manufacturing engineer

senior project manager

personal care assistant

piping designer

engineer

Cameron

When I read in other reviews about the "good ole boy" mentality, it sure it home for me. In the facility I speak of, there were young men right from college, and some who flunked out of college who delighted in their position of management. No experience, no common sense, just a desire to give orders, spend money, and golf while their workforce kept long hours, usually having very little time with their own families.
These people in management were appointed to their positions by equally lackluster HR representatives, who did as little amount of work as possible, and just placed people wherever.
Along the way, here and there, there would be a decent, hard-working guy who was completely overlooked by management because he probably knew quite a bit more than they did, and it drove them crazy! The mentality of management is not to LEARN from the veterans, but to boss them like they know nothing.
It amazes me that Cameron is not bankrupt yet. Because the spending I learned about was crazy. Some guys barely worked 20 hours a week, but because they were liked by management (or happened to be golfing buddies of) they were guaranteed 80+ hours a week. And some had free housing. It was definitely a "club" of sorts.
The hardest working guys were the decent, married guys who cared about their families and keeping food on the table. They were also the ones who had to work longer because they DIDN'T get guaranteed hours, or free housing.
This company boasts of it's Fortune 500 status, blah, blah, blah. But the one thing it truly lacks are managers who care about their workforce. What happened to TEAM PLAYERS?
I would recommend a system of checks and balances to make sure HR, Safety, and Management (especially) are doing their jobs, and doing them well. It's high time people became responsible for their LACK of ATTENTION, or passing-the-buck.

Wake up. Life isn't about "sticking it to" your employees. If you want a consistantly quality group of employees, show them you care about them, by paying them what they are worth, LISTENING to their concerns, giving them the opportunity to improve their abilities by TRAINING them properly to keep them SAFE, and above all else- by treating them with RESPECT as you want to be treated. That's what creates a cohesive working TEAM.

Being in Oil & Gas is like riding a Roller Coaster.  
When times are good, there's plenty of projects and work.  There's company parties and guaranteed performance reviews / bonuses.
When it's bad, it's depressing around the office, with constant talk of layoffs right around the corner (even if it doesn't happen).

Typical day is like any other office job.  In an engineering position, sometimes you'll be asked to go to a Fabrication facility, or possibly to a job site for commissioning.

Cameron does have some training materials, as well as instructor-led training sessions, but again, it's all dependent on the health of the industry.

Management is fine.  There are definitely subject matter experts, which helps when your manager does not have immediate assistance to give.

Co-workers are all intelligent and there is plenty of cultural diversity.  If you know another language (especially Spanish), you'll fit in great.

Hardest part is related to the O&G Industry downturn.  When there is not enough projects, it's all focused on proposals, and that's when stress can kick in.  
If you win it, you're stressed that you may not have put enough money into the project.
If you lose it, it's lost revenue for the company, and that could come back to haunt you.

The most enjoyable part of the job, in my opinion, is when it finally starts to click.  By that I mean when you work on a job (project or proposal) and it all makes sense.  When you're able to work well within a team and contribute is a great feeling.

All-in-all, the industry can be good for anyone.  When the industry is suffering, that's when the squeeze happens and if you don't take a deep breath every now and then, the stress kicks in.

Good luck out there!

When I was here I worked constantly but the wages were so low that I honestly just feel like I waisted 2yrs of my life trying to move up a ladder without rungs. Works work though. Not sure how much people are working now adays in the branch of cameron i was working out from. I always felt like a second class citizen. In alot of ways your treated that way on the construction side of the industry no matter what your trade is. Construction is construction on land or offshore every job has an end and usually its in site. Not many long term gigs. Contracts are never forever. They generally always have a projected end date and that my friends in lies the problem. I would like a job that gives me a reason to believe that retirement is possible and maybe even a little nest egg that was built up by me little by little through a steady and continuos flow of paychecks that i earned from working steady. Third party contractors work from contract to contract job to job. No security no stability. Your not even promised to come back the following hitch after earned time off. If you think politics are bad on land... go offshore. They got guys that will figuratively speaking of course...Stab you in the back cut your throat and take food out of your starving babies mouth without batting an eye or giving you a reason for why they are even doing it. They don't have to tell me why I know. They don't care and what sad is they never will. If your not somebody your nobody in there eyes. My advice is to just win the lottery. Good Luck!!!!

I have worked with this company for over 9 years. If you put your hard work towards them they will notice. They will help in letting you move up. Your work speaks for itself. When I first began I was working long hours usually form 6am - 7pm. That is when I was a mechanic. the job was very demanding at the time. As time went on I now work in the office my hours are now 8am - 5pm. 

Cameron has many different divisions and many locations expanding from the U.S. Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, France and many more. You do have the option to transfer to a different location with management approval of course. 

My co workers are family. They are a great team. Everyone helps each other out. Their is no hatred in the office everyone gets along with everyone. One time out of the year we do a team building event which is great fun. We usually go bowling or go to someones home and Cameron will pay for the food and we will BBQ and have drinks. 

