Job description
WTS Energy is seeking to hire Senior Electrical /Instrument Engineer (Maintenance) for one of its client who is a reputed International Oil & Gas operating company.
The responsibilities of Senior Electrical /Instrument Engineer (Maintenance) include but are not limited to the following,
- Improve the safety, reliability and efficiency of plant & associated equipment by application of their engineering discipline expertise in providing solutions to maintenance problems.
- Ensure high uptime by safely eliminating bad actors.
- Develop and implement cost effective “smart” CMMS E&I maintenance strategies/routines/procedures and equipment performance assurance standards.
- Establish and maintain good relationships with internal and external Clients.
- Champion safe working practices for maintaining Safety Critical Elements on electrical and instrument systems, such as HV/LV, emergency power, DC UPS installations, ESD, fire & gas. Mentor and coach indigenous E&I discipline technicians in pursuit of excellence carrying out preventative and breakdown maintenance programmes and routines
- 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 an Engineering Institute is desirable
- 15 years operational oil and gas industry maintenance experience, including 10 years offshore, is essential
- An in depth knowledge of field operations including onshore and offshore Production operations, computerised maintenance management system and logistics.
- BOSIET/HUET certificate & offshore medical certificate of fitness
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
- Experienced Team Leader offshore and onshore
- Management of Change
Terms & Conditions
- For this position, preference will be given to Nigerian nationals. In case Expatriate candidate(s) are selected it is a prerequisite he/she is tasked to mentor and train a Nigerian understudy.
- Duration: Initial contract for one year and can be extended based on performance.
- Work Schedule: Resident based position.
Company Profile
An independent International Oil and Gas Company operating in West Africa.
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Region
Unknown
Publication date
07-10-2012
Publication end date
08-11-2012