Mantis Operator UK

Job Description

Location: United Kingdom, preferably Aberdeen

Experience: Practical technical background

Qualification: Vocational mechanic or equivalent

Salary: Competitive package + field allowance

Employment Type: Full time

Job Skills

• Well control
• Hydraulic workover
• Banksman
• Hydraulics Operator
• Well Intervention
• R&D mindset

Join the team

Ter Bron builds technology for well intervention and plug & abandonment. Our system – MANTIS – is a hydraulic workover unit designed to seal wells with minimal footprint, minimal crew on the wellhead, and maximum control.

We’re a small team. We designed it, built it, tested it, and now we’re deploying it. There are no layers here – if you join, you’ll be close to the work, close to the decisions, and close to the people making them.

There are hundreds of thousands of wells across Europe that need to be dealt with. We’re building the team to do it.

About the role

MANTIS is heading to the field. Built from scratch by a small Dutch engineering team, our hydraulic workover system is completing its first field deployments across continental Europe – and we’re building the crew that will operate it.

We’re not hiring based on certificates. We’re hiring based on character. If you’ve worked around machinery, rigs, fabrication yards or anything mechanical and you’re hungry to build a real career in well intervention – we want to talk.

You’ll join the team in the field across Europe, training directly on the MANTIS system alongside the people who designed and built it. As the programme grows towards North Sea operations, so will your role. Aberdeen is our base for UK operations. This is ground floor.

Requirements

• Travel with the MANTIS to field deployments across continental Europe and learn to operate it on location.
• Support rig up, equipment checks, operations and post job maintenance.
• Work as part of a small, close knit field crew.
• Build up hands on knowledge of hydraulic workover operations from the ground up.
• Follow well control and HSEQ procedures at all times.
• Be available for extended periods away from home during field campaigns.

About you

• You’re based in or around Aberdeen.
• You have a background in mechanical, oil & gas, fabrication, or any hands on technical work – or you’ve just always been good with your hands.
• You’re willing to travel across Europe for field work; that’s the job and you’re fine with it.
• You’re reliable, physically fit and comfortable working in demanding outdoor environments.
• You learn fast, ask good questions, and take pride in doing things properly.

What we have to offer

• Full hands on training on a unique, purpose built well intervention system – in the field, not a classroom.
• Travel across continental Europe as MANTIS completes its first operational campaign.
• Competitive salary plus field day rate.
• A direct line to the people making decisions – no corporate layers.
• Clear progression path: trainee operator lead operator, growing as the system grows.
• Be part of the early crew on a technology that’s just getting started.