Morgana Dave

My work in engineering  field is a diverse discipline that encompasses the teaching, practice and leadership of others in the development and application of scientific principles to mechanical systems. Mechanical engineering covers the ability to solve problems that deliver and optimize safe, sustainable and ethical solutions for the design, production and operation of devices, machines, structures, processes and systems involving mechanical elements. Mechanical Engineering frequently overlaps and/or combines with other engineering technologies to create multi-disciplinary projects/solutions.”

changing industries is never easy, but is possible if approached the right way and not expecting quick solutions.

First you need to have some idea of what it is you would like to do - "engineering within the oil/gas sector" covers a huge range of work. Do you mean design work? In which case you need to figure out a discipline as most of the big design houses etc work on a pretty tight discipline division of piping, mechanical (valves etc), rotating machinery, structures, civil etc.

consultant engineering companies are a bit more flexible, but the lack of relevant experience make sit difficult to sell you so you would need to drop a couple of grades and arrange for a training period before more rapid promotion to match your experience in project management. in the last few years the design engineering industry has seen some entrants form other sources. I recently saw a maintenance engineer through a period of acclimatization and it took about two years before he stopped making silly mistakes due to lack of experience and has finally turned into a very useful pipeline engineer / mechanical engineer.

The route suggests is more akin to a oil company operations engineer and work much more at the pointy end of the oil and gas working envelope.

consultancies and look closely at your skills and experience in the realms of piping design, mechanical design (valves, piping components), rotating machinery etc if this is your desire, plus ability to work to deadlines, project manage contractors etc and see how it goes. Just don't expect to earn what you're currently on for a while, but the ride is worth it.

 Learn something new every day

Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way

Petroleum Engineer" is a degree, not a job. People with that degree become Production Engineers, Reservoir Engineers, Drilling Engineers, (occasionally) Facilities Engineers, and (rarely) Automation Engineers.

I've worked with and consulted for several of the companies that LittleInch mentions and one thing that really caught my eye was the fact that the people I worked with were not tied to Oil & Gas. The next project in the door might be a mine, a power plant, a refinery, or a new gas field development. Any Engineer is subject to be pulled into any of those.

The first thing was trying to imagine myself in each profession, and see how I am going to feel about it. I used the descriptions and images of each profession and its workplace to help me imagine how I will feel being there, doing whatever that job is. To be honest, among all the professions, the one and only that made me feel great was being a petroleum engineer.

maintenance, Petroleum, Servicing, Mechanical and Ocean Engineer