hoo is there any openings that you may know of??quite interesting the planner job.in fact i would say anything engineering will do for me currently.

Thanks azraeil, really thank you for the explanation. Yes, precisely what you are mentioning, they get a big project, as such, they need more planner to be in (I was told). Well, no matter what, I will still take this opportunity to try if that r part of the JD. Thanks a million!

No problem. Glad to be of help. I'm pretty sure part of the JD will involve doing some economic analysis as well (sinking cost, hurdle rate, IRR etc etc) and that is probably why they are looking at getting some experienced personnel from the Banking industry to have a go at it as well. Petroleum economics is slightly different (especially i you are dealing with Gas) so you might want to have a read on Petroleum Economics as well.

Nice! Upstream or downstream?

Upstream.

only weak people work downstream! lolx Up stream ppl eats downstream ppl for breakfast!! RAWR!!

wow....u r so well verse in this planner job...eveything you said is exactly stated, petroleum econs...yeah, i guess gotta get myself familiar with this thingy. Thanks alot azraeil! if you does not mention...i tot u r from HR dept...

Nope not from HR. I was in the Management unit before in PETRONAS so I had to go through the entire life-cycle with the operator for every field in Malaysia. All the PSC Operators had to present the plans to us before they can proceed so we will start asking them about the economics, the production rate, what's the estimated plateau and all sort of stuff. I'm a geologist actually but I love being able to go into the entire cycle.

sounds like.. PMU?

Correct.

Azraeil,

Do you know the job description for Executive (Project Management-Engineering), Shallow Water & Acid Gas in PMU.

Currently i working as design consultant (Electrical Eng). Still waiting for the offer letter from PMU.

And what is the different betwwen PMU and PCSB?

Thanks

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I would not know the exact detail but PMU was working with coming up on a proposal for developing the acid gas field (which is basically gas field that has a high concentration of CO2, H2S and other contaminants). The big 15 billion dollar project in the JDA is probably the main target. Project management is basically that, you will probably be responsible for making sure that the operators are following the proper schedule, within the agreed costs and all those things that come with PM jobs

PMU is the Division in PETRONAS group that is responsible for approving ALL development plans by the Operators. PMU is like the Ministry of Oil (since Malaysia does not have one) and they monitor/cover ALL the operators in Malaysia. PCSB is an operator similar to ExxonMobil/Shell/Talisman etc so they too have to present their work and get the approval from PMU.

Dear Azraeil,

I just got a call from Carigali Hess, asking me to go for an interview session. I tot they won't be calling me so fast. i am unprepared because it's on this week. Do you know what kind of questions that they will probably ask? Any recommendation to read on certain material? I am both excited and nervous. Further, i am not sure about the petroleum market....can i get a rough idea of the range of salary that they will offer for a planner? Thanks alot!

Thanks Azraeil,

Really appreciate your explanation about that..

Good Luck. I'm not privy to how the interview session goes with CHess. My headhunter is also pushing me to go to CHess but we'll see. I would recommend you read-up on the Oil industry in Malaysia (probably have some articles in the inetrenet) or maybe if you have the time look-up for Datuk Paddy Bowie's Book on Petronas - A Vision realized (I think) (thoughI'm not sure if it's relevant to your interview)

Have an idea about Petroleum Economics and also how the Gas Market works in Malaysia which is probably relevant since that's the concentration of what CHess operation is on.

Good Luck!

Thanks alot azraeil! i will try to search thru as recommended. Really appreciate your advice. Have a nice day!

You're most welcome. Good Luck!

After read thru from the 1st pg until now, it really nice to work in the profit making company, regardless msian co. or oversea owned...

In term of salary and bonus is marvellous (4moths- accross the board; additonal if perform n extra months if extraordinary). Even without car loan n hse loan, i think the salaray scale could cover your loans...

Compared with me, in statutory body...no bonus accross the board..Every things (bonus + increment) are based on your "pointer" at end of the year..
For average person, we could increment around 7% n 3-month bonus only..

So guys, those got an offer in OnG..pls pleased with urself..

Previously the so called benefits was one of the reasons HR was very reluctant to make the salary competitive. I was in a task force that mentioned that this "invisible" benefits was doing more harm than good. It is better if you raise the salary scheme (especially for the technical people) by 40-50% and let them decide on what benefits they want. I mean car loans in Petronas was at 4% revolving interest (which is equivalent to 2% fixed rate on the amount of loan Petronas was giving out) and the market outside was giving around 2.2% fixed rate ... what do you like better, a 30% increase in salary or getting the car loans internally ...

Same goes with the housing loan, yes the rate is a bit higher outside, but if your salary is high enough, not only will it allow the company to retain good skilled people but it will attract people from the outside to join as well.

Took them 5 years to implement ... by that time, I was gone (fed-up to see that nothing was being done .... not until my initiative leader became the President/CEO of Petronas) ...

Anyway, I still say that working in Petronas is a lot of fun and I would not hesitate to return there (maybe when the kids have gone to college) to "berbakti" to the nation again I guess.

hw much is the salary for 4 yrs expericence?

IS petronas accept civil & structural student?