Operations & Maintenance Mechanical Technician

Responsibilities

• Execute planned preventative, corrective and breakdown maintenance activities in accordance with the maintenance management system.
• Maintain mechanical equipment associated with production, utility, marine, ballast, cargo, power generation and safety systems.
• Conduct routine inspections, condition monitoring and defect identification activities to maintain equipment reliability and vessel readiness.
• Perform first -line fault finding and diagnosis using operational data, equipment trends, inspections and vendor information.
• Investigate equipment and system abnormalities and implement corrective actions within approved procedures and competency limits.
• Prepare, isolate, reinstate and function test plant and equipment in accordance with approved work instructions and permit- to -work requirements.
• Act as equipment owner for allocated plant systems, driving improvements in reliability, availability and maintainability.
• Support production operations through process monitoring, plant rounds and operational troubleshooting to minimise downtime and production losses.
• Promote a strong intervention culture by identifying and addressing defects early rather than allowing deterioration to develop into equipment failure.
• Work collaboratively with Operations, Marine, Maintenance and Contractor personnel to deliver safe and efficient execution of work.
• Support shutdowns, campaigns, vendor scopes and maintenance optimisation initiatives.
• Coach and support developing technicians whilst contributing to a multi-skilled offshore team.
• Participate in emergency response duties as required by the facility emergency response structure.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping, safety leadership and compliance with company procedures and industry best practice.
• Operations and Maintenance Technicians are expected to participate in Office visits on core key activities that will help drive an improvement in Safety, Productivity, Reliability, Availability or Turnaround performance.
• Demonstrate equipment ownership through proactive identification and resolution of defects.
• Raise high -quality SAP notifications that clearly describe equipment condition, symptoms, risks and recommended corrective actions.
• Support work prioritisation by accurately assessing equipment criticality and operational impact.
• Apply structured fault-finding techniques including 5 Whys, Root Cause Analysis and equipment diagnostics.
• Review operational trends and condition monitoring data to identify early signs of equipment degradation.
• Identify opportunities for reliability improvement and maintenance optimisation.
• Ensure Safety Critical Elements (SCEs) are maintained in accordance with performance standards and maintenance requirements.
• Complete maintenance records and SAP history to support reliability analysis and continuous improvement.
• Support backlog reduction through effective identification, planning support and execution of corrective maintenance activities.
• Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on prevention rather than reaction.

Experience & Qualifications

• Required to maintain their own competence profile.
• Mechanical Trade Qualification or an HNC and appropriate experience in the relevant discipline
• Competent in the SAP system from notification through to workorder completion
• Review SAP 7/14 day lookahead and support planning of work orders for urgent work
• Carry out simple fix / first line maintenance within skill set
• Carry out planned, preventative, remedial and breakdown maintenance as directed by Line Supervisor
• Operational competence in a Hydrocarbon producing platform process
• P -Vision Proficient in raising/altering Permit to Work
• Act as PH (Permit Holder) to platform vendors
• Perform gas testing at worksite prior to work starting
• Sphera incidents, LOD1 and DNV actions/assistance with investigations and closing actions
• Aware of Work instructions/ POPM's/ SECE and Performance Standards
• Ability to understand and the use of the IRATT tool within the Control of Work system
• 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.
• NORM and Benzene testing on breaking containment work.
• Conduct TOTU, 5 why's, RCA etc
• Ability to read PEFS/PIDS and Equipment/Vendor Documentation
• Support Turnaround/ Pitstop preparation and execution, Permitry, isolations. Act as focal point for turnarounds related activities (FVR's)
• Knowledgeable in the Asset Management System and their role in it, specifically the Maintenance Execution Process and Ensure Safe Production Process. Emergency Response Training and Offshore Competencies/duties in Emergency Response Team as per Facility requirements.