Although this position is for the company’s Offshore Instrument Technician ad hoc pool, the successful candidate will be employed on a permanent salaried basis.  This position will be either based on a Platform or FPSO in the North Sea and the client is ideally looking to take on a candidate who is available for an immediate start. 

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Carrying out planned maintenance in accordance with the requirements of the planned maintenance system.
• Assisting with the coordination of spare parts requirements and the optimisation of spares stack levels.
• Carrying out unplanned maintenance as required.
• Minimising downtime and contributing to the achievement of production targets
• Preparing technical reports as required.
• Fault finding and rectification for instrumentation systems.
• Carrying out isolations of instrument and control systems.
• Holding special responsibility for the maintenance of fire and gas detection and alarm systems.
• Carrying out inspections and maintenance of instrumentation equipment in hazardous areas.

The following Qualifications / Training are essential for this role:

• Recognised Instrument Apprenticeship or equivalent training scheme.
• HNC in Control / Instrumentation Engineering.
• NVQ / SVQ Level 3 certification or equivalent in Maintenance.
• COMPEX (Hazardous Areas).
• A current SBT01&02 or TSBT01&02 qualification.
• Current and valid Offshore Certification (BOSIET, MIST, Medical, EBS and Shoulder Measurements).

The following experience / knowledge is essential for this role:  

• Prior experience within a specific Offshore Instrument Maintenance Technician post within the North Sea.
• Experience with hydrocarbon / industrial production systems and associated hazards.
• Experience of process instrumentation.
• Experience of process control systems.
• Experience with fire and gas detection and ESD systems.
• Experience of working with cause and effect logic diagrams.
• Familiarity with the permit to work system and isolation procedures.
• Experience of carrying out work-site inspections.
• Experience of carrying out routine, corrective, breakdown and condition based maintenance.
• Experience of carrying out fault finding and installation, isolation and re-instatement of offshore equipment.
• Possessing the ability to read, interpret and mark up instrumentation technical schematic drawings to as built status.