Offshore Maintenance Lead
TR/080368
Posted: 19/12/2025
- Competitive PAYE day rate.
- Scotland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeen
- Contract
Offshore Maintenance Lead
Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Offshore Maintenance Lead based in Aberdeen. This is hybrid role with 3 days office based and 2 days working from home. Offshore visits will be required as well. PAYE contract for 12 months initially with the option to extend thereafter.
Purpose Statement
Provide effective direct and indirect leadership to the maintenance support and execution teams to deliver the ‘Asset Plan’.
Set and manage the multi-year maintenance budget, identifying opportunities to optimise and drive year-on-year savings. Develop synergies and cost saving opportunities with the other assets through contract optimisation.
Ensure robust maintenance programmes are in place and deliver execution of maintenance in line with the Work Management Process (WMP). Meet and measure performance against company metrics. Drive continuous improvement and efficiency in the execution of maintenance.
Contribute to meeting production targets by managing key equipment threats and vulnerabilities ensuring Safety and Environmentally Critical Equipment (SECE), and Business Critical Equipment (BCE), availability.
Role Deliverables and Responsibilities:
Effective Leadership:
Work closely with Offshore leadership to ensure maintenance is being carried out in an efficient manner, to the plan. Work collaboratively with other groups and teams to provide the maintenance team with sufficient support and resources to facilitate the execution of their tasks.
Coordinate the plans and work of Job Responsible Engineers (JRE’s), and Site Responsible Position’s (SRP’s), ensuring integrated vendor led maintenance activity.
Work with asset leadership to jointly achieve company targets with respect to ‘wrench time’. Identify and work with other teams to remove and reduce constraints, driving continuous improvement and efficiency gains.
Commercial Management:
Set, agree and manage the maintenance budget. Ensure maintenance programmes are included in annual and long-range plans and fully supported by appropriate budget and resource requirements.
With, relevant teams, manage the establishment, maintenance and ongoing performance of contracts, to deliver the required support in the execution of maintenance, e.g., condition monitoring, valve maintenance, rotating equipment etc.
For contracts ‘owned’ / managed within the maintenance team, work with the asset and Procurement Team to actively manage, measure and improve the performance of contracts.
Execution and Optimisation of Maintenance:
Ensure both SECE (performance standard driven), and non-SECE maintenance strategies are current and complied with.
Plan and manage all maintenance activities so that shutdown and the Integrated Activity Plan’s (IAP) are in compliance with the relevant gate criteria.
Manage all maintenance activity through the Work Management Performance (WMP) process i.e., identification, preparation and scheduling, execution, close out.
Measure performance and delivery against company and industry metrics on maintenance e.g., schedule attainment, compliance, backlog, deferred hours etc.
Drive continuous improvement in the execution of maintenance e.g., develop plans to manage (reduce), and prioritise business critical backlog, manage the execution of SECE work that allows the correct balance between planned and corrective work, reduce the quantity of ‘breakdown work’ entering the 4W schedule, minimise repeat deferral of SECE work.
Champion and implement ‘smart’ technology to drive efficiency within maintenance e.g., tablet report, on-line monitoring, rationalise systems etc.
Vulnerabilities:
Identify and own key equipment vulnerabilities and, with support from other parts of the organisation, implement prioritised solutions to manage and reduce risk.
Minimise the potential for breakdowns, unplanned outages etc., and promote plant availability / stability, by analyising and interpreting data gathered during maintenance activity.
Working with People / Leadership:
Establishes and maintains a working culture in line with Company’s core values.
Is familiar with Company’s Leadership Expectations – clearly demonstrates their own capability in line with these.
Lives by Company’s safety principles and is passionate about having an incident-free workplace.
Builds and leads a high-performing team accountable for team performance and delivery as well as their wellbeing and development.
Leads and instils technical and professional excellence, ensuring capabilities remain in line with industry/discipline/function development and best practice.
Communicates and influences with impact, clarity and conviction, leading effective change and providing regular and appropriate team, business and organisation updates. Consults and listens, taking on ideas, building rapport and enabling effective two-way communication.
Leads the development and management of their workforce and resourcing plan effectively, within the strategic planning cycle, over a medium/long-term time horizon, ensuring employee wellbeing (holidays, working time, etc.) is given due consideration alongside business and cost requirements. Manage shorter-term issues as they arise.
Is familiar with, communicates, supports, applies and adheres to Company’s people policies and procedures.
