Operations Technician Aberdeen, Scotland
Job description
Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.
We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.
This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
JOB TITLE: OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure all Operations equipment for life support and safety systems are maintained and available.
- Identify and report to the Control Room any plant/equipment malfunction. Implement adjustments under the direction of the Control Room with the goal of achieving safe and reliable production.
- Work as a key member of the team who are responsible for the safe operation of the plant.
- Implement shutdown, design & implement isolation, rganizedzing and cleaning of equipment required for maintenance, purging and de-isolating ensuring all work permits have been cleared before bringing production back online.
- Carry out front line maintenance such as filter changes, pressure/temperature gauges replacement etc.
- Recover plant from any emergency shutdown and rganize loss of production, whilst adhering to operating procedures.
- Carry out lab duties, procedures and basic oil and gas analysis.
- Complete pre-start-up/operating checks, ensuring all interdependent systems are available. Complete post start-up/operating checks to ensure normal operating conditions.
- Carry out site visits and advise on risk assessment controls required for works in your assigned area. Act as counter signatory within permit system as assigned by the STL. Take responsibility to monitor work parties in your area and ensure housekeeping standards are being maintained before, during and after work.
- Ensure appropriate data is collected, collated and reported in a timely manner and with a high degree of accuracy in support of production optimization and client quality expectations.
- Take responsibility for, and ownership of 28-Day / 7-day planning & maintenance activities within the discipline and as delegated by the STL.
- Work with discipline Techs to provide effective and efficient plant preparation and re-instatement following maintenance and to ensure only one outage will be required encompassing all planned activities for the period.
- Ensure all documentation, daily logs and trip handovers are to a high standard and accurate.
- With the PMC, monitor materials movements on the materials tracker and manifest.
- ICP Focal point as tasked by the STL. Make sure verification testing is organized such that the resource and permitry is available at the agreed time.
- S/D & Projects Focal point for Operations Area as tasked by STL.
- In conjunction with other Operations personnel review any proposed modifications / work packs prior to implementation and feedback as appropriate.
- Actively support and liaise with all residential / non-residential contractors / vendors acting as central point of contact, ensuring work carried out by 3rd party personnel conforms to statutory regulations and company standards.
- Completion of Competence Management System for role in timely manner.
- Understand and comply with the installations safety case, statutory requirements, and safe systems of work.
- Ensure contractors and vendors comply with Petrofac safe systems of work and current legislation.
- Perform in an emergency role as defined by the Company Emergency Response Procedure Manual and Station Bill.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
- Recognized Operations / Production Apprenticeship or Training Scheme.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Hydrocarbon Operations support activities, preferably with experience of multi-skilling.
- OND / ONC/ City and Guilds / NVQ Level 3 – Production Operations.
- ISSOW (Proscient Or similar system) training to level 2.
- SBT assembly and re-instatement to stage ¾.
- Systems literate - experience of computerized management systems e.g., Maximo, Spreadsheets, etc.
- Good communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to share information / knowledge with other personnel.
