Instrument Engineer
TR/078979
Posted: 03/09/2025
- Competitive
- Scotland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeen
- Contract
Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Instrument Engineer, based in Aberdeen.
Responsibilities:
Experience & Qualifications:
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/078979.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Responsibilities:
- Acting as the onshore technical focal point for matters on control / instrumentation / telecoms / fiscal and environmental metering and providing support as required to the offshore installation.
- Prepare for planned and corrective maintenance activities including but not limited to scope development, vendor selection and procurement support etc.
- Review of vendor and close out reports for technical content and ensure corrective work orders for follow up work is raised including further vendor mobilisations as required
- Assist in closing out of synergy cases and ORA / HIRA actions as assigned to own discipline
- Provide input to asset planning process for yearly to 14 day execution plans for control / instrumentation / telecoms / fiscal and environmental metering scopes
- Review and monitor planned maintenance routines and equipment performance and identify continuous improvements required for associated maintenance strategies including update of CMMS
- Review and monitor planned maintenance routines and equipment performance and identify requirements for operational and critical spares adjustment to minimise risk.
- Identifying modifications required for continuous improvement, obsolescence, set point changes or regulatory compliance and raise modification request as required and agreed as well as reviewing technical content of modifications raised by others.
- Monitor daily reporting and equipment breakdown and processing of fiscal and environmental mismeasurements
- Monitor Safety Instrumented Functions performance and proof test results taking corrective action as required
- Monitor alarm performance preparing monthly KPI and initiating remedial actions for alarm reduction
- Produce and submit deferrals for safety critical scopes within area of expertise i.e. control / instrumentation / telecoms / fiscal and environmental metering
- Contribute to the development of scope of work for maintenance frame agreements / contracts
- Participate in inspections, FAT and offshore surveys as required.
- Advising on competency assessments of offshore instrument personnel as requested
- Ensure effective implementation of HSEQ&RC requirements in specifications, systems, procedures, maintenance routines and in daily practice
Experience & Qualifications:
- A creative and organised Instrument Engineer with excellent interpersonal skills and problem-solving ability.
- An HNC/HND or BSc in Instrument Engineering or equivalent (Chartered/Incorporated desirable)
- Necessary certification for offshore travel essential.
- (TÜV Rhineland) Functional Safety Engineer Certification (preferred).
- Demonstrable experience in an operational process environment, preferably within the Offshore / Oil and Gas sector data.
- Understanding of UK offshore legislation and fiscal / environmental metering experience.
- Understanding of Class & Flag requirements for FPSO’s
- Experience in Maximo (preferred)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in Kongsberg Maritime K-Chief (desirable)
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office Applications and relevant discipline specific software.
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/078979.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Lachlan Nicholson
Staff Recruitment Manager
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