Instrumentation Technician: Calibration & Fault-Finding

ChampionX; Hedge End; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

ChampionX, now part of SLB, is seeking an Instrument Technician to support operations at Fawley, Southampton. You will perform planned, preventive and breakdown maintenance on instrumentation and control systems, calibrate instruments, and assist with project installation and commissioning.

You will work within a safety-focused, global technology company dedicated to energy innovation, ensuring accurate CMMS records and timely spare parts management in a hazardous environment.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or traineeship in instrumentation or related discipline.
• Technical qualification in instrumentation/electrical or related field.
• Experience maintaining instrumentation, electrical or control systems in an industrial environment.
• Training/approval to work on hazardous area equipment (CompEx Ex01-04) or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Carry out instrument planned, preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Calibrate instruments and maintain calibration records and test equipment.
• Fault-find on 4-20 mA/HART loops, pneumatic systems and control system I/O.
• Carry out safety instrumented functions proof testing and alarm testing.
• Inspect and maintain hazardous area equipment per DSEAR and site requirements.
• Assist with CAPEX project installation and commissioning, including loop checks and drawings markup.
• Record all work in the CMMS and provide feedback to improve maintenance routines and asset data.
• Identify critical spares and raise requisitions for parts and tools.
• Ensure work is performed safely under Permit to Work and risk assessments.

Skills

Instrument maintenance

Calibration

Electrical fault finding

Safety systems

CMMS record keeping

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder liaison

Education

NVQ Level 3

City and Guilds

ONC/HNC

Tools

CMMS

CompEx Ex01-Ex04

Job description

ChampionX, now part of SLB, is seeking an Instrument Technician to support operations at Fawley, Southampton. You will perform planned, preventive and breakdown maintenance on instrumentation and control systems, calibrate instruments, and assist with project installation and commissioning.

You will work within a safety-focused, global technology company dedicated to energy innovation, ensuring accurate CMMS records and timely spare parts management in a hazardous environment.