Emphasises the importance of environmental, social and governance criteria. Proactively works towards making the organisation socially responsible in all aspects of its business.
Performance Management & Development:
Leads the performance management process across their team; is clear on the strategic objectives of the organisation and communicates/clarifies the role their team plays in their delivery; ensures every employee has clear goals and objectives and are provided with continuous feedback in a timely, honest and constructive manner.
Role models and coaches their managers and teams in living the Values, demonstration of high standards of behavior, performance management and employee development. Sponsors skills, competency and career development, in line with the organisation’s policy and process. Encourages development through lateral moves as well as challenging assignments and progression, fostering breadth and depth of skill and competency development.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
Recognises bias, conscious or unconscious and actively works to eliminate such bias from their own and others’ approach to their work and colleagues.
Actively seeks to encourage and employ diversity in their team and manages an inclusive workplace, bringing alternative perspectives, opinions and thinking to all aspects of their work.
Eliminates the use of everyday language that may leave others feeling excluded or discriminated against. Actively leads and encourages discussion, collaboration and positive actions on inclusion within their teams and amongst peers, which persuades and brings positive change when needed.
Creates equal opportunities for all and treats people equally and with consideration of protected characteristics.
Competencies and Qualifications:
Non-Technical Competencies:
Embeds Company’s Leadership Expectations into their everyday work and interactions, continuously learning and developing these competencies for themselves as well as their teams.
A decisive leader who sets high standards and drives performance – leading through [senior] leaders to deliver through their teams. Is agile, flexible, open to challenge and able to challenge appropriately.
Great communication skills that informs/shares knowledge clearly and unambiguously, influences and persuades in a constructive way, sometimes influencing a change in the course of conversations, to gain agreement and collaboration.
Demonstrable experience in complex and ambiguous situations – able to adopt a calm and composed mentality that promotes proactivity and deals with disagreements, problems and issues in an open and constructive manner.
Leads and promotes organisational change; makes collaborative, high-quality and timely decisions; takes informed risks and learns from failures.
Builds and maintains a professional network, leads and contributes credibly to industry conversations on important issues; seeks to create and maintain good relationships internally and externally across various organisational levels; puts other people at ease and quickly builds rapport.
Key Technical Skills and Competencies:
Conversant with UK regulatory environment, standards, and industry best practice’.
Familiar with Performance Standards, SECE’s and the relationship with verifier.
Experienced with maintenance management systems e.g., SAP, Maximo etc. and common systems used in the execution of different types of maintenance.
Proficient in the use of SAP, specifically the financial aspects of requisitions and purchase orders, and the key transactions to understand maintenance programmes.
Experience in setting maintenance strategies and oversight of maintenance delivery.
Visible advocate of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, drives innovation and pace.
Broad extensive knowledge of engineering technical practices.
Education:
Preferably degree educated in any technical discipline.
Ideally a registered engineer, chartered / incorporated.
Work Experience:
Demonstrable experience of delivering through others both in direct and indirect leadership roles.
Significant and substantial experience in maintenance leadership roles.
Background, experience in reliability engineering.
Mandatory Training required:
All Company mandatory training as requested, including Compliance training usually provided annually.
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080368.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Offshore Maintenance Lead based in Aberdeen. This is hybrid role with 3 days office based and 2 days working from home. Offshore visits will be required as well. PAYE contract for 12 months initially with the option to extend thereafter.
Purpose Statement
Provide effective direct and indirect leadership to the maintenance support and execution teams to deliver the ‘Asset Plan’.
Set and manage the multi-year maintenance budget, identifying opportunities to optimise and drive year-on-year savings. Develop synergies and cost saving opportunities with the other assets through contract optimisation.
Ensure robust maintenance programmes are in place and deliver execution of maintenance in line with the Work Management Process (WMP). Meet and measure performance against company metrics. Drive continuous improvement and efficiency in the execution of maintenance.
Contribute to meeting production targets by managing key equipment threats and vulnerabilities ensuring Safety and Environmentally Critical Equipment (SECE), and Business Critical Equipment (BCE), availability.
Role Deliverables and Responsibilities:
Effective Leadership:
Work closely with Offshore leadership to ensure maintenance is being carried out in an efficient manner, to the plan. Work collaboratively with other groups and teams to provide the maintenance team with sufficient support and resources to facilitate the execution of their tasks.
Coordinate the plans and work of Job Responsible Engineers (JRE’s), and Site Responsible Position’s (SRP’s), ensuring integrated vendor led maintenance activity.
