Part Time Consultancy

[anwarahmad]

I would like to know how to do or get part time consultancy job in oil and gas. Appreciate if anyone could give some idea....

[Radha]

Hi Friends,

I would like to know how to get part time consultancy job like client interaction.

I worked as a Business Development Manager.

My profile is Client Interaction through Phone and get requirements from clients.

Radha

[ravishe]

DO anybody have an idea to start consultancy

[moscow01]

In order to offer consultancy services, you need to have expertise in some area that an Operator is willing to pay for e.g. Tubing Stress Analysis, Performance modelling etc. They usually pay on a project basis i.e you quote a price, they pay when you deliver and if it takes you more time than you estimated then you just have to eat the cost.

Most consultancies are born out of networks that are built over several years. Not what you know but who you know.

[Processor]

100% agreed with Moscow

Two things are important:
1: Specialty beacuse general jobs can usually be done by the client's own employees
2: Contacts

second is more important. Generally free-lancer consultants get work based on contacts.Client generally gives work to that person whose working excellance is already knwon to the client.

Not sure about ur age and whether already doing job or not. Mostly the ex-employer or client's of ex-employer are the most probable clients of free lancer. Other possibility is to check with your class fellows working in other companies. And least but not the last introduce to the potential customers.

Regards

[nadeem]

Radha,
Where are you located?
What type of industry do you have experience in?

[anwarahmad]

Dear all,
Thank you for your idea and knowledge. May be if there is some job to be outsourced also can be considered as part time job. If anyone know any opportunity in process engineering, let me know. I'm reachable via maa.anwar@gmail.com

[theo_papad]

Dear friends

As salaries are low in my country, Greece ,compared to the cost of living and having already a ten years old working experience, I am thinking about my future working as a freelancer for any oil & gas company in Europe who might be interested.
Actually I'm thinking of investing on software like PDS or PDMS and work at my office here in Greece.
Do u think that this kind of working relationship will work?
Do u have any other advice to give me?

[moscow01]

You may pick up some work that way but in my experience if you want to offer a consultancy service you need to be located in a central hub like Aberdeen The Hague, Houston etc. There are many smaller hubs around the world but you get the idea. The best place to start is to talk to some of the other consultancy companies that are out there and see if they are interested in parcelling some work out to you. Work that isn't worth their while taking on permanent staff for but they still want to offer the facility to their clients. In general, unless you can offer the full consultancy from reservoir studies through to project implementation you won't be very attractive to a major Operator (except as possibly a short-term contract day rater)

Personally, I'm ex-pat, based in Malaysia. For life style reasons I prefer to live in a small town on the other side of the country from the capital. I have built up a good relationship with several of the consultancy firms that exist in Kuala Lumpur and I pick up quite a bit of ad-hoc work from them. I also do some work for the service companies. But I always end up spending time in KL - to network, talk to potential clients, make presentations on the work I've done etc etc. So you will always end up having to connect to the hub in some way. Another good reason for going through an existing consultancy is that the Operator is very unlikely to accept work that hasn't been peer reviewed.

I should also point out that - I'm 52 years old, I've done my hard time and I've put a fair bit of cash away so I'm not dependant on the work. Sometimes there is so much work you have to beat them away with a stick and other times you can go for a month or 2 with nothing. It's very ad-hoc but that suits me at this point in my life.

Given your experience level, I would suggest you look at rotational ex-pat work. Month on, month off. I started that way with about 10 years experience. Put your CV out to a couple of agents and see what happens. The money is good and it's generally tax free (find a good accountant). It's good experience and it will enhance your CV.

[theo_papad]

moscow01 thank you.... what is your personal e-mail address?

[moscow01]

you can contact me at moscow01@hotmail.com

[Shakespear]

Yes, second is more important. More contacts gives those that need someone the confidence to give the work to them. moscow01 observations are spot on.

He almost sounds like I know him