Hey,
Im looking for a part or fulltime job in the seattle area. I will be moving here and ready to work by the middle of february. Anyone know where there are some 4x4 shops or hotrod shops? Ill do whatever but Im leaning toward that until I finish my degree, then I will be looking for work in the procurement field. I applied at Olympic 4x4 but they are fully staffed right now. I have an interview monday morning at Street Rod Visions. I just dont really know if and where any places are. Ill be living in Redmond. I have a degree and experience in collision repair. Im no super fabber but Im learnin :grinpimp:

Also I will be looking for some friends to wheel with and some hot ladies. haha :flipoff2:

If you are looking to make a bunch of money, have you thought about the plentiful marine jobs up there? There probably are 100 boats looking to hire you any day of the week. The rest will wait a few days before they hire you!

Since you live in that area, you could find a day position. Last company I worked for, and the next company I am looking at, you work 28 days on, 14 off. Industry wide wages for the engine room start at the bottom(wiper) at $180 per day. The next step up, QMED, pays $250 per day. $250 per day X 28 working days = $7000 gross. Not bad for 180 days on the job! 360 working days later and you can make $350 per day, or more! It all depends on how large a boat you work on.

Just an idea for ya. I didn't know it paid well until I took a job for fun last year.

So what do you do on the boats? Are there any positions that are a more normal schedule? Im working on finishing my degree with Park University and my classes are online. Each week I get new work and have to have it done by the end of the week so being gone for 28 days would screw that up. Thats awesome that it pays that much! I would love to make that kind of cash. Its gonna take me about 8 months yet to get my degree with my online classes. After that I might go for something like that if I cant get any procurement positions.

My last position was the bitch of the engine room. I was the Maintenance guy for a 250 room floating hotel. I did relief watches in the engine room, I changes the 28 gallons of oil in each of the engines once a week(if it was my turn), I changed allot of fuel filters, I changed light switches, wiring 440 208 and 110 daily, changed out $10k tv systems, fixed accounting computers, I did thousands of light bulbs, Tile and grout, a little paint, carpet, flood control, pulled plastic bags out of 8" black water main lines, cleaning all the blackwater equipment(ORCAs and the like), diagnosed minor engine problems, fixed TONS of drains, mopped, scrubbed, climbed in places where no man should ever go, dove off the third story into the river, took the rescue boats out for hour long spins on the clock, played pool on the clock, sat in the wheelhouse and learned in my off hours, talked allot of shit, sat around, played cards, etc etc etc...

When I worked on a much more organized boat up in Alaska, I did almost nothing! I had only a few specific jobs. When those were done, I was on "roam" mode. Roam around, like everyone else, and find stuff to do. My Alaska experience was 10x better then the shit boat out of Portland.

The job title on smaller boats never ends. I have such a small amount of experience that it is crazy thinking off all the stuff out there todo on boats.

there are 9-5 style jobs out there. Ferrys for example. Tons of them out that way. Every company and boat has a different schedule, so anything is possible.

Sounds like something I will have to look into. Is that 28 days out to sea or just 28 days working but still coming home at night. If it was still coming home at night I would probably still be able to do my school stuff.
Thanks

The 28 on 14 off is 28 days living on the ship away from everyone and everything, and then 14 days until you have to live on the ship again.

When I was working on the river on the cruise ship, we had an internet connection 75% of the time. We stopped in port 6 days a week. So internet connection working on the river is no big deal. Now offshore, I have no idea. I was told that most boats have satellite internet 24/7. I will find out in February.

I was going to do some mail-in classes next time I work out on a boat. You do have enough down time to get the stuff done I think. A bunch of people do that they have said to me.

Well I got the job at Street Rod Visions. I will be working there part time and going to school fulltime. Thanks for the help. If this does not work out I will check out the marine work.