For nearly three months the Gulf of Mexico was overwhelmed by by the BP oil spill. With millions of gallons of oil leaked into the area, surrounding states such as Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas faced a daunting task: oil containment and oil recovery. The water cleanup project is enormous, and will continue for many years. Learn how to find gulf oil jobs in Mississippi and how to obtain water cleanup employment using the steps described here.
Water Cleanup and Oil Engineering
Oil and gas jobs are plentiful in many parts of the world, and the workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were among hundreds of thousands of employees working at oil jobs. While the April 20, 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and led to a three-month oil spill halted many offshore oil projects, in the area surrounding the disaster some new positions appeared: water cleanup jobs.
Removing the leaked oil from the water will require:
- Laborers
- Skimmers
- Boat captains and maritime workers
- HAZMAT workers of various levels
- HAZWOPER operators
- Communications specialists
- Marine biologists
and more oil engineering professionals, including professional engineers, to help make sense of the mess and to find an environmentally-safe way to mitigate the damage.
Mississippi MDES Oil Spill Page
In response to the Deepwater Horizon gulf disaster, the state of Mississippi created the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, or MDES, Oil Spill Page. The website searches through the state of Mississippi's jobs bank, finding environmental recovery and oil containment jobs for employment seekers.
To learn how to apply for gulf oil jobs, please follow these steps:
- Register. Open a free online account with the MDES oil spill page. Note: SSN is NOT required. only first name, last name, and birthdate are required on the first screen for creating an account. After the first screen, users are prompted to pick a username, password, and security question. Once users click "Submit" they are taken directly into the system.
- Search. Click on "Oil Spill related Jobs." Then click "Employment Services" under "I am already a registered online user." The site takes users to a WINGS site, where users must log in again. Once again, the site will prompt users for an SSN - click "continue" to pass this without entering the SNN, if desired.
- Apply. Water cleanup jobs are in a state of flux, so check back regularly for new positions.
New positions appear regularly on the MDES oil spill page, so log in on a regular basis to see wich new jobs have been added, old ones closed out, and expanded oil spill job listings. To speak to a customer service representative with MDES, please call an area WIN center for details.
Gulf Oil Jobs and Oil Containment
Each states handles BP oil spill jobs listings differently. In each case, different contractors offer the jobs, many of which start at $12.50 per hour but can go as high as $32 an hour, depending on the specific spill cleanup skill a worker may possess.
For those who wish to offer unpaid time as a volunteer responding to the gulf disaster, please visit the Mississippi Gulf Coast Oil Spill Disaster Response website and register.
Job seekers need to keep in mind that opportunities change constantly for water cleanup and gulf oil jobs in Mississippi. Check the state website frequently and search out private company opportunities for oil containment positions. Jobs for oil engineering, water cleanup, and oil skimmers are out there if job seekers start with the state employment sites and also keep an eye out for hiring opportunities, promotions and job fairs (online and in person) for jobs related to cleaning up oil spills.
To read more about oil spill jobs in other gulf areas, please go to:
Alabama Oil Spill Cleanup Jobs and Gulf Employment Opportunities – learn how to use AL Joblink for environmental cleanup jobs. Learn how to apply for oil jobs here.
Help Wanted for Florida Oil Spill Jobs - Gulf Cleanup Employment – Florida has one of the most extensive job sites for spill cleanup jobs. Look and learn how to find an oil spill job.
Louisiana Oil Spill Jobs and Gulf Cleanup Opportunities – the state of LA offers information on a wide range of BP oil spill and water cleanup jobs. Search for spill cleanup jobs now.
Melanie Zoltan - Melanie Zoltan is a former college professor and administrator who has written for About.com, PCWorld, Brain Child, Thomson Gale, and ...
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