I'll wait 'till I see it in writing. Last time I did one of these gigs I earned about the median US income in 16 weeks. Heah Heah Heah Heah Heah Heah. I love it when they're desperate. And they'd have to be to hire me.....



Just kidding. You know.... about the desperate to hire me bit. They love me up there.

If you need an entourage, I am good at carry luggage, cooking, cleaning and washing airplanes!

What is the job?

Project supervision/management on the pipeline. There are about three levels of that kind of help needed on these jobs. They are all three good jobs but I haven't been in the system for 8 years now so.... Maybe somewhere down the chain? It's just a long tube you know? You don't often need to know WHAT to do, just how to do it. I may have over guessed what the work might be in my excitement; the call was simply "are you available". Normally you have two shut downs per year to replace valves and other things that disrupt flow. They are very intense 36 hour affairs with incredible planning and perfect execution required. They are in June and August. This is WAY too late in the year to be hiring supervision for a shutdown. Or early for next year? Now that might require a move. Kool. I can hear her screaming now. Hahahahahahah. Good thing she loves me. I suspect though that this is a pretty routine project of some sort that does not upset process. Less interesting, much longer lasting, and much colder. Sometimes there are emergency situations though and those are challenging and enjoyable. I was in on the bullet hole at Livengood back in '04. No thinking was needed or allowed on that project but it was a big money maker. 24 hour call etc. The safety and environmental folks ran that one initially. We just hooked up the generators and turned on the lights. Fascinating work eh? The guy who shot the hole in the pipe did me a big favor. I hope his prison stay has been comfortable and fun.

Why did a guy shoot the pipeline?

(BTW I watch those assorted generic "Alaska crime shows" on Netflix.)

Well. It all starts with whiskey. Beyond that I'm not sure anyone knows. He worked at it a long time though. Maybe a month? Lots of shooting before one finally made it through. Lots of whiskey too.

Mister701 wrote:Well. It all starts with whiskey. Beyond that I'm not sure anyone knows. He worked at it a long time though. Maybe a month? Lots of shooting before one finally made it through. Lots of whiskey too.

Sounds pretty deranged. Glad they got him. That "mother" ....

Mister701 wrote:Project supervision/management on the pipeline. There are about three levels of that kind of help needed on these jobs. They are all three good jobs but I haven't been in the system for 8 years now so.... Maybe somewhere down the chain? It's just a long tube you know? You don't often need to know WHAT to do, just how to do it. I may have over guessed what the work might be in my excitement; the call was simply "are you available". Normally you have two shut downs per year to replace valves and other things that disrupt flow. They are very intense 36 hour affairs with incredible planning and perfect execution required. They are in June and August. This is WAY too late in the year to be hiring supervision for a shutdown. Or early for next year? Now that might require a move. Kool. I can hear her screaming now. Hahahahahahah. Good thing she loves me. I suspect though that this is a pretty routine project of some sort that does not upset process. Less interesting, much longer lasting, and much colder. Sometimes there are emergency situations though and those are challenging and enjoyable. I was in on the bullet hole at Livengood back in '04. No thinking was needed or allowed on that project but it was a big money maker. 24 hour call etc. The safety and environmental folks ran that one initially. We just hooked up the generators and turned on the lights. Fascinating work eh? The guy who shot the hole in the pipe did me a big favor. I hope his prison stay has been comfortable and fun.

That sounds pretty cool to me! After realizing that life as an A&P is not a good way to raise a family, I went to work as a hydro-mechanic for the local utility district. We do a lot of outages that are time based like you describe, repairing and maintaining hydro-turbines. Good luck!

I wasn't looking for a job but it's a good opportunity to money up. I've known lots of guys working well into their 70's. One inspector I knew was 85 when I retired. He was still plugging away about 4 months out of the year. That's the beauty of it. It's not a real job. It's a temp gig.