very nice and I wish the same can be said for contractor side....
Anyway good for govt and LHDN..

MMHE not invited for that Z LNG

My first response is this:
Protege, please think twice before signing up.

It seems to be treated as a paid internship rather than a graduate program.

The salary from my junior is RM2,000/month and no EPF payable by employer or employee.


My junior is very disappointed with his experience (still in protege and actively trying to get a proper job) (According to HOD, no chance to be absorbed considering what he studied and his current department in the firm).

Let me summarize:

Fresh grad
1. Degree: Chemical Engineering
2. Previous experience: PMT for 2 projects under MMHE Subcon
3. Scope: Jacket (Structures)
4. Grade: >3.0<3.5.
5. Experience besides Oil industry: business and entrepreneurship , held managerial positions in supplying , manufacturing and FnB when studying

How hard is it for a fresh graduate to go 'offshore'
Answer: Depends on which company you join. If you join a HUC company or drilling company, the chances are there. Also, for consultant firm, if you are supporting offshore brownfield projects, there is good chance (as a discipline engineer but not Project).

But don't be so choosy as I see that you want "everything".
"Everything" being:
1. Chance to go offshore.
2. Premium position for fresh grad
3. Career progression
4. Pay


You need to realize that there are thousands of fresh grads like you and some of them have top CGPA in engineering and want to join O&G "premium" companies.
Most of them are willing to drop No 1-4 in exchange for experience in O&G since manufacturing and other non O&G pays badly (Except for software and IT).
Based on your experience above, I don't see you joining premium company at the start as per what stamp mentioned.
you can be practical and aim for less.

I suggest: MMHE since you already worked for their subcon before.
Else, you can try consultants such as Worley, Aker, Technip, RNZ, DAR, MMC, etc (Salary will be 3-3.5k).

MMHE is urgently looking for manpower to help them execute their projects. However, as a process engineer your knowledge will not be so strong if you start at a fabricator. (I doubt technical careerpath is what you are looking for - long term). You can try for construction engineer or project engineer..

S is offering fresh grad opportunity but their senior and more senior talent pool have left.
I do believe as what you said, the freshies will join S and leave once a better opportunity comes knocking.............

If i am S (HR), I will look for fresh grad with no specific CGPA requirements and filter.

Yes and MMHE recent project CPOC is WHP, whereby most of the scope has structural and you can use it as first experience to showcase your talent to management.

Don't worry about not joining other premium companies as it is slightly easier to join them with experience (Fresh grad has too many into O&G).

For fresh graduates, 3-200-3-500 per month and mostly did not get proper increment after few years. Need to jump to make it work..

Technip did vss during covid first year. But survived.
Aker currently little project for engineering unit..
Their targer project is delayed... By bumiarmada

This post has been edited by ZZMsia: Mar 27 2023, 03:23 PM

Mmc unable to pay.. Offers below current salary.
3-4 of their lead Mechanical engineers went to Worley..

Ok, I understand what you mean initially on the premium opportunity.
Around 3k is very very reasonable & don’t settle for less as you are going to make companies keep lowballing our fresh grads (salaries have stagnated for a long time in Malaysia now or even getting lesser).

1. Target: Work visit to Offshore (Site visit/ offshore campaign assumed)
2. Specific departments: Open
3. Into: Management, delivery and corporate planning
4. My Suggested departments: Project Management, planning

For planning, not easy to go offshore. For project Management (Project Engineer), the chance is there but not really for consultancy… Maybe with T&I, HUC, Drilling…

I do not suggest to join planning as fresh grad as you need to understand workflow (For your company) to be a good planner.

However, your experience is really limited, so better to get a Engineering job then jump into PE at a later stage. May i suggest Safety Engineer or Process engineer (Process engineer at consultancy could be tough knowledge check on your technicals).

Your comments about MMHE (whether observation or hearsay) is similar to what others witness. However, since you are young, its good to see the bad things and learn from project experience rather than going on a smooth sailing project.

PS: I have been in multiple projects and theres SH@T everywhere. All projects will have its unique challenges and as a young engineer, better to witness and learn from it.

Its no rocket science when your main and only competitor for mid-big sized projects goes bankrupt. At the same time, pricing is also good..

Good luck to MMHE and wish the best for their back to back projects with peak fabrication in 2024..

Lot of nationals from India as Lead principal engineers...


If you're from other consultant, their working way more structured than Worley or Rnz...

Mostly offshore projects

The offer on contract basis right? How is the salary? There shall be contract completion bonus for Mcdermott

Correct, no project in Malaysia, in fact they bring overseas projects for Malaysia.
Current project is from Trinidad tobago

Currently, they are not busy and some contract staff informed me that their boss shared not planning to renew contracts unless new project come in.
The ongoing feed project is for wellhead platform and pipeline only and considered small scope for Mcdermott....

Better you try for Worley..

Becareful also as too much jobs can be good thing for short term but long term is not possible to sustain with lot of jobs.
At the moment, I heard they are getting other jobs also not yet start..

Overseas jobs not local..


For 2023, can consider as safe and if you have no job at the moment, do go ahead..

You are speaking about McDermott? Yes true they are hiring but im not sure for which proj.
Ps their staff also resigned but not as many as their salary is quite competitive..
One engineer resigned to Orsted last month...

This has always been the case.
Fresh grads are plenty..
After few years, the experienced ones are under demand as they understand the mechanism...

IT pays well too... So that is another option...

Have you seen case of candidates that have resigned, offer letter pulled back in March or april 2020 and previous company did not want to accept uturn?
Yes it happened in Malaysia O&G

Sap.. staff received bonus announcement last week. Between 1-2++months to be paid out in April..