How to Get an Offshore Job in Scotland

Scotland is still the beating heart of UK offshore energy. Aberdeen, Dundee, the Cromarty Firth and the Firth of Forth run oil, gas and wind together — which means more entry points than anywhere else in Britain if you know where to look.

Why Scotland is the best UK starting point

Aberdeen alone hosts nearly every major North Sea operator, drilling contractor and service company. Add the ScotWind offshore wind rollout, Cromarty Firth port expansion, and Neart na Gaoithe / Seagreen construction, and you have a market with active recruitment across every discipline — from roustabout to HV technician.

Where to look for offshore jobs in Scotland

• Aberdeen operators — Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, Harbour Energy, Ithaca, Serica, Repsol Sinopec, EnQuest, Apache, Chrysaor
• Drilling contractors — Stena Drilling, KCA Deutag, Transocean, Valaris, Diamond, Awilco
• Service companies — Wood, Petrofac, Bilfinger, Sparrows, Aker Solutions, Baker Hughes, SLB, Halliburton
• Offshore wind — SSE Renewables, ScottishPower Renewables, Ørsted, Vattenfall, Corio Generation, Flotation Energy
• Aberdeen-based agencies — Orion Group, Cammach Bryant, Petroplan, Fircroft, NES Fircroft, TMM Recruitment, Genesis Personnel, Airswift

Training centres in Scotland

• Aberdeen — Petrofac Training, RGIT Aberdeen, Survivex, Falck Safety Services
• Dundee / Montrose — 3T Global, AIS Survivex
• Inverness / Cromarty — 3t Training Services, GTSC

All deliver BOSIET, FOET, MIST, HUET, CA-EBS, GWO BST and GWO Sea Survival.

Realistic salary bands for 2026 (Scotland, day rate)

• Roustabout — £180–£220/day
• Rigger — £280–£380/day
• Scaffolder — £320–£420/day
• Mechanical / Electrical Tech — £380–£520/day
• HV Wind Technician — £400–£600/day
• OIM / Superintendent — £750–£1,100/day

Your CV still decides everything

Aberdeen agencies see hundreds of CVs a week. If yours doesn't hit the operator keywords, tickets and rotation pattern in the first 15 seconds, it's gone. Our offshore CV writing packages are written by people who know the Aberdeen market — or run your current CV through the free ATS CV checker first.