Offshore Instrumentation Technician

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Wood is recruiting for a National Offshore Instrument Technician to join our team in Equatorial Guinea.

Please note this position is only open to National Equatorial Guinea personnel.

Location: Offshore Equatorial Guinea 

Rotation / Work Pattern: Offshore 4 weeks / 4 weeks off - 7-day week / 12 hour day 

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the fire, gas and ESD safety systems are fully operational within specification at all times
• Ensure the product metering system is maintained and operated within design parameters and fulfils the Fiscal requirement
• Ensure the Telecom equipment is maintained and operated within design parameters
• Ensuring all instrument planned maintenance work is progressed and completed satisfactorily and documentation completed to update CMMS system
• Acting as Instrument Isolation Authority in performing isolations as part of the Permit to Work (PTW) SYSTEM
• Assure all planned and unplanned work is progressed to a satisfactory completion, in a safe and efficient manner. To this end the use of all available planning tools is vital
• Liaison with other maintenance and production personnel to ensure all work is coordinated, and within production considerations
• Maintain a high degree of HS&E awareness
• To ensure plant and equipment is fully operational and critically maintained in accordance with procedures. 
• To provide OJT (On-the-Job Training) for less experienced technicians so they are fully supported in their assigned tasks and perform competency assessment assurance
• Ensuring a safe place of work by complying with Permit to Work (PTW) system and safe working procedure(s)
• The prospective employee will be expected to participate in Process Safety Management activities such as but not limited to:
  • Management of Change 
  • Investigation of Incidents 
  • Process Hazards Analysis 
  • Operating Procedures and Practices 
  • Compliance Audits 
  • Pre-start-up Safety Reviews 
  • Contractors and Short Service Contractors

What makes you remarkable?

Essential requirements for this role: 

• Degree in Instrumentation, Automation, Process Control, or a relevant field.
• Previous experience working in the offshore or onshore oil & gas industry
• BOSIET & CA\EBS Certification

Desirable:

• Communicate effectively in English orally and written 
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment alongside other technical disciplines
• PLC
• ABB Advant 500 Series Control System
• Cameron Sub-Sea Control
• Electra Hydraulic Sub-Sea Control Systems