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Instrument (PACO) Engineering Support Services Personnel

Western Development Company Limited
Tunu Node, Delta Posted Nov 13, 2026
On-site

About this role

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g and Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title

Instrument (PACO) Engineering Support Services Personnel

Location

Location: Tunu Node, Delta

Gender: Male/Female

Start Date: 1st December 2026

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Control Room Operation
  • Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks of the associated components of the PAS, SIS and Fire & Gas Systems (Point Gas Detector).
  • 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
  • Technically support Operations personnel towards plant safe operations.
  • 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 Flow station and AGG facilities
  • 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.

Requirements

Academics:

  • OND / HND in Sciences or Engineering

Work Experience:

  • 3 to 5 years as Instrumentation Technician in Oil and Gas industry with experience in Crude oil separation and Gas dehydration.
  • Tunu node (Tunu, Ogbotobo, Opukushi and Benisede) experience will be considered as added advantage.

Skills

  • Upstream Production & Field Operations | Control Room Operations | Process Monitoring
  • Preventive | Predictive | Corrective | First-Line Maintenance
  • Equipment Inspection | Testing | Troubleshooting | Fault Diagnosis | Rectification
  • Emerson Delta-V DCS | Alarm Response | Production Surveillance | Field Data Collection
  • Plant / Station Start-Up | Shutdown | Reset | Stabilization | Upset Response
  • Pumps | Compressors | Separators | Vessels | Valves | Motors | Fans | HVAC / Utility Systems
  • Equipment Isolation | Draining / Depressurization | Reinstatement Readiness | PTW | LOTO
  • Production Volume Monitoring / Reporting | Sampling | Data Validation
  • PFD / P&ID | Schematics | Technical Manuals | Work Packs | Maintenance Records
  • Turnaround | Shutdown Maintenance | Equipment Preparation | Maintenance Coordination
  • Process Safety | HSSE | Hazard Identification | Unsafe Act / Unsafe Condition Awareness and reporting
  • Emergency Response | Root-Cause / Structured Troubleshooting | Reliability & Availability
  • Brownfield / Existing-Asset Environment | FEED / DED Exposure | Aspen HYSYS V14

Soft Skills (Added advantage):

  • Perform basic computer related activities.
  • Knowledge of worksite hazard mgt and permit to work systems.
  • Ability to multi-task effectively
  • Communication & teamworking.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Good organizational skills
  • Flexibility and adaptability.
  • Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision

Work Cycle

  • The work location is Swamp-field based accessible via the Helicopter and Boat.
  • The job activity period is daily on 12-hour (7am to7pm) routine over a 21-day period.
  • There is a standard 3weeks on and 3weeks 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.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.

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