[jasonmt]

Originally Posted by PHBeerman

Seriously, look into the housing situation. My dad's good friend manages a mining district up there and says that he has guys making $100K + USD and living out of their cars.

100K is 10-12 weeks of work for lots of people up here and that is with your housing and travel paid for by your employer etc. I pay my secretary close to $30/hour.

Originally Posted by JJS

I was hoping to jump into project management or operations. I'm not even sure I have the credentials, but it's worth a shot. Better than my current bullshit.

I think I would prefer cold to sweltering humidity.

No credentials means the only way to make $$$ is work lots of hours, even if you have a trade ticket or a engineering degree from the US it will generally not be recognized here. Being an US citizen makes it harder for you to come compared to someone from the Commonwealth etc. I would not want to come up if you are looking at a entry level position as most of the nice to haves (Paid flights, company truck, decent housing, $$$) comes with experience and position. A more detailed CV might help us help you…

I have a pretty decent background filled with both field and office experience, quite a few industry certifications etc. and three trades tickets which allows me to charge out in the triple digit per hour range as a “consultant”, the company I “consult” to fly’s me back and forth to Edmonton or Calgary pretty much whenever I want and puts me up in camp all at their cost. Add in a truck and a gas card and things are pretty livable but I am working ~70 minutes North of Fort Mac. and avoid going into town unless I need beer. I billed out almost 2600 hours last year and will likely beat that by a few hundred hours this year so if you want a 40 hour a week job they are pretty sparse.

Camps can range from downright scary to pretty damn nice, where I am staying is a “Executive Lodge” which runs ~$7000/month for the suite I have: