Instrument Technician
Posted 13 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Lead Instrument Technician”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsBOSIET, Compex
Field of studyEngineering (or related)
Study levelCertificate or higher
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
Wood is recruiting for an Offshore Lead Instrument Technician to join our team in Equatorial Guinea.
Location: Offshore FPSO, Equatorial Guinea
Rotation / Work Pattern: Offshore 5 weeks / 5 weeks off - 7-day week / 12 hour day
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
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Ensuring the fire, gas and ESD safety systems are fully operational within specification at all times
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Ensure the product metering system is maintained and operated within design parameters and fulfils the Fiscal requirements
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Ensure the Telecom equipment is maintained and operated within design parameters
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Ensuring all instrument planned maintenance work is progressed and completed satisfactorily and recorded on the planned maintenance history records
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Ensuring the Instrument Isolation Authority is performing isolations as part of the Permit to Work (PTW) SYSTEM
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Compilation of accurate reports of any work or incidents affecting instrument or electrical equipment
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To plan and organize the work activity of their discipline technicians such that all planned and unplanned work is progressed to a satisfactory completion, in a safe and efficient manner. To this end the use of all available planning tools is vital
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Liaison with other maintenance and production personnel to ensure all work is coordinated, and within production considerations
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Ensure the personnel under his control maintain a high degree of HS&E awareness
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To ensure plant and equipment is fully operational and critically maintained in accordance with procedures
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To review the quality of information in the maintenance database, such that the information contained is technically valid, accurate and up to date. This includes the correct closing out of Work Orders ensuring they are completed within the correct timeframe and the work carried out in them is detailed as per SAP requirements in line with the SAP data quality input standards
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To effectively manage the consumables budget for the discipline under his control and to work within the budgetary constraints of the installation in general
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Manage and identify all consumables and spares for his discipline this is to ensure that work can be expedited when the equipment arrives on board