Senior Instrument Technician at SPIE Oil & Gas Services

SPIE Oil & Gas Services (part of the SPIE Group) provides a complete range of services to some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies through its network of offices in 25 countries across Africa, the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific.

Our turnover has more than doubled in the last few years thanks to the dedication of our 4,000 employees to whom we give training, recognition, and genuine opportunities for career development. In order to support this growth, SPIE Oil & Gas Services is always seeking talented individuals to join its teams.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Instrument Technician M/F

Reference: 2026-42037  
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Contract type: Permanent contract
Contractual hours: Full time

Main Activities

• Monitor equipment conditions using all indications available in the control room, on site, and portable test equipment.
• Diagnose equipment problems, report abnormal conditions to CSR, and prepare detailed work requests for plant defects.
• Read, interpret, and implement technical information found in manufacturers and OEM technical manuals, electrical and mechanical P & IDs, and operating and maintenance procedures.
• Make daily checks to ensure safety and cleanliness of the plant is maintained to a high standard and ensure Equipment Operators carry out scheduled operational checks.
• Conduct shift change by fully briefing the incoming Unit Operator and ensure all Equipment Operators assigned to the plant under the control of the Unit Operator fully brief their reliefs.
• Tests accuracy of flowmeters, pressure gauges, temperature indicators, controllers, radiation counters or detectors, and other recording, indicating or controlling instruments to locate defective components in system, using test equipment, such as pressure gauges, mercury manometers, potentiometers, pulse and signal generators, oscilloscopes, transistor curve tracers, and ammeters, voltmeters, and wattmeter.

Operations:

• Involve in evaluation of instrument performance to identify optimization and enhancement opportunities
• Remove defective instruments from system, decontaminate, disassemble, clean, and reassemble instruments, and replace defective parts, using hand tools.
• Lubricate instruments and replace defective wiring and tubing.
• Calibrate readings on instruments according to standards and adjusts phasing and aligns stages to ensure accuracy of recording and indicating function.
• Record calibrations made, parts and components used, and inventory of parts on hand.
• Prepares schematic drawings, sketches, and reports to reflect changes or alterations made in instruments, circuits, and systems

QHSE:

• Ensures HSE policy fulfillment during his activities
• Establishes and maintains a strong safety culture in line with Company HSE Requirements and Rules
• Is responsible to ensures compliance with HSE Legislation, Company Standards and Procedures under his area of responsibility to ensure employees safety, legislative compliance, and responsible environment attitude
• Ensures compliance with Operating Procedures & Guidelines with the asset to ensure Process Safety, Operational Safety and Plan Integrity
• Performs the updating of technical documentation.
• Gives his contribution in Hazard Analyses, incident investigations, Root Cause, Failure Analyses, process incidents advising his hierarchy about HSE issues and proposing corrective solutions.

Profile

• Experience personnel with expertise reading, interpreting, and implementing technical information found in manufacturers and OEM technical manuals, electrical and mechanical P & IDs, and operating and maintenance procedures.

Working at SPIE

• What can we offer you?Work for an international Group with operations on every continent,
• Experience a wide variety of professions within several activities:
  • Outdoor networks and street lighting
  • Information and communication systems
  • Nuclear power
  • Maintenance
  • Oil and gas
  • HVAC engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
• Working in energy and the environment, sectors of the future at the heart of sustainable development issues

Candidate criteria:

• Minimum level of experience required: 6 years or more
• Required authorisations: H0B0 Electrical Habilitation
• Languages: English (A-Elementary proficiency)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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