Lead Instrument Technician

Spirit Energy; Morecambe; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Energy is inviting applications for a Lead Instrument Technician offshore to act as the discipline expert within the Offshore Operations team. The role supports safe, cost-effective maintenance and responsive breakdown work, reporting to the Maintenance Team Lead.

Key duties include shaping work scopes, controlling costs, and supervising a team of technicians and contractors. Offshore survival, medical, and CompEx TSBT competencies are required for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in production/maintenance operations in oil and gas.
• Supervisory experience with team leadership.
• In-depth knowledge of CMMS and work preparation.
• Training in Emergency Response and ability to perform ERT roles.
• Current Offshore Survival, Offshore Medical and TSBT01/02 assessments.
• Assemble and install Small Bore Tubing (TSBT01/02) competencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical guidance to offshore operations.
• Develop work scopes and monitor budgeted expenditures.
• Act as technical authority to advise Maintenance Team Lead.
• Coordinate with Aberdeen and Barrow for specialists and vendors.
• Supervise technicians and contractors; ensure competency balance.

Skills

Leadership

CMMS expertise

Offshore ops

ERT training

Offshore survival

CompEx TSBT

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…

• 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

• 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.
• TSBT02 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.

We are a truly pioneering energy transition company with a portfolio and ambitions that span the breadth of the energy transition. We’re continuing to break new ground, collaborating and thinking differently. We’re proud of our heritage. With more than 30 years of production, we’re maximising the potential of our existing assets and substantial gas reserves in the UK and Netherlands. Above all, we live by our commitment to safety in everything we do. Our portfolio is predominantly gas (96%), providing vital, primary energy to fuel our homes and businesses in the UK and Europe.

Our strategy is focused on:

• Safely delivering production from our existing assets;
• Meeting and de‑risking our decommissioning obligations, and
• Exploring strategic energy transition opportunities from our existing assets.