Hi, I am working here in Jeddah at the calibration lab for the Saudi Air Defense Forces. My OIC has asked me to put out the word that they are looking for resumes to fill 4 upcoming slots due to our lab expansion/upgrade. They are looking for techs with broad experience from DC/LF to microwave to physical, one or the other or all.
Once my colonel approves any resumes, our commander will direct one or all of the contractors here to make an offer to the candidates. I'm sorry I can't be specific on pay, benefits, or even a timeline; it depends greatly on your experience and which company makes the offer. Remember, EVERYTHING is open to negotiation.
The work week is Saturday - Wednesday, 7AM - 2PM. As well as Saudi technicians, we have Americans, French and Swiss working in the lab, so it's diverse. English is the language used in the lab.
You can send your resume to me at
[email protected] and I will forward it to my colonel. To those that have never had any dealings here: the wheels turn very slow! It may be some time before anyone is contacted. I will try to answer any questions that anyone may have regarding the work or life here, email me at the above address.
Thanks for letting me post this here; if anyone knows of another site I can post this to so more people can see it, let me know. I hope this can help someone out.
Mike
You can try here..I check every once in a while... http://www.pmel.org/
Mike
Thanks, I'll give it a try. Thanks to all the guys that have sent in resumes so far.
Ramadan started today so we're on the worst possible hours, 10AM - 3PM! I don't know how I'm gonna survive the month with hours like that!
I sent a resume to the email listed and it's showing that it's an unknown account! Is there another e-mail?
did you make sure to take the space out of the email address?
this e-mail address is no good.With or without the underscore
I have received 8 resumes so far, 2 this morning, so the email address is working.
Later today, I will send a reply to everyone that submitted, to let you know I received it in case there is any doubt.
Thanks again to everyone for submitting.
Mike,
Are these accompanied or unaccompanied positions? Will they be in Jeddah or an outlying facility?
David
Depends on the company told to do the hiring. Some contractors allow families, some allow wives only, some are unaccompanied, but let you bring your wife over at your expense.
All positions are in Jeddah.
Hey Mike,
Has there been a decision made regarding when and if you all will be hiring on New Techs. I emailed your yahoo account and received no response. Any info you can give would be greatly appreciated. jasonyoungprofessional@yahoo. com
No decision has been made. It's Ramadan and the base shuts down today for 2 weeks. I wouldn't expect any sort of decision for at least another 3 weeks.
QuoteTo those that have never had any dealings here: the wheels turn very slow! It may be some time before anyone is contacted.
These were not idle words, and are pretty much a fact of life here.
Sorry I don't have any better news than that.
Hi:Mike,. . . . I know. . I know. . . . The wheel turn very slowly at Middle East. . . Anyway please give us(the one who applied for the position. . ) the status of the job. . . . Keep us post it. . . I really appreciated for your helpful.
Howdy,Mike. . . . As big dog. . . and also I want to know regard those open position. . . Did not hear anything from you yet. . . Please keep us inform ASAP. thanks
Hi. . . a decision was made last week, and I emailed the 4 individuals today. A Saudi company named JASH will be making the arrangements and offering a contract.
As I stated before, and will state again, EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE, and they love to haggle here. My advice if you don't like what they offer you, tell them no, and hopefully they'll call you back later with a better offer. They have American's working for their company here, so they do offer competitive wages and benefits, but they will try to get you as cheap as they can. Once you are here, it is very hard to renegotiate. Just my two cents worth.
JASH employees live on the Al Manar compound, which is the old Litton compound. They get a company car. Workday is from 7AM to 2PM, Sat-Wed. I believe they allow spouses (negotiate), not sure about kids, but I will try to find out both.
Thanks to everyone that applied, I will try to contact those that weren't selected to let you know.
Thanks,
Mike
Hello Mike, any chance there are any more openings over there? I'm retiring from the AF in a few months and ready to relocate overseas. How is the pay over there, is it more than $85K ? I'm gonna try out the website for Aviation jobs and see what I get.
