Instrumentation Technician at Adexen

Job Reference: 1345
Location: Nigeria
Function: Technical/technicians

Job Description

• To ensure safety of commissioning activities on yard and on site, by performing activities in respect with Company standing instruction and Work Permit instructions.
• To ensure that the work identified in the work permit is performed according to company specification

Commissioning Execution:

• Performs on site the commissioning operations (test and check sheets ).
• Ensures that the Company’s HSE regulations are respected (especially procedures related to Work Permits)
• Witnessing of contractor pre-commissioning activities as defined by the supervisor.
• Raise and clear punch List items
• Report any non-conformity to his Supervisor
• Reporting and progress follow up
• Report daily activities to the supervisor

Expectations

• Minimum Qualification : Technician
• Education Level : High school or Higher National Diploma or Certificate
• Experience: 2-5 years in a similar position

Mandatory Competences:

• English / Commissioning / Instrumentation & Loop testing/Instrument tools : HART communicator , Druck pump

Recommended Competences:

• ICAPS/OPERCOM
• Petroleum: Have a basic understanding of facilities / process (from well to export). Be knowledgeable of hydrocarbons behaviour and associated risks (explosion, asphyxia…).
• Computer: Be able to produce a report using Microsoft Word; be able to perform simple calculation with Microsoft Excel. Have been introduced to the use of the internet and e-mails.
• Physics: Understanding and use of basic laws and units of physic (temperature, pressure, volume, density; specific gravity…).

Engineering:

• Be able to read and use drawings (P&ID’s, ESD matrix and loop diagrams), vendor documents, name plate, datasheets. Be knowledgeable of instrument symbols.
• Understand regulation principles and be able to analyse them (differentiation in between cascade, split range, simple).
• Have a basic understanding of PCS, F&G, and ESD systems. Understand inhibit, alarm and trip concepts.

Equipment:

• Understand working principle of basic instruments: level and interface level transmitters, thermocouples, manometers, vibration probes, metering devices (orifice plate, coriolis, turbine, volumetric)…
• Understand manual and automatic valves (including PSV) principle and command (positioner…).
• Be familiar with all types of F&G detection (fusible loop, UV/IR, gas, smoke);
• Know how to select and use the necessary hand tools.
• Correct use and handling of tubing, compression fittings, gaskets, “O” rings, cable glands…
• Correct use and handling of multimeters, calibration unit, hydraulic pumps, temperature bath, smart calibrator.