Looking For North Dakota Oil Tanker Career. Any Suggestion ?

Hey, I'm a recent graduate from a national accredited school National Training, Inc. I have my Class -A and I'm also a Certified Heavy Equipment Operator . I have my Twic card already and I'm taking the Tanker Endorsement test tomm . I'm also working on my Hazardous Material Endorsement . Btw thank you Mr Brett for the tanker endorsement test on this site it has help me prepare for the test.

I have heard that there are some companies in the oil fields that do hire rookies. We don't have a list of companies for the oil fields, so you would have to find them, and call them, to find one that will take on a rookie. Good luck...and keep us informed. This is an area that is relatively new for CDL school graduates.

I got a job working for a oil company as a truck driver hauling production water, fresh water, flow back. There's plus and minus on working here in North Dakota. If anyone is interested in working here you can email me at Sergeypasyuk@me.com or sergeypasyuk@gmail.com.

You could try mbi energy. Their the only one I know of.

Hey, I'm a recent graduate from a national accredited school National Training, Inc. I have my Class -A and I'm also a Certified Heavy Equipment Operator . I have my Twic card already and I'm taking the Tanker Endorsement test tomm . I'm also working on my Hazardous Material Endorsement . Btw thank you Mr Brett for the tanker endorsement test on this site it has help me prepare for the test.

There are some companies looking for one or two years experience with tankers, up in North Dakota. I hear Schneider hires and trains recent truck driving school grads if they want to drive tanker.

Dave

I got a job working for a oil company as a truck driver hauling production water, fresh water, flow back. There's plus and minus on working here in North Dakota. If anyone is interested in working here you can email me

Actually we get quite a few questions from people that are curious about landing a job in the oil fields and I'd love to know:

1) Did you land that job straight out of school? The company you're working for did not require any experience?

2) Are you driving exclusively or are you doing some manual labor on the job sites?

3) Was it difficult and expensive to find housing? Does the pay make it worthwhile or does an awful lot of that paycheck go toward higher living expenses.

A lot of people wonder about the oil fields but it's difficult to get good information for them. Anything you can share with us would be a huge help!

I just put in my 2 weeks notice at my present job and I start with a petroleum company here in Las Vegas on the 31st.

They have the fueling contract in Midland/Odessa, Texas, keeping the fracing rigs fueled. They will fly me down from Vegas to Midland on the 31st. My first time will last about 3 weeks, training and getting the layout of the job.

I am told is it driving a bobtail fuel truck, refilling the platform rig's fuel tanks every 2 hours. Working with a trainer continuously until he feels I 'got it'.

Company will fly me back home after 3 weeks for one week, then it is a 14/7 schedule, flying back and forth from the job. Pay is off the scale, once you figure in that the work week will be 70-100 hours, and time and a half after 40. Plus $43/day 'away from home' pay, Plus, if no space available in the man camp, paid hotel room + $30/day per diem. Man camp is typical small, single room with a shared bathroom. Food and lodging provided by company.

The only initial expense I have is steel toed boots and the only recurring on-site expenses are personal hygiene products. All safety gear and clothing are provided. Sounds like a pretty sweet gig. I get that the hours are long, but it looks like I will only be involved in fueling, unlike some other 'driving' jobs that include other labors related to the drilling/fracing operation. (I won't be swinging a sledge)

I am getting in on this position to gain experience in the company, and to hopefully grab one of the local/daily home gigs available here in Vegas when one comes available. My boss tells me they always try to fill from within if possible. They have a pretty nice gig trucking fuel up to the mines north of here about 4.5 hours. Drive up in the morning, fill the fuel tanks up there, drive home. Go home every nite. Dang good pay, too.

More after I get out there and get started. Just wanted to add here that I have ZERO trucking experience. Has a friend with a contact in the company, he put in a good word, and here I go.

So there are Oil Field jobs available with no experience. Just gotta look hard, and knowing someone always helps.

Michael

MadManMike that's really cool. Very interesting setup - flying you back and forth, 14/7 schedule, etc. The man camp doesn't sound too inviting but if you're working 70-100 hours a week you won't be doing anything except sleeping there. I guess the biggest question will be regarding how sustainable that type of schedule is. You're literally going to be working or sleeping for two weeks at a time. I'm assuming when you do get home it's going to be two days of sleep before getting 5 more days to relax. And the 14/7 schedule is interesting but of course you'll be working only 2/3 of the time so that's going to cut into your total pay.

I'd love to hear some updates from you once you get going on that job if you wouldn't mind checking in. I'd really like to hear about how sustainable that schedule is, what the man camp is like, what the culture is like around those rigs, and of course how safe the job is. It sounds like you can make a boatload of money doing it.

Thanks for chiming in!

I think it's a very interesting deal. That is a killer time schedule though but hey you are there to work and not play....

The one main concern I have and you might have let the outstanding pay gloss over it and draw your attention away.....

The equipment that you will be using. A fuel bobtruck ,roughly that same as a CLASS B 30 box truck, will be great to handle and easy to drive but not so great for the future. What I mean is you will be working what amounts to a local gig in Texas. That's fine but you will have zero experience with combination vehicles and that might make it harder in the future to get a local job at home unless it's in a class B truck.

Maybe I will be wrong and while your there in the oil fields you will also be able to drive some combination vehicles while your there but then again since you will not be crossing state lines therefore no otr experience.

Don't mean to rain on your parade but just wanted you to be aware is all.