Lead Instrument Technician

Spirit Energy; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Energy seeks a Lead Instrument Technician offshore to act as the discipline technical expert for maintenance and production activities. The role supports the Maintenance Team Lead and Production Team Lead to deliver safe, cost-effective maintenance and breakdown response.

Core duties include supervising technicians, coordinating work scopes, and liaising with technical specialists and service contractors to optimise facilities while controlling costs.

Qualifications

• Experience in oil and gas production/maintenance operations.
• Proven team leadership experience.
• Strong CMMS and work planning capability.
• Emergency Response training and ERT leadership.
• Offshore survival, offshore medical and MIST certifications.
• CompEx certification (Ex 01-04).
• TSBT01 and TSBT02 assessments knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead offshore maintenance/production activities ensuring safe, cost‑effective execution.
• Coordinate with Maintenance Team Lead and Production Team Lead to develop work scopes.
• Act as technical authority; liaise with Aberdeen and Barrow; coordinate specialists and contractors.
• Supervise technicians and contractors; ensure competency balance for operations.
• Carry out intervention duties or cover for Maintenance Team Lead when needed.

Job description

HAVE YOU GOT SPIRIT?

Spirit Energy plays an important role in the UK’s energy system through the safe, responsible operation of mature assets. Our experience stretches back 40 years, with the gas fields in Morecambe Bay remaining a cornerstone operated asset in Spirit Energy’s portfolio.

Built on delivery excellence, strong teamwork and a shared sense of ownership, our people are central to our successes, so if you are ready to take the next step in your career with a pragmatic, forward‑looking company, we would like to hear from you.

THE OPPORTUNITY – LEAD INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN, OFFSHORE

The Lead Instrument Technician acts as the offshore discipline technical expert supporting the Maintenance Team Lead and Production Team Lead to ensure safe and cost-effective maintenance and responsive breakdown maintenance of plant and equipment.

Duration: Core role required until Cease of Production (est 2028)

Location: Offshore

Rotation/Hours: 2 weeks on/3 weeks off working a 12-hour day

Overtime: Payable at 1.25%/hr

Crew Change: Blackpool

No travel allowance payable for mobilisation.

AND NOW FOR THE TECHNICAL BIT…

In role, you will be accountable for:

• Working as part of the Offshore Operations team, this role is key to ensuring the day-to-day operation of maintenance/production activities. This role has significant input into the development of work scopes within their area and ensures that expenditure is controlled according to budget, liaising with Maintenance Team Lead and Production Team Lead to ensure that all activities are undertaken in a co-ordinated and effective manner
• Acting as the technical authority, is responsible for advising and guiding the Maintenance Team Lead in discipline specific maintenance issues. Acting as the interface with Aberdeen and Barrow on technical issues and co-ordinating the services of technical specialists, service contractors and vendor personnel to effectively maintain facilities whilst minimising support costs
• Reporting directly to the Maintenance Team Lead, the Lead Technician is responsible for the supervision of a team of technicians and craftsmen - both staff and contractors. Responsible for ensuring teams are competent and that the balance of competencies exists at all times to enable the team to be in a position to carry out the work and meet any changing demands the operations may place on them
• Carrying out intervention duties and/or provide cover for the Maintenance Team Lead when required

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Knowledge of production/maintenance operations gained through experience of working in the oil and gas industry
• Team leader skills, underpinned by supervisory experience.
• In depth knowledge of CMMS and work preparation
• Training in aspects of Emergency Response, and carry out ERT roles, such as ERT Leader.
• Current valid Offshore Survival, Offshore Medical and MIST
• CompEx – Ex 01 - 04
• TSBT01 Assessment - Assemble and Install Small Bore Tubing Assemblies – Twin Ferrule
• TSBT 02 Assessment - Disassemble and Reinstall Small Bore Tubing Assemblies – Twin Ferrule

TEAM SPIRIT

At Spirit Energy we believe in developing our people, embracing inclusion, diversity, and equality, and taking action to promote it at every level of the business. Through recruiting talent from all avenues, we aim to create a community that fosters and encourages personal development and promotion. Dedicated to delivering on technical excellence at every stage and celebrating our successes together as a team.

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