 2013-11-23 – Job Opportunities

November 25, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a principal drilling engineer, reliability engineer, commissioning engineer, reservoir engineer, instrument engineer. Send your cv here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 7 December, 2013.

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Let’s go back to basics, the quanta of it all:

  

Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum PhysicsThe Wizard of Quarks: A Fantasy of Particle PhysicsScrooge’s Cryptic Carol: Visions of Energy, Time, and Quantum Nature

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

Food?I had lunch at Chakri Palace, KLCC. Blooming expensive. Anyone want to treat me to dinner there?


Saturday Star 2013-07-20 – Job Opportunities

July 22, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for DropboxMiMedia,  SpiderOakMediaFireUbuntu OneSugar Sync.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Aker Solutions wants you in the deep end of the oil & gas talent pool. Visit them here if you want to see if you are woman enough to meet the challenge.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a principal drilling engineer, SHE officer drilling / well services, Adviser (HSE drilling and operations), lead / senior engineer (facilities), senior qa/qc engineer, mechanical engineer, reservoir engineer, process engineer, petroleum engineer, project engineer. Send your cv here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 2 August, 2013.
  • Side note: My mechanic complains that there are not enough trained mechanics are being extruded from our schools. If you know of any idle ones, he’s looking for some. Ask them to contact Kong Ming Chai at +60122951023. On another note, has this shortfall hit the news? Can I get the contract for 1Repair?

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presense. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

  

If you are interested in oil and gas surface facilities, I would recommend getting Surface Production Operations, Volume 2:, Second Edition: Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities and Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, Third Edition: Design of Oil Handling Systems and Facilities. And don’t forget the Coulson & Richardson classic, Chemical Engineering, Volume 6: An Introduction to Design (Chemical Engineering Technical Series)

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.


Saturday Star 2013-04-13 and 2013-04-06 – Job Opportunities

April 15, 2013

Thanks for hanging round. Been busy and travelling round the past month, and it isn’t going to get any better.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need money to purchase a dive light.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

This week, it looks like you (the advertisers) are recycling last weeks adverts. Since it’s a holiday today (Monday), I guess you are justified

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Here’s a new one. No shame in their title, Nationwide Oil & Gas. They are looking for Sales and Application Engineers. Send your cv here.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for an experienced mechanical engineer. Apply here.

Hey, its kinda short this week. How about I include last week’s adverts?

  • There’s a new body agency in town, Jerry Varghese, who is recruiting for Saudi. They are looking for ‘Petrochemical Professionals!’ Email them here, or visit their fb site. Me, I’m not going to like their page anytime soon.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a principal drilling engineer, SHE officer drilling / well services, Adviser (HSE drilling and operations), senior process safety engineer, reservoir engineer, lead / senior facilities engineer, marine engineer,  lead / senior well integrity engineer, reliability engineer. Send your cv here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 20th April, 2013. Whoopsie.
  • JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Ltd is looking people, in the Project Team, Production Operations, Development, Exploration. Send your cv here. Or visit http://www.nex.jx-group.co.jp/english → RECRUIT → Employment in Miri (Malaysia)

How about some local food? Alisara at Puchong Indah. Specialises in Thai food, and has mango with stick rice.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia.

Here’s a switch, a fiction novel combining diving, welding, oil & gas and family.

  

The Underwater WelderWelding: Principles and ApplicationsProfessional Diver’s Manual on Wet-Welding

LNG: A Nontechnical GuideFundamentals of Natural Gas Processing, Second Edition (Dekker Mechanical Engineering)Gas and Oil Reliability Engineering: Modeling and Analysis