A Petrobras, the largest Brazilian company, completed 70 years In this month. Specialized in oil sector and gas, the company has invested in energy transition initiatives to ensure a more sustainable future.
With more than 45 thousand professionals employed, the company operates in several Brazilian regions. Among his highlights and achievements, Petrobras has become one of the oil producers with the lowest rate of polluting gas emissions in the world.
Between 2015 and 2022, the company managed to reduce absolute gas emissions from the greenhouse effect in its operations.
The Brasil Escola team was invited by Petrobras to visit the company's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Collaborators shared their career and work experiences in the largest company in Brazil. Check out!
How to work at Petrobras?
To work at Petrobras it is necessary to pass the public tender for the position of technical or higher level.
Check out the stages that are part of the Petrobras competition:
Publication of the notice with the rules and guidelines on the selection process.
Registration for the competition.
Carrying out tests and other assessment processes such as the Multiprofessional Assessment and title assessment (required for some careers).
Disclosure of results and admission of new employees.
To find out more details about the Petrobraas competition, check out the notices from the latest selection editions for the higher level It is technical level. Check out career information and how to join Petrobras in this page.
Still in 2023, Petrobras must publish a notice for a new public competition at a technical level. In this selection, the company will expand the reserve of vacancies for certain groups, strengthening its commitment to diversity and inclusion. Look:
20% for black candidates.
20% for people with disabilities (PwD).
Petrobras internship program
Petrobras has a internship program for undergraduate students from different areas of training. In this process, interns participate in dynamics to solve real business challenges, explains Danilo Garbazza, Selection and Recruitment manager at Petrobras.
Work careers at Petrobras
Throughout your time working at Petrobras, you can work in different sectors and areas of the company, says Danilo Garbazza.
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Depending on internal demands and selections, employees may change departments and work sectors. In this sense, Garbazza reinforces the aspect of career flexibility that Petrobras offers its employees.
"Here we change jobs without changing companies". The person making this statement is Tiana Maciel Ellwanger, who works as Experience and Journey coordinator for New Employees.
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With 14 years at Petrobras, Tiana says that she started in the communications area and then worked in the Information Technology (IT) sector. Currently, the Rio native has been working in the Human Resources (HR) area for three years.
One of the company's objectives, according to Tiana, is to build an increasingly diverse Petrobras. The professional reinforces that in this sense is the search for more women working at the state-owned company, as well as people with disabilities and black people.
From the position of technician to superior
Born in Salvador (BA), Janssen Villian, a Petrobras employee, has accumulated experience at both technical and higher education levels.
Graduated from the Chemical Technician course, Janssen's first position was as an operations technician in the Transfer and Storage, sector responsible for storing oil when it arrives at the refinery to be processed and transformed into its derivatives.
"As soon as we pass the Petrobras competition, we already realize the world that Petrobras is, in terms of possibilities, of encouraging study and learning. When I was called up, before starting work, I was asked to take a training course that lasted four months. After completing the course, I was lucky enough to stay in Bahia and was allocated to work in a refinery."
Janssen Villian
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The young man reinforces the importance of exchanging experiences in the workplace, as it is possible to interact with recent graduates and professionals with a 30-year career.
Among his activities over time at the state-owned company are management and coordination positions, including instructor at the refining academy.
Approval in the Petrobras higher competition, after training in Petroleum Engineering, allowed the Bahian to continue with the company now at a higher level. Villian's current position is in the Governance and Project Review Management.
"We are currently talking about energy transition. Petrobras is leading this movement. It's really cool to be in a company that is a cutting-edge leader, that has the largest research center in Latin America. And that we can be involved in these activities, with our knowledge and skills."
Janssen Villian
Petrobras University and career development
To guarantee the development and training of professionals who work at Petrobras, the company has an extensive and modern infrastructure that constitutes the Petrobras University.
Petrobras University is responsible for training courses taken by new employees who enter the company, to the training offered for the development and updating of professionals.
"Petrobras' innovation is not only in the main work processes and products, but also in the process of education", says Delmir Peixoto, consultant in Educational Methodologies and Technologies, at the University Petrobras.
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The Laboratory of Learning Experiences with Disruptive Methodologies at Petrobras University has with state-of-the-art technological resources that are applied in training and qualification of servers. Among the tools are: telepresence robots, extended realities and metaverse.
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At Petrobras, each employee goes through 60 hours of training per year, What represents 70% more than the market average, points out Danilo Garbazza.
Professionals who can work at Petrobras
Check out some professional areas present at Petrobras:
Administration
Systems Analysis
Data Science
Economy
environmental engineering
civil Engineering
Electrical engineering
Equipment Engineering
mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
production engineering
Work's Security Engineer
Naval Engineering
Nursing
Geophysics
Geology
Journalism
Medicine
Advertising and marketing
Chemical
See some technical training who are present at Petrobras:
Occupational Safety Technician
Logistics Technician
Chemistry Technician
Operation Technician
Inspection Technician
Administration Technician
Danilo Garbazza mentions that they are more than 30 technical careers It is more than 50 higher-level careers at Petrobras.
Access the Professions Guide and learn more about courses and professional careers.
Activities developed by Petrobras
Check out the activities developed by Petrobras:
Exploration and production
It involves exploration, development and production activities of crude oil, natural gas in Brazil and abroad, as well as Natural Gas Liquids (NGL).
Refining, transport and marketing
It encompasses refining, logistics, transportation, marketing and trading activities of crude oil and its derivatives in Brazil and abroad. Also involved are ethanol exports, petrochemical operations, such as shale extraction and processing.
Gas, energy and renewables
Logistics and commercialization activities for electricity and natural gas, as well as energy generation through thermoelectric plants. They also include natural gas processing and fertilizer operations.
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Petrobras in numbers
Keep up to date with some numbers that reinforce the dimension that Petrobras has in the Brazilian and global economic scenario:
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* The Brasil Escola team traveled at the invitation of Petrobras
By Lucas Afonso
Journalist
