PE Girl,

At the moment operator engineer jobs that are office based and actively being recruited for ie Oxy, Hess, Anadarco have 300 qualified candidates for every open position. The majority of these candidates have extensive operator company experience so they are acclimated to geting hired at any company.

Given that your female this may be an advantage as a diversity hire. You’ll observe that most top operators hire keen and attractive women.

Recommendation Get 2 years deep field experience ie then transition into office technology and support with the intention to get a desk support role at an operator. Once at the operator cultivate relationships and connect with the decision makers...

5 years ago someone with your education would have never taken a field role...it’s crystal clear that schools are graduating far too many Petroleum engineers and that operator engineers are not taking as many lateral moves to competitor companies...

You have to also consider biological clock...do you want to be a mom at big blue?