Instrument and Control Technician

Instrument and Control Technician

Terra Energy Services Nigeria Ltd (TES) is an indigenous Engineering and Oil and Gas Service Company incorporated in Nigeria in 2001 with expertise in providing full-service integrated solutions to clients across the entire oil and gas value chain. We currently operate from our offices in Lagos and Port-Harcourt and aspire to become the leading provider of q...

Instrument and Control Technician

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND
• Experience 8 - 12 years
• Location Nigeria
• Job Field Engineering / Technical

We are seeking an experienced and technically competent Instrument and Control Technician to support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of instrumentation, control, and safety systems on offshore production facilities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and testing of field instrumentation, analyzers, control valves, process-control systems, and safety systems, ensuring equipment reliability and compliance with applicable operational and HSE requirements.

This role requires strong hands-on instrumentation experience, excellent diagnostic skills, and proven ability to work safely and effectively in an offshore oil and gas environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain, inspect, and calibrate pressure, flow, level, and temperature instrumentation.

• Maintain and troubleshoot analyzers, control valves, actuators, and positioners.

• Diagnose and rectify faults associated with PLC, Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Fire & Gas (F&G), and process-control systems.

• Carry out instrumentation loop checks, functional testing, commissioning, and cause-and-effect verification.

• Perform preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance on instrumentation and control equipment.

• Inspect hazardous-area instrumentation and installations to ensure compliance with applicable requirements.

• Maintain accurate calibration certificates, maintenance records, equipment history, and technical documentation.

• Support equipment diagnostics, Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), defect elimination, and reliability improvement initiatives.

• Identify equipment defects and abnormal operating conditions and escalate them appropriately.

• Support shutdown, commissioning, start-up, and equipment reinstatement activities as required.

• Qualifications & Experience

• HND or Bachelor’s Degree in Instrumentation, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in the oil and gas industry, with strong upstream E&P exposure.

• Proven hands-on experience in instrumentation and control maintenance within comparable offshore or production environments.

• Strong working knowledge of HSE requirements, operational controls, maintenance procedures, and technical documentation.

• CompEx, ISA, City & Guilds, or equivalent certification is desirable.

• BOSIET/HUET and valid offshore medical certification where applicable.

• Other relevant technical or industry certifications will be an added advantage.

• Technical Expertise

The successful candidate should demonstrate practical and recent experience in:

• Field instrumentation maintenance and calibration.

• Pressure, flow, level, and temperature measurement systems.

• PLC, ESD, and Fire & Gas (F&G) system troubleshooting.

• Process-control systems and associated instrumentation.

• Control valves, actuators, and positioners.

• Instrumentation loop checking and commissioning.

• Functional testing and cause-and-effect verification.

• Hazardous-area and Explosion Protection (Ex) systems.

• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), equipment diagnostics, and fault finding.

• Preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance.

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