The conference on oil sands tailings is over and the scientists and engineers are back to solving real-time problems. They are at work; the question is do they have work and a job for you?
Turning to CareerMine, I find nineteen jobs for the keywords oil sands tailings. There are positions advertised with Suncore, Syncrude, Shell, and more. The links are to the job descriptions. With time the jobs will be filled and the links broken, so please be patient if you come along in the future and find these jobs taken—presumably there will be others on the CareerMine Site.
One lady who will soon be at work in the oil sands tailings industry is Heather Kaminsky who made a great presentation and told us she is looking for a job. At this link is her thesis. I bet she will soon be snapped up in the industry. Even if you cannot employ her, take a look at the profundity of her thesis; it provides great insight into current progress on oil sands tailings.
There are reports of a slow-down in oil sands work. And that is probably true for the start-up of new projects. But the tailings continue to come and the ERCB will continue to demand more and more and quicker clean-up, closure, remediation, and reclamation. Engineers will continue to be in high demand to do this work.
During the conference, folk I chatted to said the slow down provides and opportunity for welcome relief. One newspaper captures the reason why a slowdown is not all bad:
Project costs skyrocketed, infrastructure pressures soared, labour shortages were rampant, worker health/safety issues mushroomed, housing costs went through the roof, and overpaid twentysomethings spent like drunken sailors.
Although I cannot see what is wrong with being an overpaid twentysomething spending like a drunken sailor. If only! Those moralist!
Seriously, now is a great time to consider one of those career changing moves. And if you are ready for minus forty as you place tailings with a strength of 5 kPa, seek out the jobs that are there in oil sands tailings.
