pipefitter

Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations

You can and will be successful here if you're willing to play by the rules and perform in your role. You need to position yourself as a honest broker (no agenda), track a record of performance, and be willing to change your personal style to meet the needs of the company. 

This company will fight to keep those it feels is integral to its successful performance. There are a ton of holdovers from prior years where it was essentially the "wild west" but Fluor has brought a corporate environment to an organization filled with "cowboys". Change doesn't sit well with many in the later stages of their careers. I have worked in a ton of places, but never felt more appreciated for my work than I have with this company.

The fact is in Louisiana, I'd put it up there in the top 2% of white collar jobs in the state depending on your field. You work M-TH and guaranteed a 2.5% raise per year, minimum. You perform, you could get upwards of 5-6% depending if you made a defined impact ($). 

It's a government job without the pension. It's secure and the only people I've seen run off had ethics issues or straight up told the upper management "they weren't doing it" pertaining to safety. Safety culture is very important to FFPO. A lot of the older crowd is starting to retire and there will be ample opportunities for my generation the next 5-7 years.

The New Orleans site is the toughest to work with and for because they are constantly trying to show "value add" and are embedded with the customer. The other four sites have their own culture and have a more laid back atmosphere.

Personally, I couldn't recommend this company more. The people are outstanding (there's always some punks everywhere) and there is a clear purpose and understanding of the mission.

Work here if you get the chance. It can be tough to get into the individual sites outside of New Orleans.

Typical Day:
Same as most places check e-mail and work on assigned tasks.  Tasks can be added and cut at a moments notice due to DOE funding and request.

What I learned:
The amount of money the government really wastes.

Management:
FFPO Management does not complete control, there tasks to hand down come from DOE counterpart.

Workplace Culture:
Friendly

Hardest Part of Job:
Getting frustrated due to DOE cutting or adding tasks.  Also,  the company adds additional personnel for specific jobs and cut them just as fast.

Most Enjoyable Part of Job:
Fellow employees are helpful

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people at my site are like Family

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Moving Oil can be tricky because of how the site is configured 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The Culture is positive for the most part. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Current site is under renovation. This creates various tasks outside of our normal schedule. I have just learned to adapt and overcome. Work within our defined  process and ask questions when things become unclear.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Decent pay, great place to work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It's slow paced, and only certain people perform work duties. Some people are privileged to not do anything.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They take care of their employees, funding is sometimes not there.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Slow you really have to be self motivated to work there, because of poor supervision.

FFPO is a great place to work. Fantastic work/life balance. Good benefits and work environment. The operational tempo has increased over the past few years. It is about to increase even more with the new life extension project. 

FFPO is the prime contractor for the Department of Energy for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The most stressful thing about the job is the Congressional budgeting process. Sometimes this interferes with long-term planning.

In 2023 I will have logged 10 years with FFPO have been quite happy with this company. Ups and downs? Of course, but overall a thumbs up. Since COVID we are on a hybrid schedule working in office and remote, FFPO has always worked with me when time off was needed.

 The site just finished up an major project upgrading the condition of piping and equipment which made for a busy time and some chaotic days. Don't expect any recognition for hard work, it doesn't happen here!! Annual pay raises are minimal and pay is below area averages by far. Pretty easy Operator job if you are older or just breaking into the field and looking to get some experience.

One of the best things about this company is the flexible schedule. You can choose from three different schedules to fit your needs (M-F, every Friday off or every other Friday off). Obviously all managers are different, but my manager is very supportive. The company is very big on ethics and safety. 

I came from a job with zero flexibility and no work/life balance. I am grateful to have found this company. Great work/life balance plenty of PTO, annual raises, great benefits, 401k match, support from managers and coworkers, hybrid work from home/in office schedule. Most importantly flexibility! 

Managers are out of touch with workers. Always gives lame excuses for why things can’t be done using common sense. No money in budget to fix equipment but plenty for upper management bonuses. Blame goes all the way to the bottom everytime an incedent happens. Don’t have enough employees to complete all job tasks so there’s too much overtime. Huge turnover rate.

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