Instrument (PACO) Engineering Maintenance Services Personnel at Western Development Company Limited (WDCL)

Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) is an independent limited liability company, established in Nigeria for over 13 years ago. WDCL is the sole representative of various overseas companies in the fields of Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Instrument (PACO) Engineering Maintenance Services Personnel

Location: Rumuanoh, Rivers
Start Date: 1st October 2025
Job Category: Engineering
Gender: Male/Female

Roles and Responsibilities
The Paco/Instrumentation Support will be responsible for the following:

• Onsite responsibility for safe supervision of technicians during work execution.
• Ensure performance assurance and proactive health checks of the associated components of the Robertshaw Panel integrated Control, Safety Instrumented and Fire & Gas Systems.
• 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.
• 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 facility.
• 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.

Work Cycle:

• The work location is a land-field based
• Work is Port Harcourt based and you may be required to attend courses in  IA PHC or other PHC locations as advised as well as other official assignments
• 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.
• Personnel may be required to work extended hours as need may arises.

Requirements
Academic:

• A qualification (OND / HND / Bachelor's Degree) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering Discipline.
• Age    <50yrs

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5-years working experience in an oil and gas facility working as an Instrumentation Technician.
• Experience in any Renaissance facility will be an added advantage.

Skills:

• Experience in actuator valves and ESD systems maintenance
• Experience in PAS and fire protection systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Safeguarding systems maintenance.
• Field Instrumented Pneumatic / DCS systems.
• Experience in CAO/SCADA/SMAR Systems.

Soft Skills (Added advantage):

• Ability a lead to team for safe execution of task onsite.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Perform basic computer related activities
• Knowledge and use of SAP tools and the permitry process.
• Knowledge of worksite hazard mgt and perimetry systems
• Ability to multitask effectively
• Communication & teamworking.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good organizational skills
• Self-Motivated and performs under minimal supervision.

Application Closing Date
24th September, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online