My career started in 1996 as a process engineer within the pharmaceutical industry. This provided me with the foundation on which to develop my knowledge and skills as a process engineer as well as to gain exposure to the challenges of designing and operating safe plant and processes.
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I graduated with a masters degree in mechanical engineering and was uncertain as to which process industry to work in. For a number of years, I worked for a company as a mechanical engineer on plant resolving day-to-day issues and running small projects.
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I joined ConocoPhillips after receiving a master's degree in petroleum engineering at Heriot Watt University. ConocoPhillips sponsored me through this and although I didn’t have to join the company. I chose to. I had already done a placement in Aberdeen and was quickly offered a job.
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At Strathclyde University in Glasgow, I attended a recruitment presentation by ConocoPhillips and was impressed by the summer internship scheme in Aberdeen. I applied for a placement and after an interview embarked upon a 12-week placement in the well operations department.
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After graduating with a degree in engineering, I wanted a change of direction. I started studying for my Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification, and was half-way through this when I applied for a financial analyst role at ConocoPhillips.
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I joined ConocoPhillips in 2004, straight from graduating in mechanical engineering. Towards the end of my degree I had already decided to change my career having gained an interest in the business and financial world.
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After completing a degree in accountancy and management control at Sheffield, I returned to my hometown of Grimsby as an assistant accountant for a local newspaper. I remained there for five years, working up to the role of financial analyst and completed further studies to become a qualified Accountant with Association of Charted Certified Accountants.
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I started with ConocoPhillips as a placement student within the Europe Commercial group in London. The role included providing support for the crude and products trading floor in the finance and performance analysis group.
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When I left college, I joined a local accounting practice where I studied for my accounting technician course and then for my professional accounting exams. I subsequently joined a leisure group then worked at a plastic extrusion plant.
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I initially applied for a summer placement with ConocoPhillips. The interview consisted of a 45-minute technical and a 30-minute personnel interview.
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Whilst at Newcastle University studying mechanical engineering, I took the opportunity to join ConocoPhillips for two summer placements. These were at the Humber refinery at the end of my second and third academic years.
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After leaving university in 1985, I worked in the research and development facility of a company on a new man-made fibre. Over the course of my career, I started to specialise in the design side of chemical engineering, culminating in managing process design.
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On my 12-week placement I worked in the process engineering team of Britannia Operator Limited. This group provides onshore support to the Britannia platform. I was given interesting work and valued getting industry experience.
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I started with the company through the engineering summer student programme in Aberdeen. In the first week of the placement we did our offshore survival training. I worked in the drilling group on three projects throughout the summer, the largest of which was concerned with well abandonment.
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I graduated from the University of Bath in 1998 with a mechanical engineering degree and started with ConocoPhillips at the Humber refinery in North East Lincolnshire. I applied with the company as it had a reasonably open career structure that would allow me a wide range of range of jobs including opportunities in the U.K. and overseas.
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I became aware of ConocoPhillips when I applied for the MSc course in Geoscience at Royal Holloway University of London. I attended an interview and was invited to attend a second round in Aberdeen. At this interview I had the chance to meet a large number of people from the ConocoPhillips geoscience community who had many of the same goals, aspirations and outlook on life as I did.
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After finishing university, I started my career in the chemical industry. This let me develop experience in solids and toxic gas processes, but I wanted to expand my experience in liquids and hydrocarbon processes. The role at ConocoPhillips excited me. It provided me with scope for development and had the challenge I was looking for.
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I joined ConocoPhillips in 1991 as a graduate trainee in the marketing business after graduating with a degree in environmental science. As one of 10 graduates at that time on a training programme in the London office, we spent 18 months learning about the business in different departments. A year after joining the company, I moved to the new head office in Warwick.
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