Thanks,
Mark
Just a "heads up" on these GREAT overseas jobs. My friend worked in Afghanistan making 130k per year great pay right? WRONG he was REQUIRED to work 12 hours EVERYDAY. If you do the math (with overtime and doubletime for Sunday which most jobs in the states would pay)it works out to about $25 an hour ( Yes I figured in that you get 30 days off free per year ) ... When he quit over there he said the next contract were going to be offering less money.
It is true that it may only be like $25 an hour, BUT where in the US can you make $130K a year? That is the point.
Agreed.. and besides working 12 hours a day what else are you going to do?
I have done these deployments in the past, and have wear marks in my keyboard from playing Duke Nukem 3D.
Mike.
IF you could work those hours you could make that. Also a lot lower chance of getting caught by a terrorist and getting your head sawed off in the US
You still looking for metrology techs?
I see I may be a day late and adollar short here. I have spent the last two years working in Afghanistan and have been out of contact for the last couple of months. They have any new openings?
I am very experienced with RF, General, Physical and dimensional, avionics...
I have an active clearance and am motivated.
Agreed.. and besides working 12 hours a day what else are you going to do?
I have done these deployments in the past, and have wear marks in my keyboard from playing Duke Nukem 3D.
Mike.
If something ever happened to my family I would go work over there. I figure about 3 years over there and I could make enough to never have to work again..
Quote from: WiciombiftDof on 04-21-2011 -- 07:30:35
Speedmaster, who is major.
I've often wondered this myself...Speedmaster, who IS major?
Why do I have a sudden urge to buy a Timex?
I'm not going to bother reading the evil SPAM, but I have a sudden urge to buy what ever the opposite of what they are selling is.
The following is honestly not spam. It is just hilarious....
Long story short, I have been into buying cheap stuff from a Chinese website which for non-spam purposes I won't mention. They have a really cool looking watch called the Tourbillon. I searched on Amazon[dot]com for the same watch, and found it amazing that the exact same watch was for sale on there for a regular price of $145,000 (that's right). It is on sale right now for about $87,000. If you search on Tourbillon watch, you should see it. Then if you go to that sellers list, there are a bunch of them. What was even funnier were the reviews. Go and read the reviews people wrote. They are unbelievably creative. I suppose this thread should move to the off topic area. So any further posts I will make there.
Me personally...I think an imminent alien invasion is being planned and played out right before our eyes. I think every third or fourth word actually mean something. It's pretty funny how they're using PMEL forum to plan an invasion. Or it might be just a bunch of jibberish. :-D
Sounds like it's time to buy a watch Major.
Can women apply or would I have to wear a burkah and only leave the lab if a family male is with me?
Sorry it's been so long since I have replied here, trying to get things sorted. The local contractor that was supposed to hire the 4 technicians dropped the ball, and it appears they won't being doing any hiring at this time. The military is trying to get the slots added into follow-on contracts with the more reputable established defense contractors, but I'm not holding my breath on that either. Again, I'm sorry for the bad news.
On the other hand, it's been entertaining reading the other comments. First of all, Saudi Arabia is not Afghanistan or Iraq. We "work" from 7:15AM to 2:15PM 5 days a week. We have cars, our families live here and kids go to school here. We go diving in the Red Sea, and go shopping at beautiful malls by anyone's standard. Plenty to keep you busy for awhile.
The down side...driving sucks, no pork, and the alcohol will ruin your liver! Sorry, but women aren't allowed to work at the base either. They have women nurses at the hospital, and some grocery stores are actually hiring women as cashiers (guys aren't allowed to go through their line, only women!) Western women wear abaya's, not a burkah or the face covering.
Starting salary over here is usually around 60-70K a year. Add in bonuses, hazard and hardship pay and anything else your company may throw in to raise your salary, and the pay quickly goes over 100k. Not as much money as the "hot" spots, but we don't have the threat levels that they have there.
Not a bad place to work. It's what you make of it.
Mike
How long have you been over there Mike?
Sorry I didn't answer sooner, just got back from vacation. I've been here 16 years with Raytheon in Jeddah, another 6 years with SOMC (Saudi Operation and Maintenance Company) before that in Khamis Mushayt. Short answer: too long!