Senior Supervisor (Operations Maintenance Contract Engineer)-(Instrument Paco Asset Maintenance) at Vagan Oil & Gas Limited

Academics

• OND/HND or BSc in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Discipline.

Work Experience

• Minimum of 8 years working as a PACO/Instrumentation Technician with hands-on and supervisory discipline experience.
• Membership of other professional bodies would be considered an added advantage.

Skills (Added advantage)

• Experience in actuator valves and ESD systems maintenance
• Experience in PAS and fire protection systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Safeguarding systems maintenance.
• Understanding of Distributed control system, preferably Emerson Delta-V.
• Field Instrumented Pneumatic systems.
• Experience in CAO/SCADA/SMAR Systems.
• Knowledge of worksite hazard management
• Computer literate (Competent user of Microsoft Office and ability to liaise with programs).

Soft Skills

• Strong coaching, mentoring, and listening skills who respect and value the opinions of others.
• The ability to create and maintain cordial working relationships with colleagues.
• Good Communication & team-working disposition.
• Good organizational and Networking skills.
• Committed to professional development, and continuous Improvement mindset.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Problem-solving and good analytical skills.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The PACO/Instrumentation technician will be responsible for the following:
• Carryout troubleshooting, perform diagnostics on instrument loops and repairs.
• Perform Installation and calibration of field instruments.
• Conduct all non-routine and potentially hazardous routine jobs under the Permit-To-Work System.
• Preparing Maintenance Job Routines (MJRs) and work packets, assessing current operating and maintenance procedures, and making recommendations as required.
• Identifying vendor support requirements for equipment maintenance and providing technical support for repairing malfunctioning equipment, such as crude transfer pumps.
• Liaise with OEMs for troubleshooting, spare parts, field technical supports, etc.
• Support the maintenance (operation) team in all troubleshooting exercises.
• Carry out maintenance routine activities in line with company standards, and local and international standards.
• Participate in equipment failure RCA (Root Cause Analysis), investigation, and improvement initiatives.
• Onsite responsibility for safe supervision during work execution.
• Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks of the associated components of the
• Robertshaw Panel integrated Control, Safety Instrumented and Fire & Gas Systems.
• Ensure periodic health checks on Human Machine Interface workstations and Servers. Systems fault diagnosis and recovery.
• Access and interpret Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID); Cause and Effects Matrix (C&E);
• Process Flow Scheme (PFS); Functional Logic Diagram (FLD); Instrument Loop Drawings (ILD) and Process
• Engineering Flow Scheme (PEFS) required for fault tracing and issues resolutions.
• Work closely with service Contractor(s) towards safe delivery of vendor-based maintenance jobs.
• Initiate and follow up with spares procurement towards expedited delivery for maintenance execution.
• Ensure technical integrity of assets through Preventive and Corrective Maintenance activities, quality assurance and performance standard verification of safety critical equipment.
• Ensure field instrumentation availability and reliability towards meeting business targets on hydrocarbon processing and export operations.
• Maintain Systems availability for the continuous operation of the facility.
• Identifying critical spares and follow-up ordering and delivery.
• Integrate with other disciplines to achieve Asset integrity on continuous basis.
• Promotes site safety and continuous hazard identification, mitigation, and close-out.
• Other assignments for continuous improvements as exigent.

Work Cycle

• The work location is field based.
• The job activity period is daily on 12-hour (7am to7pm) routine over a 21-day period.
• There is a standard 3-weeks on and 3-weeks off schedule.
• The successful candidate will manage own absences with his/her contractor for suitable qualified covers.
• There may be need for periodic visits to Shell industrial area for trainings and official assignments.
• Personnel may be required to work extended hours as need may arises.