👨🏽💻 CV Writing Tips 👩🏽💻
Oct 09, 2021
INTRODUCTION
To start with, I want to put it out there that I am not a Human Resources professional. My recommendations in this piece are based on my personal experience finding my way in the private sector job market for 13 years plus my relatively recent experience reviewing other professionals’ CVs plus conversations with some HR professionals that I have worked with over the years. The ideas I share here may not be relevant for public sector recruitment.
My recommendations are based on two main ideas:
- Your CV is not meant to secure you a job. Your CV is meant to secure you an interview. It is your job to secure the job for yourself at the interview.
- Always assume that the CV reader (recruiter or hiring manager) has very little time (less than 1 minute) to look at your CV before he/she decides whether it is worth a closer look or not.
With the above in mind, it is clear that a CV is an attention-grabbing tool. You want to communicate the most important thin
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The following is a list of questions that may be asked at any Project Engineering/Management interview:
- From a project management perspective, what are the main objectives of FEED during an EPC project?
- What is the key difference between FEED and Detail Design?
- What is an Engineering Design Basis? What information does it contain and what is its purpose?
- In EPC projects, some plant equipment are designed by Process Engineers, others are designed by Mechanical Engineers, while others are designed by equipment vendors, why is this?
- At what stage is the HAZOP review performed? What is its main objective? And what is the main drawback of the HAZOP review, how is this drawback countered?
- What is the difference between an Engineering Drawing and a General Arrangement Drawing?
- What are the 3 main zones of an industrial facility?
- What factors are considered when setting out the layout of an offshore facility?
- What are the main considerations for equipment positioning in an oil & gas ...
What Does a Project Engineer Do?
Sep 22, 2021
Today we want to share with you a few things about the role a Project Engineer plays on oil & gas EPC projects.
The list below was posted on 22 January 2014 as part of a vacancy announcement on alloilgasjobs(.)com for a Project Engineer role at a company in Alberta, Canada.
- Responsible for arranging and carrying design reviews, model reviews, HAZOPs and Project risk assessments in coordination with project stakeholders
- Provide technical and project engineering support to one or more project managers
- Participate in review of Site Layout, PFDs, P&IDs, GA’s, specifications, calculations, and other engineering drawing/documents, especially those relating to the Project Engineer’s discipline
- Carry out and arrange timely review of engineering deliverables and procedures
- Assist in developing project execution-related documents like project charter, authorization for expenditure, communication plan, scope statement, procurement plan, risk register, project execution plan, etc.
- Initiat...
