WTS Energy an independent International Oil and Gas Company operating in West Africa. The company is seeking to hire a Senior Electrical/Instrument Maintenance Support Engineer to work in Lagos, Nigeria for its client which is a Multinational E&P Company. Provide front-line electrical/instrument maintenance support to the operational fields, both onshore and offshore.
Industry: Oil & Gas
Regional Experience: Africa
Educational Level: BSc/BA/BSocSc/Bachelor MSc/MBA/Master
Work Experience: 15 years
Type of Employment: Contract
Regions / Country: Africa Lagos Nigeria
Job Description:
- Provide technical support to offshore and onshore, for all operational electrical/instrument discipline maintenance matters.
- Will be required to travel to each of the locations on a regular basis to assist field maintenance staff
- Provide contractual resources for all electrical/instrument discipline aspects of the fields operational maintenance as required.
- Compile monthly maintenance performance statistics for inclusion in the monthly report by the MEM.
- Continually review all spares and stock requirements / usage and advise HMI with regard to discipline requirements / changes.
- Develop plan to replace aging equipment and associated sparing & maintenence
- Provide discipline input into the CMMS.
- Responsible for providing the electrical/instrumental CM program for both field locations, trending data and advising on required actions from findings.
- Responsible for providing the motor bearing analysis and thermographic surveys for field locations, trending data and advising on required actions from findings.
- Responsible for providing FMEA and develop a matrix for the critical assets.
- Monitor and assess electrical/instrument candidates for HV/LV isolations and ESD/F&G testing
- Develop on-the-job electrical/instrument CBT and assessment via 3rd-Parties
- Develop & maintain Hazardous Area equipment registers and Plot Plans for all facilities
Requirements:
- An HNC or equivalent in electrical/instrument maintenance discipline is desirable
- COREN Registration is desirable
- Member of Engineering Institute is desirable
- 15 years operational oil and gas industry maintenance experience, including 10 years offshore, is essential
- 40 years and above.
- An in depth knowledge of field operations including onshore and offshore Production operations, computerised maintenance management system and logistics.
- A sound knowledge of Nigerian Legislation, International Standards, Best Practise, HSSE, Safety Case, SCE, design & operating performance standards, Management of Change/Deviations, Project to Operations handover criteria, hazardous area safe working practices.
- Working experience of electrical generation, distribution, switching, UPS, protection system function testing, fault finding, instrumentation, testing of PSVs, Fiscal Metering, loop testing, ESD, fire & gas, deluge systems etc.
- Working experience of a Senior Site Electrical Authority or TCI to provide safe HV/LV/DC and process isolations for Permit to Work.
- Competent in reading engineering drawings, P&IDs, C&Es, loop, schematics and SLD, ladder and logic charts.
- Familiar with RCA, IPF, RBI, RCM, RAM and risk mitigation.
- Mentor, coach and train on-the-job indigenous E&I personnel
- Good written/spoken English and computer literate.
Terms & Conditions:
Work Schedule: 28 days on 28 days off rotation
Duration: Initial one year contract plus extension option
He/She will be reporting to the Head of Maintenance
For this position, preference will be given to Nigerian nationals
Deadline of Application:
The last date is 16th January, 2013 for submission of application.
