JOSEPH-ELLIS MURRAY
TEESSIDE,United Kingdom
Summary
Experienced Instrument Technician with 7+ years in COMAH Tier 1 petrochemical facilities. Skilled in instrumentation installation, loop testing, and fault finding. COMPEX-qualified, with a strong focus on safety and compliance in oil and gas environments.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Fully Qualified Instrument Technician
Bilfinger UK Ltd
09.2019 - Current
- Conducted installation, calibration, and loop verification to ensure instrumentation functionality and safety.
- Executed hazardous area inspections and compliance checks under COMAH regulations.
- Provided commissioning support, assisting with diagnostics and documentation preparation.
- Managed Permit to Work processes, ensuring compliance and safety in all operational zones
- Participated in major shutdowns, contributing to timely and safe project completion
Instrumentation Apprentice → Improver
Bilfinger UK Ltd
07.2022 - 06.2024
- Progressed from apprentice into Instrumentation Improver role, taking increased responsibility for installation and commissioning support activities.
- Installed pressure, temperature, flow and level instruments, control valves, and impulse tubing to ensure operational accuracy and reliability.
- Executed instrument termination, calibration, cold loop checks, and basic fault finding to maintain system integrity and performance.
- Supported instrument commissioning and shutdown activities, assisting with diagnostics and reinstatement.
- Worked under Permit to Work and isolation systems in hazardous and COMAH‑regulated environments.
- Supported preparation of commissioning documentation, red‑line drawings, and plant checks to facilitate project completion and compliance.
Instrumentation Apprentice
Altrad Services UK
10.2019 - 04.2023
- Completed a 4‑year Instrumentation Apprenticeship at ConocoPhillips Seal Sands.
- Developed expertise in instrument maintenance, trip testing, installation, calibration, loop checking, and diagnostics.
- Executed instrument mounting, glanding, termination, and impulse tubing under supervision, ensuring adherence to safety standards.
- Assisted in isolation activities while adhering to COMAH, PTW, and hazardous area procedures, contributing to a safe working environment.
- Took part in site shutdowns and stabilisation activities, gaining early exposure to commissioning environments.
Education
HNC Level 4 - Instrumentation & Control
Hartlepool College
Hartlepool, HPL2022
NVQ Level 3 - Instrumentation & control
Hartlepool College
Hartlepool, HPL2021
BTEC Level 3 - Instrumentation & Control
Middlesbrough Colllege
Middlesbrough, MDB2018
Skills
- Hazardous area inspections
- Instrument diagnostics
- Safety compliance
- Permit to Work procedures
- Valves & Instrumentation: Control valves, positioners, pressure/flow/level/temperature instruments
- Installation: Instrument mounting, tubing & bending, glanding, termination
- Cold & hot testing
- Instrument calibration
- Shutdown management
- Systems & Tools: TREX/HART, test equipment, commissioning documentation
Additional Information
Availability: Onshore & offshore | Shutdowns & rotational work | UK right to work
key Highlights
- COMPEX Ex01–04 Qualified
- Commissioning & installation specialist
- Extensive COMAH & hazardous area experience
- Major shutdown experience
References
Available upon request.
Additional Training & Certifications
- Compex Ex01-04 qualified
- ConocoPhillips seal sands terminal authorisation
- Stage 1 SBT Swagelok Tube Bending Certification
- Basic MUPE (Mobile Units & Portable Equipment) Training
- Basic First Aid & Work Training
Timeline
Instrumentation Apprentice → Improver
Bilfinger UK Ltd
07.2022 - 06.2024
Instrumentation Apprentice
Altrad Services UK
10.2019 - 04.2023
Fully Qualified Instrument Technician
Bilfinger UK Ltd
09.2019 - Current
HNC Level 4 - Instrumentation & Control
Hartlepool College
NVQ Level 3 - Instrumentation & control
Hartlepool College
BTEC Level 3 - Instrumentation & Control
Middlesbrough Colllege