About this role
Role/Job
INSTRUMENT (PACO) ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES – TUNU NODE
Academics OND/HND in Sciences or Engineering
Gender Male/Female
Start Date 1st December 2026
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
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Upstream Production & Field Operations | Control Room Operations | Process Monitoring
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Preventive | Predictive | Corrective | First-Line Maintenance
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Equipment Inspection | Testing | Troubleshooting | Fault Diagnosis | Rectification
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Emerson Delta-V DCS | Alarm Response | Production Surveillance | Field Data Collection
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Plant / Station Start-Up | Shutdown | Reset | Stabilization | Upset Response
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Pumps | Compressors | Separators | Vessels | Valves | Motors | Fans | HVAC / Utility Systems
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Equipment Isolation | Draining / Depressurization | Reinstatement Readiness | PTW | LOTO
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Production Volume Monitoring / Reporting | Sampling | Data Validation
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PFD / P&ID | Schematics | Technical Manuals | Work Packs | Maintenance Records
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Turnaround | Shutdown Maintenance | Equipment Preparation | Maintenance Coordination
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Process Safety | HSSE | Hazard Identification | Unsafe Act / Unsafe Condition Awareness and reporting
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Emergency Response | Root-Cause / Structured Troubleshooting | Reliability & Availability
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Brownfield / Existing-Asset Environment | FEED / DED Exposure | Aspen HYSYS V14
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Soft Skills
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(Added advantage)
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· Perform basic computer related activities.
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· Knowledge of worksite hazard mgt and permit to work systems.
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· Ability to multi-task effectively
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· Communication & teamworking.
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· Ability to work under pressure.
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· Good organizational skills
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· Flexibility and adaptability.
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· Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision
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Roles and Responsibilities
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· Control Room Operation
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· Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks of the associated components of the PAS, SIS and Fire & Gas Systems (Point Gas Detector).
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· Ensure periodic health checks on Human Machine Interface workstations and Servers. Systems fault diagnosis and recovery.
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· 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.
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· Work closely with service Contractor(s) towards safe delivery of vendor-based maintenance jobs.
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· Initiate and follow up with spares procurement towards expedited delivery for maintenance execution.
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· Ensure technical integrity of assets through Preventive and Corrective Maintenance activities, quality assurance and performance standard verification of safety critical equipment
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· Technically support Operations personnel towards plant safe operations.
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· Ensure field instrumentation availability and reliability towards meeting business targets on hydrocarbon processing and export operations.
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· Maintain Systems availability for the continuous operation of the Flow station and AGG facilities
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· Identifying critical spares and follow-up ordering and delivery.
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· Integrate with other disciplines to achieve Asset integrity on continuous basis.
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· Promotes site safety and continuous hazard identification, mitigation and close-out.
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· Other assignments for continuous improvements as exigent.
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Work Cycle
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· The work location is Swamp-field based accessible via the Helicopter and Boat.
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· The job activity period is daily on 12-hour (7am to7pm) routine over a 21-day period.
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· There is a standard 3weeks on and 3weeks off schedule.
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· The successful candidate will manage own absences with his/her contractor for suitable qualified covers.
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· There may be need for periodic visits to Shell industrial area for trainings and official assignments.
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· Personnel may be required to work extended hours as need may arises.