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Petrofac/Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowships for the Enhanced Graduate Engineer
Introduction
 The 21st century has already
seen many changes to the industrial marketplace. One
of the most significant is the technology enrichment
that has taken place whereby companies have found it
necessary to enhance the knowledge of their graduate
(and other) engineers with further education and
training to enable them to take on the specialist
roles which are crucial to their commercial and
business success.
Petrofac has joined forces with the Academy to take forward
the concept of the Enhanced Graduate Engineer; to
provide an exceptional opportunity for graduate
engineers wishing to pursue a technically specialist
role in the oil and gas industry, whilst at the same
time addressing the need for additional highly
skilled engineers generally.
The Scheme
The Enhanced Graduate
Engineer is achieved through a combination of an
appropriate full-time Masters’ level second degree
education coupled with additional learning and
development opportunities provided by Petrofac,
including where possible a company sourced major
project, a mentor and work placement. In certain
cases the company may offer post-graduation
employment. All Fellows will be expected to attend a
Petrofac familiarisation visit.
Entry to the scheme is through
a two-stage competitive process involving an
application form and personal interview for those
shortlisted. Those fortunate to be selected will be
awarded a Fellowship of £9,000 and be entitled to
call themselves a ‘Petrofac Royal Academy of
Engineering Fellow’. The work of the Fellows will be
exhibited in the Academy in London at the end of
their Masters’ course, through a poster display of
their major project work.
Suitable candidates
The scheme is focused on high
calibre graduate engineers who are interested in
pursuing a non-research career in the oil and gas
industry and those who are still undecided. Suitable
candidates will also:
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have a place to study on
an appropriate course;
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be qualified to degree
level in engineering or a related discipline;
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have membership at any
grade of a UK professional engineering
institution or the Institution of Engineers of
Ireland;
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have at least six months
industrial experience, which may be from a
sandwich course placement or ‘year out’ before
commencing university;
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have no other industrial
or charitable funding secured to support their
studies;
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qualify for the Home/EU
student rate with respect to course fees.
Appropriate courses
In 2013 fellowships are
offered for study on the following full-time Masters’
courses at the universities indicated:
University of Aberdeen
Cranfield University
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Design of Rotating Machinery
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Process Systems Engineering
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Energy Systems & Thermal Processes
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Carbon Capture & Transport
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Flow Assurance
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Offshore and Ocean
Technology with Pipeline Engineering
Heriot-Watt University
Imperial College
University of Leeds
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Robert Gordon University
University of Sheffield
University of Strathclyde
Nature of the Fellowship
Each Fellowship of £9,000 is
payable in two portions; £6,000 is payable upon
course registration, with the remaining £3,000
payable upon successful graduation.
Exhibition
Poster presentations of the
major project work completed by each of the Fellows
will be displayed in the Academy’s building in
central London. The exhibition will be open to the
general public in the autumn of each year.
Scheme Alumni
Each awardee will be entitled
to use the title ‘Petrofac Royal Academy of
Engineering Fellow’ and have membership of the
scheme alumni association. It is hoped that the
alumni will grow and develop into a significant and
self-serving group of top talent in the oil and gas
industry.
Application Procedure for 2013
All prospective applicants
should familiarise themselves with the
instructions
for applicants. The application consisting of an
application form,
two passport-sized photographs and up-to-date CV.
The closing date will be in July 31st 2013.
Candidates must attend their
interview in person; no telephone or video
conferencing interviews will be offered. Interviews
will be held in the second half of August 2013.
Selection Committee
The award of each Fellowship
is entirely at the discretion of the Selection
Committee with any decision of the Committee being
final on all matters.
Enquiries
Further information and
questions relating to the scheme should be addressed
to Mark Bambury or Anne Mahabal.
[E-mail
Mark Bambury] [E-mail Anne Mahabal]
Petrofac
Petrofac is a leading
international provider of facilities solutions to
the oil & gas production and processing industry,
with a diverse customer portfolio including many of
the world’s leading integrated, independent and
national oil & gas companies. Petrofac is quoted on
the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PFC) and is a
constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
The group delivers services
through seven business units: Engineering &
Construction, Engineering & Construction Ventures,
Engineering Services, Offshore Engineering &
Operations, Training, Production Solutions and
Energy Developments.
Through these businesses
Petrofac designs and builds oil & gas facilities;
operates, maintains and manages facilities and
trains personnel; enhances production; and, where it
can leverage its service capability, develops and
co-invests in upstream and infrastructure projects.
Petrofac’s range of services meets its customers’
needs across the full life cycle of oil & gas
assets.
With more than 18,000
employees, Petrofac operates out of seven
strategically located operational centres, in
Aberdeen, Sharjah, Woking, Chennai, Mumbai, Abu
Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur and a further 24 offices and
14 training facilities worldwide. The predominant focus
of Petrofac’s business is on the UK Continental
Shelf (UKCS), the Middle East and Africa, the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the
Asia Pacific region.
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