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Senior Technician

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Service Engineer / Workshop Technician - Mechanical & Hydraulic
Job Purpose
To inspect, repair, service and rebuild mechanical and hydraulic equipment and associated components, both onshore and offshore. The role will support workshop and operations teams in delivering projects safely, efficiently and to required quality standards, with occasional local and international travel.
Key Responsibilities
- Strip, inspect, fault-find, repair and rebuild mechanical and hydraulic drilling equipment.
- Carry out planned maintenance, servicing, inspection, recertification and function testing of equipment.
- Diagnose and rectify mechanical and hydraulic faults, providing technical recommendations to maintain equipment reliability.
- Inspect equipment against operational standards, service bulletins, safety alerts and customer requirements.
- Respond to emergency rig-down situations as a priority when required.
- Read and interpret P&IDs, engineering drawings and technical schematics.
- Identify required parts accurately and escalate equipment faults or failures through to resolution.
- Complete route cards, service records, inspection reports, findings, function test reports and other required documentation accurately and within agreed timescales.
- Communicate effectively with Workshop Supervisors, Managers, Operations teams and customers.
- Support continuous improvement by suggesting improvements to working methods, procedures and systems.
- Maintain tools, equipment and work areas to a high standard of cleanliness and organisation.
- Comply with all company and client QHSE policies, procedures and standards.
- Travel locally and internationally, including offshore, on an ad-hoc basis as required.
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Equipment Experience
The ideal candidate will have proven experience in the inspection, recertification, repair and rebuild of drilling equipment, particularly:
- Iron Roughnecks: ST160, ST120 and AR3200
- Top Drives: TDS-4, TDS-8, TDS-11 and TDX1000
- Broad experience across other mechanical, hydraulic and drilling equipment systems.


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Qualifications & Experience
- Time-served Mechanical/Engineering Technician or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years' relevant mechanical experience, ideally within oil & gas, drilling, energy or a similar industry.
- Proven experience working with mechanical and/or hydraulic equipment.
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, P&IDs and schematics.
- Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent organisational, planning and communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet delivery schedules.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Flexible, motivated and safety-focused approach.
- Valid driving licence.
- Manual Handling training/competence.
- Valid offshore certification.
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