The hardest part of this job is the multitasking and the customer urgencies. In this field of work the customer is always on a need it right now basis. If someone was to not do their part and the customer did not get his product in time. It becomes a big ordeal. This at times causes stress. 

The most enjoyable part is team that I work with and the benefits. The benefits are great. The insurance is great as well. Pay as I said before depends on the work effort you put towards the company. Trust me that everyone is watching your work ethic. Mine personally paid off.

•	Recommended repair as needed with good repair plan on all valves.
•	Proficient and detailed in inspection reports writing and report non-conforming parts/material.. 
•	Utilized Microsoft access for equipment logging and tracking.
•	Provide management with update on personnel qualification pertaining to API.
•	Capable of climbing, working at high elevations and working in confined spaces
•	Compiling of work assignments for external QA/QC service providers and ensuring completeness and accuracy of documentation and reports. 
•	Following up on progress with QA/QC activities and compiling feedback on quality trends and other predefined metrics.
•	Improved the documentation of QA testing practices to enhance their repeatability, saving time and money and encouraging testing standardization and best practices
•	Detecting, classifying, and reporting bugs through Defect Tracking System. 
•	Active interaction with team members, team lead and developers in review meetings to evaluate the progress and performance of the application. 
•	Grouped Manual test cases in sets and scheduled them for execution using Quality center. 
•	 Involved in weekly status meetings. 
•	Reported and tracked bugs using Quality Center. 
•	Involved in creation of RTM, defect reports. 
•	Actively participated in bug meetings with QA team and developers to discuss and resolve outstanding defects.

Work day at Cameron varied from day to day because I supported the Subsea Sales Team.  

My typical day usually consited of making travel arrangements, working on team expenses and coordinating meetings and keeping up with team calendars.

I was in the same group for the duration of my employment at Cameron.  While my team shifted my job shifted with them.  I would have liked to have had the opportunity to grow more within the company.

My co-workers were great and I enjoyed the different pesonalities within the group eveyone had a part that made the groupn work as a team.
 
My job was not really hard but would have liked to have had the opportunity to be challenged a bit more.

I will admit that the most enjoyable part of my job was the flexibility because I have kids and when I had to be out was able to work from home.  I had a laptop and was able to connect to all my files from home.  This didn't happen often but am very thankful and hope the next company I work for is family oriented.  

I enjoyed my job because everyday was different.  Days were different because I started as an Administrative Asst and was being trained to take on a new role as the Sales Coordinator while maintaining my Administrative duties.

Typical day at work revolves around providing technical support to manufacturing and external suppliers as well as working with engineer personnel on old and new products.
Having worked in this environment I have had the benefit of learning a wide range on engineering skills ranging from the engineering, design, drafting, and manufacturing phases of product lifecycle and product development.
I work with a group of people who are always willing to share, assist and collaborate job knowledge in order to facilitate a more well rounded business component. 
A changing upper management sometimes makes it a little uneasy to develop overall cohesiveness and consistency as a company.
The most enjoyable parts of the job are the opportunities to learn above and beyond my current position level and working with individuals who are easy to get along with and have a common goal.

The Service Delivery Desktop Technician (Tech) is part of a global support team that provides local business hour support to Cameron.  Service Delivery works directly with our internal customers (Cameron employees and contractors) to provide desktop support both locally and remotely.  The Service Delivery Technician (Tech) is responsible for the daily tasks of the local support team. The Tech is responsible for resolving as many incidents as possible, within their scope and within SLA’s, while observing and reinforcing Cameron IT policies and standards. This position will report to the local Site Coordinator as part of Corporate IT Infrastructure.  This position will be responsible for traditional desktop technical support – PC’s, peripherals, PDA’s, mobile devices, networked printers, standard office productivity applications, Cameron-specific applications, user ID administration, equipment deployments, local servers, local network appliances, and asset/inventory management. Additional duties, projects, or IT initiatives may also require assistance from the Tech.

Coordinated and proofed the technical rig books for the controls equipment.  Contacted vendors for paperwork to include in our manuals. Worked with project managers to make sure we were meeting our deadlines.  Then passed the work on to the production artists that worked with me and answered all questions related to these books that they may have.  I learned so much during my career there especially the computer programs.  My management was always great to me during my entire career.  Especially in my last position with the company they never micro managed us and respected us.  My co-workers over the years were all great I made many friends over the years that became like family.  My last coworkers I worked with so well we had a great team we always helped each other, got all of our projects out on time and were very productive.  The most enjoyable part of my job was the coordinating and assembling information for our manuals I love doing type of work.

Cameron takes care of its people - helps progress and encourages advancement. Management recognizes hard word and pays it back with mentoring the subject matter experts towards their goals and objectives. 

In my current role as a Financial reporting Manager, I focus on our plant estimate and budgets. I also work with our Operations team to keep our deliverables in check. Our accounting team is also involved in the month end closes and reporting of variances.

Extremely supporting folks at our plant - who help through any issues or concerns. They definitely make up the most enjoyable part of the job - along with work dynamics of non monotonous activities that keep things interesting. The most difficult part - yet also the most interesting - is the dependency on others to provide accurate and efficient information in order to do my job. I respect and appreciate the consideration by everyone.

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