Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.
We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.
Bilfinger UK are currently recruiting a Laboratory Technician for a Fixed Term contract, 2/3 rotation.
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain an auditable record of all temporary chemical injection pumps
- Ensure that all chemical pumps are appropriate for the required task
- Ensure that the appropriate risk assessment and safety related reviews have been undertaken by the appropriate TA, particularly pertaining to a pump discharge pressure, line pressures, relief valve setting, chemical compatibility with wetted parts
- Maintain an auditable record of pressurised sample containers
- Responsible for routine lab analysis specified in the analysis matrix including fiscal, regulatory and quality compliance sampling
- Carry out fiscal sampling to the required standard and maintain records
- Provide preliminary tests of debris submitted to the lab for investigation (working in association with onshore chemistry)
- Use the best judgement to conduct testing within the resources of the offshore lab facility in a fit condition.
- Be responsible or the maintenance or defined laboratory testing equipment, specifically to ensure that the lab materials used in routine analyses are within date and calibrated
- Responsible for working with operations to ensure procedures are followed for decanting of chemicals to bulk storage vessels.
- Provide technical advice and support to chemical vendor trials, ensuring that the best value is gained from each trial while ensuring that they are commissioned in a safe and efficient manner
- Liaise with chemical vendors on general application matters
- Provided training when requested to do, for personnel on chemical matters
- Liaise with regulatory authorities during visits by their inspectors to the installation under direction of the platform management.
- Work with operations to become familiar with the production facilities and develop an understanding of the platform operations.
Experience
- Experience gained working in a similar role in the Petroleum Industry (onshore or offshore) or in the onshore Petrochemical Process industry
- Familiar with carrying out routine Laboratory analysis
- Able to carry out audits to ensure procedural work activity compliance
Qualifications
- Mandatory Offshore Certs (BOSIET, Medical, MIST, Norwegian Escape Chute)
- Educated to HNC/HND level in Chemistry or related discipline or equivalent experience
- ERT Training (desirable)
If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.
