Onshore Shetland: BP's Sullom Voe Recruitment Drive
An Offshore Solution for an Onshore Problem
So, BP decided to use an offshore solution to this onshore problem: use a rotational staffing system so that the additional personnel needed at Sullom Voe would work two weeks on and three weeks off just like they might do on any BP oil platform in the North Sea.
"We worked … to look at who we needed: the types of folks we needed, the types of disciplines we needed. I arrived at [at the end of last year] and we started rotation at the beginning of January," Cowie said.
"Now we're working through the operations team to bring people onto rotation … That includes operational team leaders, operational supervisors and operational technicians – the folks that run the terminal on a day-to-day basis. Also some of our fire team, emergency response team and support staff."
(Having to be entirely self-sufficient, Sullom Voe has its own fire brigade as well as a pollution response team.)
24 Hours, Seven Days a Week
The Sullom Voe rotation system will be similar to those seen offshore in that BP wants to maintain a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation at the terminal as it carries out expansion work.
"As we move from not just operating but also doing a little bit more project work, we have to expand the number of staff to cope with that. So instead of having a lighter shift at weekends, we want to balance out the number of folks there right through the week, so that we can take an even approach to the work," Cowie said.
Source: BP
"There's three strands to the work. The equipment that's there now has been used since 1978. It's getting near to the point when we need to renew that. So, we have a renewal program, which is a major part of keeping the business running for the east of Shetland and helping to support the west of Shetland growth. That's the first piece.
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