NUI Mechanical Technician

Spirit Energy; Morecambe; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Energy is seeking a NUI Mechanical Technician for a 12-month offshore contract near Morecambe Bay. The role covers routine maintenance and defect repair to ensure reliability of gas production equipment, with a 2 weeks on/3 weeks off rotation and a day rate of £400–£450 PAYE.

You will require several years of electrical offshore E&P experience, a BTEC Ordinary Certificate in engineering, and current Offshore Survival, Offshore Medical and MIST.

Qualifications

• Several years of electrical offshore experience in E&P.
• Current Offshore Survival, Offshore Medical and MIST.
• BTEC Ordinary Certificate or equivalent in engineering subject.
• Demonstrated communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Executes routine and on-routine maintenance to plant and equipment per procedures and requirements.
• Investigates complex technical problems and returns plant to normal operating service.
• Prepares and presents technical reports and maintains records for audit and analysis.
• Carries out commissioning/decommissioning to achieve planned plant programs and safety.

Skills

Electrical offshore experience

Good communication

Organisational skills

Education

BTEC Ordinary Certificate

Job description

HAVE YOU GOT SPIRIT?

Spirit Energy is committed to growing with the UK’s energy sector, not only embracing change but creating it. Our Morecambe Bay assets have been built on a foundation of a delivery focused team, creating a sense of ownership and togetherness within the crew. The work we are able to complete at our offshore assets has been a testament to the hard work put in by our teams since 1985. With 4 decades of experience pioneering gas production in the Morecambe Bay gas fields, Spirit Energy is proud of the contribution we have made to the UK energy sector. We are currently able to heat approximately 1.5 million UK homes, with over 6.5 trillion cubic feet having been produced in the Morecambe Bay fields lifetime and a goal of expanding it’s lifetime and production. It takes a diverse range of skills, experience and talent to push the industry forward and create change, we believe our people will have the capability to get us there. If you are ready to take the next step in your career with a dynamic and energetic team, then we are ready to hear from you.

THE OPPORTUNITY – NUI MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN

The NUI Mechanical Technician undertakes routine engineering maintenance and defect repair tasks to ensure the reliability and scheduled availability of operational plant and equipment associated with gas production/processing and condensate storage.

Duration: 12-month contract - Core role required until Cease of Production (est 2028) Location: Offshore Rotation/Hours: 2 weeks on/3 weeks off working a 12-hour day Pay Range: £400 - £450 PAYE per day Overtime: Payable at 1.25% per hour Crew Change: Blackpool No travel allowance payable for mobilisation

Once in role, you will be accountable for:

• Executes routine and on-routine maintenance activities to plant and equipment in accordance with agreed procedures and operational requirements to ensure the protection of plant, equipment and the safety of employees
• Investigates complex technical problems relating to critical plant, identifies solutions and acts to return plant to normal operating service
• Prepares and presents technical reports and maintains appropriate records of activities within the recognised systems in order to maintain an accurate record of activities undertaken for the benefit of future analysis and third-party audit
• Carries out commissioning and decommissioning activities to ensure planned plant operating programmes are achieved in a timely manner
• Contributes to the design and commissioning of plant modifications including the initiation of recommendations for modifications to ensure the ongoing availability of plant and equipment
• Supervises other staff and vendor/contractor employees in undertaking particular work activities to ensure that activities are undertaken safely and efficiently in accordance with Company policies and procedures
• Ensures that safe working practices and procedures are adhered to within the area of work, and that appropriate permitry is in place to ensure the protection of plant, equipment and the safety of employees.
• Perform nominated emergency response role/duties and maintain the necessary competencies to perform these duties.
• Proactively maintains their technical and interpersonal skills and competencies, ensuring capabilities are up to date and in line with industry/functional best practice and that behaviours are in line with Spirit’s core Values.
• Understand the skills, competencies and behaviours required for their role.
• Collaborates effectively, adapting their behaviour and communication as needed to get the best from others.
• Effectively promotes ideas and opinions and is able to influence others in a constructive way.
• Maintains good relationships across all organisation levels.
• Presents and articulates ideas and arguments effectively, projects credibility and conviction, handles objection and incorporates others’ ideas as appropriate.
• Makes / proposes informed decisions having consulted widely.

ABOUT YOU To be successful in this role you will have:

• Several years of electrical offshore experience in the E&P industry
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• BTEC Ordinary Certificate or equivalent in an appropriate engineering subject is necessary to provide the requisite underpinning knowledge.
• Current valid Offshore Survival, Offshore Medical and MIST
• Demonstrable experience in petrochemical process operations or maintenance Sound understanding of engineering principles
• The inherent hazards of operating in this nature and the substances involved require the job holder to possess a thorough knowledge of procedures and the process systems to ensure the ongoing integrity of health, safety and environmental performance.
• Effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Carry out duties of level 3 Crane Driver when suitably trained
• Trained in areas such as firefighting, the use of self-contained breath apparatus, coxswain (offshore), first aid etc to enable them to be part of an Emergency Response Team
• It is an expectation of the business that the job holder maintains and continues to develop the competencies necessary to carry out the role to the required standard whilst in position.
• Technical Certs required: TMJI10: Hand Torque Flanged Joints TMJI19: Hydraulically Torque Flanged Joints SBT02 – Small bore tubing Preferable Additional Competence for NUI operations ERTM HAD Coxswain Crane Operator Stage 2 with Stage 3 preferable

TEAM SPIRIT

In addition to technical knowledge and credibility, we are looking for someone who lives our values; Agility, Collaboration, Courage, Care, and Delivery. An person who embraces and supports change, brings fresh and progressive thinking to the industry, and has a strong sense of community.

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.