Instrument Specialist* M/F

SPIE; France; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SPIE is seeking an experienced Offshore Maintenance Lead to supervise planning, execution and optimization of preventive and corrective maintenance on Instrumentation and Control Systems, utilities, and equipment. You will ensure HSE compliance, allocate resources, and mentor teams.

A Bachelor's degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering is required; 15+ years in oil and gas maintenance, offshore experience, and SAP/R3 proficiency are essential; English fluent, French/Portuguese helpful.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering or a related field.
• +15 years’ experience in maintenance on oil and gas production installations.
• Strong knowledge of Instrumentation and Control Systems (PFD, P&ID diagrams, Instrument lists and I/O lists, Specifications and data sheets, Valve, relief valve and pressure reducing valve calculations, Layout and routing plans, Assembly standards, Equipment parts lists, Terminal blocks, BJ plans, Grouping cabinet plans, Control room and technical room layout plans, Loop diagrams, Interconnection diagrams)
• SAP/R3 experience.
• Offshore work experience.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of French & Portuguese recommended

Responsibilities

• Ensure that HSE regulations are respected.
• Plan, prepare, scheduling, coordination, and execution of preventive and corrective maintenance activities within area of responsibility with available resources.
• Oversee and ensure maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and restoration of Instrumentation and Control Systems, utilities, and equipment.
• Use and maintain CMMS data, intervention reports, and inventory information to manage maintenance activities, monitor performance, prepare technical reports, and drive continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors for troubleshooting, repair, and refurbishment activities; provide feedback and identify improvement opportunities.
• Mentor teams to transfer knowledge within departments.
• Carry out interventions within field of competence as requested by COMPANY.
• Provide support in repair, installation, and commissioning; identify recurrent corrective maintenance, analyze and suggest improvements; monitor preventive maintenance programs; warn about spare parts issues; suggest modifications.
• Verify quality of interventions through on-site checks and ensure team members have required qualifications and skills; propose corrective measures if needed.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Offshore operations

Mentoring

Quality & Safety

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering

Tools

SAP/R3

Job description

• Ensures that COMPANY's HSE regulations are respected.


• Ensures the planning, preparation, scheduling, coordination, and execution of preventive and corrective maintenance activities within his area of responsibility, while considering production constraints and ensuring the availability of required resources, materials, and spare parts,


• Oversees and ensures the effective maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting, and restoration of Instrumentation and Control Systems, utilities, and equipment under his responsibility to maintain operational reliability and availability.


• Uses and maintains CMMS data, intervention reports, and inventory information to manage maintenance activities, monitor performance, prepare technical reports, and drive continuous improvement in safety, reliability, equipment preservation, and cost optimization.


• Coordinates with third-party vendors for troubleshooting, repair, and refurbishment activities, ensures proper feedback following interventions, and identifies opportunities for equipment and installation improvements.


• Ensures that the transfer of knowledge by mentoring occurs properly within his teams.


• Carries out, at the COMPANY request, any intervention within his field of competence.

Methods

• Provide support in repair, installation, and commissioning


• Identifies recurrent corrective maintenance interventions, analyses them and suggests improvements,


• Keeps a critical eye on current preventive maintenance programs and, if need be, suggests improvements,


• Warns support teams of any recurring problems related to the availability or quality of spare parts,


• Suggests improvements and requests modifications.

Quality Assurance

• Verifies the quality of his teams’ interventions by frequent on-site checks,


• Ensures that the members of his teams have the qualifications and skills required for the tasks entrusted to them and, if need be, suggests corrective measures.

Perfil

The holder of this position must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, or a related Engineering discipline


• +15 years’ experience minimum in the maintenance field on oil and gas production installations


• Good knowledge of Instrumentation and Control Systems (PFD and P&ID diagrams, Instrument list and I/O list, Specifications and data sheets, Valve, relief valve and pressure reducing valve calculations, Layout and routing plans, Assembly standards, Equipment parts lists, Terminal block and BJ plans, Grouping cabinet plans, Control room and technical room layout plans, Loop diagrams, Interconnection diagrams)


• SAP/R3 experience and know-how


• Physical ability to work on offshore installations in the climatic conditions of the site,


• Fluent in English, knowledge of French & Portuguese language recommended


• Strong leadership, reliability and work confidentiality.

Basic Salary + other internal benefit.

Local

Offshore

• Bachelor's Degree in Control & Instrumentation Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, or a related Engineering discipline


• +15 years’ experience minimum in the maintenance field on oil and gas production installations,


• Strong offshore experience

Idiomas

• Anglais (C-Professional working proficiency)


• Portugais (C-Professional working proficiency)

We align the company’s ambitious vision with the candidate’s goals to create a path of mutual growth, where talent and purpose move forward in the same direction.