Senior HVAC Engineer / Technician at Choice Talents NG (5 Openings) Full Time NEW

Job Title: Senior HVAC Engineer / Technician 

Locations: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Lagos and Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Context and Environment

• Offshore in water depth of about 67m in the Atlantic Ocean. Inter platform movements by crew boats. Rough sea and weather conditions in about 4 months of the year.

Responsibilities

• Keeps a critical eye on current preventive maintenance programmes and, if need be, suggests improvements,
• Warns support teams of any recurring problems related to the availability or quality of spare parts,
• Suggests improvements and requests modifications.
• Ensures adequate risk assessments and pre-work meetings for all activities and that all technicians directly under hisresponsibility contribute and comply with the risk assessments and pre-work meetings.
• Ensures adequate PPE and procedures are provided or generated for the tasks to be actioned
• Verifies the quality of his teams’ interventions by frequent on-site checks, and reviews all completed worksites to ensure technical correctness and site cleanliness prior to hand-back of plant to Production team.
• Ensures that the members of his teams have the qualifications and skills required for the tasks entrusted to them and, if need be, suggests corrective measures.
• He is responsible for maintenance operations within his field of competence.
• Identifies recurrent corrective maintenance interventions, analyses them and suggests improvements,
• Ensures that company’s HSE regulations are respected (especially procedures related to Work Permits), as well asapproved operating procedures and standard industry practice during performance of maintenance operations placed under his responsibility,
• Ensures that all maintenance and repairs to plant and equipment are carried out in a safe and efficient manner and in strict compliance with company operating procedures and any relevant statutory legislation in order to maintain all such equipment in sound and safe operating condition.
• Manages intervention reporting using the CMMS,
• Monitors (and in certain plant – Operates) the functioning of utilities and all equipment placed under his responsibility,
• Ensures that the transfer of knowledge by mentoring occurs properly within his teams, and actively participates in this himself,
• Manages the team of technicians directly under his responsibility,
• Carries out, at the contractor Maintenance Superintendent request, any intervention within his field of competence.Is a member of the SITE emergency team,
• Carries out, at contractor Maintenance Superintendent request, any intervention within his field of competence.
• Takes in charge the systems under his responsibility in case of breakdown until correct operation is resumed.
• Identifies recurrent corrective maintenance interventions, analyses them and suggests improvements,
• With his teams assists specialists working under Specific Maintenance Contracts (SMC),
• Organises and performs on site the maintenance operations which are placed under his responsibility,
• He ensures that maintenance operations under his responsibility are carried out in strict accordance with company’s current safety rules and operating procedures and in accordance with standard industry practice, thereby guaranteeing the quality of maintenance operations, within his field, carried out on site by contractor.
• He guarantees a good level of availability of the equipment he is responsible for on production sites.
• He plays a predominant role in the transfer of skills to personnel undergoing training by mentoring on site.

Requirements

• Higher National Certificate (HNC) (A-levels + 3 years’ study) or BTS / DUT or equivalent
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in the maintenance field on oil and gas production installations,
• A basic knowledge of the process of oil and gas treatment, installations and a thorough knowledge of the equipment used in oil and gas treatment installations
• The Ability to lead and motivate multi-national teams,
• Pride in his work, ability to maintain good relations with colleagues and others,
• Physically ability to work on the installations in the climatic conditions of the site,
• Languages: English necessary (score of >> 3.5 in standard Total test or Bright test or 780 in TOEIC), French an advantage.
• He must have proven ability as a leader of small teams.
• Perfectly competent and independent in his field, he must show common sense and organisational ability.
• Natural authority, founded on his abilities and on the trust he has in his teams, is essential.
• He must have proven ability as a leader of small teams.

Application Closing Date
15th May, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.