Hydraulic Technician (Workshop/Service)

Hydraulic Technician (Workshop/Service) Job Highlights

Company Profile

Johnson Controls transforms the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, it drives the outcomes that matter most. The company is dedicated to protecting the environment and delivers promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers, and manufacturing.

Job Profile

The company is looking to hire a Hydraulic Technician (Workshop/Service) to join its team.

Educational Qualification

• No education level is mentioned, yet applicants may be required basic education/schooling

Work Experience

Ideally possess experience within the manufacture and testing of-

• Hydraulic Power Control Units (HPUs)
• Well Head Control Panels (WHCPs)
• Top Side Termination Units (TUTUs)
• Interface/work-over panels
• Intervention Workover Control Systems (IWOCS)
• Chemical Injection (CI) packages
• Fire Suppression and Deluge Control units

Essential Experiences-

• Experience in the use of general fitting and fabrication hand tools, and workshop machinery including Pillar Drills, Band Saw, Pedestal grinders, and Linishers.
• Experience of working with Instrument Tubing and the make-up and assembly of Twin Ferrule systems including Swagelok, Parker, and Gyrolok/Hoke. Cutting, deburring, bending, correct pulling on/setting of ferrules. Assembly of these types of tube systems into valves.
• Experience in working with Medium and High-Pressure Cone and Thread systems including Autoclave and Butech-type tube/valve connections and associated instrument tubing skills.
• Experience with the manufacture and assembly of Pipe-work systems including cutting NPT threads on Rigid-type machinery and correct assembly of connections.
• Experience with the manufacture and assembly of Pipe-work systems including cutting NPT threads on Rigid-type machinery and correct assembly of connections.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Flushing of Hydraulic systems and cleanliness sampling to ensure compliance with prescribed cleanliness levels. Familiarity with SAE AS 4059 class 6B-F (AS598 or ISO4407) particle counting systems and NAS 1638 Class 6 comparator systems. Ideally familiar with PAMAS particle counting equipment.
• Identification and installation of hydraulic components.
• Inspection and repair (including modifications to equipment) for use in the workshop manufacture and testing.
• Pressure testing of small bore tube work ranging from ¼’’ to 1’’ and equivalent metric systems, also pipe work hydrostatic testing. Ensuring safe systems of work with pressures of up to 40000 psi.
• Reading and understanding PandID schematic drawings, General Assembly drawings, Parts Lists and Test Procedures (Flushing, Pressure Testing, Leak Testing, and Functional Acceptance (FAT) work.
• Testing and Calibration of Instruments including Pressure Relief Valves, Pressure Yield Valves, Pressure and Level Transmitters, Pressure Switches, Pressure Sensing Pilot Valves, and Pressure Gauges.
• Use of general fitting and fabrication hand tools, and workshop machinery including Pillar Drills, Band Saws, Pedestal grinders, and Linishers.

Preferred Qualifications

• The ability to install and inspect ATEX-approved glands (would be an advantage.)
• Mechanical Craft Apprenticeship or similar qualification e.g. level 3 NVQ Diploma in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering – Fitting and Assembly with relevant units for Hydraulic Instrument systems. i.e., QCA Codes
• TIG welding capability working with 316 Stainless Steel would be advantageous.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Able to travel away from home for on-site installations and commissioning of new equipment within the oil and gas industry both onshore and offshore.

Benefits/Perks

• The benefits package includes a competitive salary, pension, life assurance, employee assistance program, employee referral scheme, discount on Johnson Controls security products including ADT Smart Home plus voluntary schemes for childcare vouchers, cycle to work, eye care vouchers, and holiday purchases.