Operations & Maintenance Technician

, United Kingdom

Job Family Group:

Production Engineering Upstream

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

June 24, 2026

Business Unit:

Integrated Gas and Upstream

Experience Level:

Early Careers

Job Description:

What’s the role

Shell Southern North Sea is a collection of three assets in the ‘Southern North Sea’ comprising of two manned production platforms and a Gas processing plant at Bacton. This role is for our onshore gas plant located at Bacton on the Norfolk coast about 25 miles north of Norwich. The Assets are described as LEAN assets and follow a similar operating model. The Operations and Maintenance Technician is a key member of the production team with influence across a wide range of work execution on site, therefore the successful candidate should be a great communicator, with the capacity to quickly transition between topics and time frames.  The role will require highly effective decision making to ensure optimization of the plant and effective maintenance work execution to comply with integrated activity plans. We work as one team and are committed to excellence. We are accountable for our work and above all, we work together to get the job done. We are passionate about innovation and driving positive change.

What you’ll be doing

Key responsibilities include:

• Health and Safety Experience

• Demonstrate excellent safety leadership and behaviors, ensuring that Shell’s HSSE expectations are communicated, maintained, and implemented.

• To be fully conversant with all Installation activities to be able to make on the spot decisions regarding conflicting activities and plant control to prevent any unsafe acts.

• Be a competent Isolation Owner and permit holder in Permit to Work (preferably P-Vision).

• Actively participate in auditing as required and near miss reporting.

• Organize safe preparation of equipment complying with the Work Instructions

• Self-management of own competency

• Emergency Response Training, Managing Major emergencies training.

• Strong understanding of the work instructions to enforce compliance when executing day to day activities.

• Understand and review Operating procedures, record changes, and follow due process to facilitate updates.

• Responsibilities within the asset Turnaround/shutdown readiness, execution, and statement of fitness processes.

• Knowledgeable in the Asset Management System and their role in it, specifically the Ensure Safe Production Process.

• Strong understanding of COMAH site regulations and their associated interaction with site delivery.

• Responsible for the progression and sustainment of key operations qualifications and competencies

What you bring

You’ll ideally have:

• Frontline Operations & Maintenance or Production experience.

• Control room operations experience would be very beneficial.

• Able to prepare isolate and reinstate equipment as per the Work instruction, prior to releasing that equipment for work - ability to carry out personal isolations and complex isolations, including preparation and re-instatement of plant and equipment.

• Work within a Permit to work system.

• Ability to understand and application of SIRP within the Safe isolation process.

• Aware of Work instructions/ POPM's/ SECE and Performance Standards.

• Continuous Improvement mind-set with a desire to improve the process and make it more efficient, as well as an ability to problem solve and take ideas through to completion.

• Self-motivated with good communication skills, a high degree of self-reliance with appropriate technical skills, to ensure prompt responses are made based on technical judgement.

• Flexibility to adapt to change is essential to enable the incumbent to work in a highly motivated and empowered environment.

• Educated to HNC Standard or equivalent in process or technical qualification desirable.

• Trade background desirable

• Process qualification NVQ 3 or equivalent standard beneficial

• Carry out planned, preventative, remedial and breakdown maintenance as directed by Line Supervisor.

• Amenable to 7 on 7 off 7 on 14 off, fully rotational 12hr days work set-up

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

• Benefit from a range of flexible working options.

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we’d still love to hear from you.

Shell is working to advance an inclusive, psychologically safe and accessible environment where people with disabilities can excel. If you require any accommodations or accessibility adjustments (e.g. assistive technology, communication support, or other) during the application or interview process, please let us know when prompted in your application. We strive to ensure that our process and workplace is accessible to everyone and are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments to support your needs.

Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell UK remains one of the North Sea’s biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK’s total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell-branded service stations.

In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.

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