Instrumentation Technician / PACO Support at Amecron Nigeria Limited

Roles and Responsibilities
The Instrument Technician will be responsible for the following:

• Calibrations of smart transmitter (using HART communicator), pressure controllers, Safeguarding System devices, Pressure control valves, relief valves, Pressure vacuum valves, Regulators,
• Use and interpret Engineering Drawings for field work
• Carry out calibration of flow and level switches, Digital and Pneumatic Instrumentation, Process Automation and Controls Systems
• Maintenance of AFFF fire and gas systems and Linear Heat detection (LHD) system on crude oil storage tanks 
• Operation and maintenance of field instrument devices.
• Use of diagnostic tools such as Druck Pressure Calibrator, hand pumps, Current Loop Calibrator (Unomat), Hart Communicator and other Instrumentation hand tools for testing and fault tracing in Hazardous Areas.
• Daily proactive monitoring of rotating equipment and safety instrumented systems (SIS)& production critical equipment.
• Job Hazard Assessments / Permit to Work preparation.
• Promotes site safety and continuous hazard identification, mitigation, and close-out.
• Work closely with other service Contractor(s) for safe delivery of vendor-based maintenance jobs.
• Other assignments for continuous improvements (AMS process application: RCAs, MTO, MEC etc.) as exigent.

Requirements

• Academics: OND / HND / Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent Instrumentation course.
• Age: 45 years.
• Gender: Female / Male

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years experience working in an oil and gas producing field location or servicing oil and gas producing locations.
• Experience inSPDC Crude Export Terminal operations (Preferably Forcados Terminal)is a strong prerequisite.This includes good acquaintance with decades old installed equipment and instant ability to maintain them.

Key Skills:

• Ability to troubleshoot and rectify Instrumentation faults using P&ID drawings, loop drawings and PEFS.
• Experience in operations and maintenance of Field Instrumentation devices including but not limited to Transmitters (HART). control valves, Flow meters, differential pressure transmitters, Shutdown valves, Motorized Operated Valves, and actuators (MOVs), Fire & Gas detectors, Switches, Solenoids, loop checks.
• Experience in Distributed Control Systems (Yokogawa Centum VP). Ability to carry out first line trouble shooting using the engineering workstation, carry out control loop tuning, alarm downloads and bad actor analysis.
• Experience in Crude Oil Tank gauging systems. We have ENRAF gauges on the tanks all tied to an ENTTIS tank gauging system. Ability to carry out loop checks and calibrate the gauges for crude oil measurements.
• Experience in Fire & Gas system checks. Ability to carry out functional testing of the field detectors and carry out repairs where necessary.
• Experience in dynamic metering recertification activities including prover loop calibration exercise, meter calibration, crude oil meter proving exercise, fiscal measurement devices maintenance, linearity checks, Auto sampler grab performance test and ancillary instrument calibration exercises in line with statutory guidelines will be a great added advantage.

Soft Skills (Added advantage):

• Computer literate (Competent user of Microsoft Office and ability to liaise with programs)
• Experience in Computerized maintenance management system (SAP)
• Experience in the collaborative use of electronic permit-to-work systems
• Knowledge of worksite hazard management
• Make meaningful contributions towards Instrumentation projects
• Good Communication skills&a team player
• Ability to work with other professionals to carry out RCAs & AARs
• Ability to interface with government regulators
• A demonstrable high level of safety consciousness
• Ability to work under pressure with resilience
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision.
• Demonstration of working across disciplines (Electrical and Mechanical)
• Possession of T-BOSIET certification