no worries, just believe in yourself.

Petronas do have a lot on non bumi staff. Bonuses and perks, one of the best.

I heard the best is Khazanah!

Just got an offer for petronas for some weird position.. Operational performance Improvement or OPI in a petrochemical plant, Kerteh. Anyone heard of this post before?? My background is control/instrument engineering. Now doing offshore work on regular basis. Don't know whether to accept Petronas or not. Heard that this OPI is a non-engineering desk job. Advise needed here... Please someone out there.

who's working with petronas?..im looking 4ward to work wif petronas...i'm in oil n gas industry as well...hehehe...

I want to work with PETRONAS too! uwarghhhhhhhhh!

sounds more like 6 sigma. Have you tried asking the pay? the pay should be good

OPI department as far what i know department which is monitor the plant performance. still needed engineering background. do a lot of calculation.
i don't know much because i'm work in operation department. just join petronas @ kerteh for 4 months.

my friend work in OPI department

OPI is a very challenging job actually. You task is to improve the operational performance, like improve process output, reliability, downtime, etc. OPI is more towards process than instrument and control. You will learn a great deal of petrochemical process and control.

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Added on December 30, 2008, 8:10 amBy the way, I am a chinese fresh grad working in Petronas. There are currently 2 chinese in my section, and quite number of chinese and indian, and other non-malay (i.e. sarawakian, sabahan) in my entire department. Had a few chinese friends working in other OPU.

My GM is a chinese. There are other high position management i.e. SM, GM that are non-malay, which not many people aware off unless you are from the industry.

Career progression is very structured here. All staff get equal opportunity for training, work exposure. I work in technical side, engineering. Everyone here is very professional, and boss treated everyone equally.

But then again, this is my personal experience. What you have heard from a friend, of a friend, of a friend, of a friend..... could be true. But I can assure you, there is nothing like master and slave, discrimination, etc.

This post has been edited by Aurora: Dec 30 2008, 08:10 AM

OPI - easy desk job. But I'd rather not work for petronas. That's Y i freelance hehehe better pay and to hell with their benefits lolx. its all about the money bebeh! lolx been freelancing for years now lolx

anybody in PETRONAS could furnish me with information on which department I should aim for during interview with Group Talent Sourcing??

Interview is coming soon, and because i did my internship in a construction company. I am not well-informed about the departments and sections inside PETRONAS group.

by the way, I'm a PETRONAS scholar from UTP, graduated in CIVIL ENGINEERING.

many thanks in advance for the info!

i suggest you submit your resume to http://www.discoverpetronas.com/ and the HR Dept will take it from there... must be patient, it can take months for them to respond to your application

all I know is that Petronas has only a few number of experts in many particular fields. Many experts have left Petronas due to the wages and Petronas likes to hire freelances.

Why do you feel wages in Petronas is not competitive in the region?

If so, which Ong company gives the best rate?

Thanks. Would love to know.

ps. Not to say doubt you but just want to know where to go myself

This post has been edited by kaiserwulf: Jan 2 2009, 12:10 PM

They give good benefits.

Indeed, there are other company which offer much higher salary than PETRONAS. Many of them left to middle east, while others move on to other local company and international company. But mostly still work within this region, based at ASEAN country, Sg, Msia. People leave for several reasons:

1. Money (majority)
2. Promotion (majority)
3. Change Working Environment
4. Looking for Challenge
5. PETRONAS HR transfer them to other location, change job description which not to their liking
6. Others

For fresh grad, only Shell, Exxon, Schlumberger, Bakers have more attractive package. Other company i.e. consultants, contractors are generally lower.

Thanks aurora, excellent reply.

To those who wants to work for Petronas, just keep trying. Its a good company. Especially if you have the passion to contribute to the nation. Petronas pays relatively low compared to industty average (other O&G companies) but in relation to other industries, they are still one of the best.

For those doubting working culture in Petronas, don't take hearsay (from friends etc) on face value. Those who said their friends say working culture is not good, i will ask them they have compared with who? have they experienced working in other companies? Its down to our mentality. If we don't have the drive and motivation, working in other major oil companies wont change who we are. In the end we might quit or not get contracts renewed. Focus on our attitude only and no matter where we will work, we will succeed is my motto.

Petronas suffers in terms of people leaving the company due to relatively low pay but the fact is Petronas is up there fighting with the group outside the Big 4 (Shell, Exxon etc). Staff are mostly young but if you enjoy a challenge, you'll find it satisfying. I am a junior engineer but have been given the trust and freedom to shoulder responsibilities of senior positions. I enjoy it but it ain't easy you know.

And the rumours about promotion and future if you are non bumi are not true. I have a lot of bosses who are non bumi and you will know a good person when you see one. Being bumi doesn't guarantee anything in terms of promotion. Petronas has strict standards for promotion and as many non bumi friends you believe has not progressed because you think they are non bumi, believe me there are as many bumi as well who has not progressed because there are others who performed better and progressed. I have a lot of non bumi bosses who has nothing but positive things to say about Petronas. in a nutshell, i could categorically state that this rumour is not true.

OPI is a good department and plays a major role. They analyse problem and propose tweaks and improvement to increase performance/efficiency. A lot of thinking and brainstorming. If you love problem solving then OPI wont be short of any. I just read that one of the first thing Barrack Obama did was to setup some kind of OPI department in the US for performance improvement. http://leaninsider.productivitypress.com/2...ce-officer.html

All in all, i would have to say that its down to us and i dont know much about other companies but i can assure the challenge is there when working in Petronas.

This post has been edited by bojan: Feb 12 2009, 12:12 AM

1 of my friend said that petronas do look into your SPM result..because his CGPA is below 3, but he got excellent result in SPM and he got the job..

in their application form, they want SPM result in every subject unlike degree, they just ask the CGPA and nothing more

HI Aurora

Hi Eddrya,

Need ur help. I got this mail after i attend their technical interview assesment and everything.Im went for OPI project.

Dear XXXXXXXX,

Interviewed Date: XX September 2008

Thank you for participating in the above interview.

Please be informed that you have been placed in our list of potential candidates.

Should there be a suitable position available within six (6) months that commensurate with your qualification and experience, we will notify you.

Yours sincerely,
on behalf of
Group Talent Sourcing
PETRONAS

Went i call my the person last month guess my hiring manager(which I attend the Technical interview) and the person inform that the HR is preparing my offer letter and have some other stuff but cant give when the exact time that will be. PLs let me know is this normal? Some frens says will take more den 6month n some say less den 2month??
Kinda confuse here. Need ur advice in these

What benefits they giving?

It's normal. The letter means you pass the interview and they place you in recommended list. By recommended list means your resume and details are available for every manager level and above, and HR department from all petronas subsidiaries company for review. Whichever OPU is interested, they may raise to HR central. But that is typical for fresh graduate, since they don't have specific experience, so any location and job will do.

As for your case, since you went for an interview for a particular position, my guess is you are in. But don't take my word for it. Just wait patiently for your official offer letter Happy waiting