Senior Mechanical Rotating Engineer

Our client, an oil and gas operator, is currently hiring a Senior Mechanical Rotating Engineer on a contract basis.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide discipline engineering support to UK operations to ensure equipment integrity and regularity, to be the SECE Owner for Rotating Equipment, to support breakdowns, to deliver the maintenance plan in accordance with maintenance strategy, to provide input to maintenance budget and to support plant optimisation.

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• Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and HSES Procedures.
  
• Assures Rotating SECE degradation / threat management risk assessments and maintenance deferment risk assessments.
  
• Lead and manage to that all activities are carried out in a safe and environmentally prudent manner complying with regulatory requirements, legislation, HSEQ procedures, Asset specific Performance Standards and Engineering Standards.
  
• Responsible for monitoring equipment/system performance, initiating and ensuring corrective actions.
  
• Responsible for discipline engineering and maintenance support to UK operations ethics and compliance.
  

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• Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures, and complete any compulsory compliance training as required.
  

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• Oversees Mechanical Rotating equipment SECE gap closure implementation plans.
  
• Responsible to provide budget input/scope for maintenance and modifications.
  
• Responsible for continuously challenging technical solutions, engineering performance and cost of modification projects.
  
• Raise TWMs where complex technical solutions and modifications are required.
  
• Provide an optimized preventive maintenance program, including detailed work packages for UK Operated Assets.
  
• Assures Rotating equipment elements of the Technical MoC Process.
  
• Responsible for equipment performance including spare part management and warranty follow up.
  
• Mobilise offshore as and when required by business.
  
• Postholder may be required to join the emergency response rota if required by the position.
  

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• Educated to engineering degree level or satisfactory equivalent e.g., HND/HNC plus preferable qualifications/experience and/or vocational certificates.
  
• Chartered Engineer Status and Corporate Member of a professional body preferred.
  
• Understanding of processes required to meet HSE objectives. Fully conversant with UK regulatory environment.
  
• Significant operational and engineering experience.
  
• Previous relevant technical experience.
  
• Offshore experience.
  
• Self-driven. Strong personal leadership and drive toward teamwork. Ability to perform effectively within a strong peer group and to drive toward optimal business solutions.
  
• Good communication, influencing, negotiating and networking skills. Builds excellent relationships. Respected internally and externally.
  
• Able to drive continuous improvement and to instigate and make change happen.
  
• Set ambitious, yet realistic goals and targets, and consistently achieve these.
  
• Understanding of Corporate and Local budget, maintenance and project management processes and tools.
  
• Aware of HSEQ Policies and Business Management System (BMS).
  
• Aware of Values & Business Principles.
  

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