Dynamic Senior Instrumentation Technician with extensive experience at Prime Atlantic Cegelec Nigeria Limited. Proven expertise in field instrumentation and preventive maintenance, enhancing equipment reliability and reducing downtime. Adept at training teams and ensuring compliance with safety regulations, demonstrating strong professionalism and communication skills in high-pressure environments.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Instrumentation Technician
Prime Atlantic Cegelec Nigeria Limited
Usan FPSO, (Exxon Mobil Deepwater Project), Rivers State
8 2021 - Current
Configuration and Calibration of various types of Transmitters including Pressure Transmitters, Level Transmitters, Flow
Transmitters, Magnetic Flow Meters, Temperature Transmitters, Digital Interface Level Transmitters,
Transmitters, Tank Radar Transmitters, etc.
Preventive and corrective maintenance activities on Instrumentation associated with Turbines, Firewater pumps, water
injection pumps, Compressors, Crude oil offloading Pumps, Freshwater makers, Separators, Electro chlorination units and
other oil production packages.
Identified issues by testing and troubleshooting instruments, components and assemblies using multimeters, process calibrator, Hart communicator etc.
Work from the maintenance workstation (Yokogawa) – check status of critical safeguards, diagnostic test, simulation, trending, loop test, simulation, acknowledge alarms etc.
Proficient in the use of SAP for raising notifications, work orders, time-writing, reporting, determining availability and
location of materials in the warehouse, work order closure.
Read and interpret wiring diagrams, loop drawings, piping, and instrument diagrams as well as instrument specifications and data sheets.
Write and review safe work procedures.
Installation and voltage gapping on vibration probes
Mentor new technicians on best practices in instrument maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting and safe work procedures.
Assist during meter proofing, off-take operation and collection of samples for the laboratory technicians.
Prepare permit to work (PTW), raise notification, close work orders, search for spares etc. using SAP software.
Stand-in for the supervisor for daily work coordination meeting when need arises.
Supervision, provision of technical assistance and directives to third party contractors, write and present technical report after the job.
Senior Instrument Technician.
Prime Atlantic Cegelec Nigeria Limited.
Power Plant, Total E& P Company. Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
04.2013 - 03.2017
Proficient in the use of SAP for raising notifications, work orders, time-writing, reporting, determining availability and location of materials in the warehouse, work order closure and several other tasks.
Provided technical support during plant shutdowns, working closely with other teams to ensure prompt completion of critical maintenance activities within tight schedules.
Carry out preventive maintenance on the instrumentation of the power plant packages, fuel gas station, tank farm.
Installation, configuration, commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting of smart pressure, level, flow and temperature transmitters, control valves, SDVs.
Calibration, functional testing and troubleshooting of faulty Fire and gas Detectors such as Open path gas detectors, point gas detectors, Smoke detectors, Flame and Visual Flame Detectors.
Rectification of Limit feedback faults associated with shutdown valves, emergency shutdown valves, Blowdown valves.
Used information in P&ID, ILD, schematics, and manuals to understand operations and make successful repairs.
Reduced equipment downtime by troubleshooting and repairing faulty instrumentation systems and proffering solutions.
Servicing of pneumatic and hydraulic control Panels to rectify Discrepancy problems in On-off Valves.
Line up the fuel gas lines during plant start up and AGO lines during offload operation.
.Replacement of faulty instrument components in the Turbine such as the Fuel Gas Metering Valves, Fire & Gas I/O Cards, as
well as Gas Detectors and Flame Detectors.
Service and maintain calibration Test Equipment such as pressure calibrators, Loop Calibrators, Multimeters & HART
Communicators to ensure their availability and reliability for the team.
Instrument Technician
Prime Atlantic Cegelec Ngeria Limited.
Akpo FPSO- Total Exploration & Production Company., Rivers State, Nigeria.
08.2010 - 03.2013
Fabrication and installation of pneumatic manifolds on shutdown valves (SDV), emergency shutdown, (ESDV) and emergency blowdown panels.
Commissioned and performed leak test on the installed manifolds.
Partials stoke the ESDVs and EBDVs
Tubing cutting, bending and hookup.
Take stock of material (Swagelok fittings, tubing, cutting blades etc.)
Prepare and send daily report to project manager.
Installation and commissioning of new instrumentation systems, ensuring smooth project execution.
Read and Interprets Piping and instrument diagram (P&ID), Instrument loop diagram (ILD), wiring diagrams, Process Flow Diagram (PFD) and data sheets.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA.
NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE. NIGERIA
04.2001 -
Skills
Field Instrumentation
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Certification
(General Instrumentation Maintenance], [Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation] - [May-October,2012]
Timeline
Senior Instrument Technician.
Prime Atlantic Cegelec Nigeria Limited.
04.2013 - 03.2017
(General Instrumentation Maintenance], [Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation] - [May-October,2012]
10-2012
Instrument Technician
Prime Atlantic Cegelec Ngeria Limited.
08.2010 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA.
04.2001 -
Senior Instrumentation Technician
Prime Atlantic Cegelec Nigeria Limited
8 2021 - Current
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