Instrument Maintenance Technician

Atlas NextWave; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed 9-day Fortnight

33 days annual leave

Job summary

Atlas NextWave is seeking an experienced Instrument Maintenance Technician to join a skilled onsite maintenance team at a key gas processing facility in the UK. The role involves routine and corrective maintenance, fault finding, and commissioning activities to ensure reliability and safety of critical plant equipment.

You will work a fixed 9-day fortnight with hours 07:30–16:30, and a 33 days annual leave entitlement.

Qualifications

• Oil & Gas, petrochemical or process industry maintenance experience.
• Strong knowledge of instrumentation, metering and fire & gas systems.
• Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and organisational abilities.
• Experience using maintenance management systems.
• Onshore or offshore maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Routine and corrective maintenance on instrumentation and control systems.
• Fault finding, diagnostics and defect resolution on critical plant equipment.
• Commissioning and decommissioning activities.
• Supporting plant modifications and improvement projects.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and technical reports.
• Ensuring compliance with site safety systems, permits and procedures.

Skills

Fault finding

Problem solving

Communication skills

Organisational abilities

Maintenance management systems

Onshore/offshore experience

Tools

Maintenance management systems

Job description

Atlas NextWave is supporting a major UK energy operator with an ongoing requirement for experienced Instrument Maintenance Technician to join a highly skilled maintenance team at a key gas processing facility.

This is an excellent opportunity to secure a long-term contract role with work expected to continue until the site's planned end of production in 2028. Technicians will work a fixed 9-day fortnight working pattern, offering an attractive work-life balance.

The Role

Working as part of the onsite maintenance team, you will undertake routine and corrective maintenance activities to ensure the continued reliability, integrity and availability of critical production and processing equipment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Routine and non-routine maintenance of instrumentation and control systems
• Fault finding, diagnostics and defect resolution on critical plant equipment
• Commissioning and decommissioning activities
• Supporting plant modifications and improvement projects
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and technical reports
• Ensuring compliance with site safety systems, permits and procedures
• Working on systems including:
• Fiscal Metering
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD)

About You

We are keen to hear from technicians with:

• Oil & Gas, petrochemical or process industry maintenance experience
• Strong knowledge of instrumentation, metering and fire & gas systems
• Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and organisational abilities
• Experience using maintenance management systems
• Onshore or offshore maintenance experience preferred
• Fixed 9-Day Fortnight
• Working hours: 07:30 - 16:30 (9 hours onsite per day)
• 33 days annual leave entitlement, taken during working time
• Long-term contract expected to run until 2028