Instrumentation/Analyser
An instrumentation apprenticeship at ExxonMobil Fawley is both challenging and rewarding. A technical trade in an engineering environment in which you will learn a very wide variety of hand skills and trade based knowledge. Instruments are used to measure and control all the processes that take place on site, as well as providing automated shutdown sequences to ensure the site runs safely.
Within the instrument team you will develop the ability to test, maintain, repair and install instruments as well as learning the technical basis of their operation. Fawley site is home to a wide range of instrument types. You will acquire the skills to work on pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical and electrical equipment. There are numerous transferrable skills within instrumentation that can be applied to many roles across multiple industries.
As part of the analyser team you will make up a vital part of the maintenance team that are responsible for the quality control of, not just the final product that is shippped all over the world, but also the environmental regulations that allow the refinery to keep running. Our analysers are responsible for quality analysis of the major component that goes into every car tyre as well as approximately 15% of the petrol used int he UK. The analysers measure a range from the oxygen contenct in our furnaces to the amount of octane blended into the petrol you use to fill up your car. As part of the Instrument/Analyser apprenticeship you will learn how these critical pieces of equipment work and how to maintain them!