Work with asset leadership to jointly achieve company targets with respect to ‘wrench time’. Identify and work with other teams to remove and reduce constraints, driving continuous improvement and efficiency gains.
Commercial Management:
Set, agree and manage the maintenance budget. Ensure maintenance programmes are included in annual and long-range plans and fully supported by appropriate budget and resource requirements.
With, relevant teams, manage the establishment, maintenance and ongoing performance of contracts, to deliver the required support in the execution of maintenance, e.g., condition monitoring, valve maintenance, rotating equipment etc.
For contracts ‘owned’ / managed within the maintenance team, work with the asset and Procurement Team to actively manage, measure and improve the performance of contracts.
Execution and Optimisation of Maintenance:
Ensure both SECE (performance standard driven), and non-SECE maintenance strategies are current and complied with.
Plan and manage all maintenance activities so that shutdown and the Integrated Activity Plan’s (IAP) are in compliance with the relevant gate criteria.
Manage all maintenance activity through the Work Management Performance (WMP) process i.e., identification, preparation and scheduling, execution, close out.
Measure performance and delivery against company and industry metrics on maintenance e.g., schedule attainment, compliance, backlog, deferred hours etc.
Drive continuous improvement in the execution of maintenance e.g., develop plans to manage (reduce), and prioritise business critical backlog, manage the execution of SECE work that allows the correct balance between planned and corrective work, reduce the quantity of ‘breakdown work’ entering the 4W schedule, minimise repeat deferral of SECE work.
Champion and implement ‘smart’ technology to drive efficiency within maintenance e.g., tablet report, on-line monitoring, rationalise systems etc.
Vulnerabilities:
Identify and own key equipment vulnerabilities and, with support from other parts of the organisation, implement prioritised solutions to manage and reduce risk.
Minimise the potential for breakdowns, unplanned outages etc., and promote plant availability / stability, by analyising and interpreting data gathered during maintenance activity.
Working with People / Leadership:
Establishes and maintains a working culture in line with Company’s core values.
Is familiar with Company’s Leadership Expectations – clearly demonstrates their own capability in line with these.
Lives by Company’s safety principles and is passionate about having an incident-free workplace.
Builds and leads a high-performing team accountable for team performance and delivery as well as their wellbeing and development.
Leads and instils technical and professional excellence, ensuring capabilities remain in line with industry/discipline/function development and best practice.
Communicates and influences with impact, clarity and conviction, leading effective change and providing regular and appropriate team, business and organisation updates. Consults and listens, taking on ideas, building rapport and enabling effective two-way communication.
Leads the development and management of their workforce and resourcing plan effectively, within the strategic planning cycle, over a medium/long-term time horizon, ensuring employee wellbeing (holidays, working time, etc.) is given due consideration alongside business and cost requirements. Manage shorter-term issues as they arise.
Is familiar with, communicates, supports, applies and adheres to Company’s people policies and procedures.
Emphasises the importance of environmental, social and governance criteria. Proactively works towards making the organisation socially responsible in all aspects of its business.
Performance Management & Development:
Leads the performance management process across their team; is clear on the strategic objectives of the organisation and communicates/clarifies the role their team plays in their delivery; ensures every employee has clear goals and objectives and are provided with continuous feedback in a timely, honest and constructive manner.
Role models and coaches their managers and teams in living the Values, demonstration of high standards of behavior, performance management and employee development. Sponsors skills, competency and career development, in line with the organisation’s policy and process. Encourages development through lateral moves as well as challenging assignments and progression, fostering breadth and depth of skill and competency development.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
Recognises bias, conscious or unconscious and actively works to eliminate such bias from their own and others’ approach to their work and colleagues.
Actively seeks to encourage and employ diversity in their team and manages an inclusive workplace, bringing alternative perspectives, opinions and thinking to all aspects of their work.
Eliminates the use of everyday language that may leave others feeling excluded or discriminated against. Actively leads and encourages discussion, collaboration and positive actions on inclusion within their teams and amongst peers, which persuades and brings positive change when needed.
Creates equal opportunities for all and treats people equally and with consideration of protected characteristics.
Competencies and Qualifications:
Non-Technical Competencies:
Embeds Company’s Leadership Expectations into their everyday work and interactions, continuously learning and developing these competencies for themselves as well as their teams.
A decisive leader who sets high standards and drives performance – leading through [senior] leaders to deliver through their teams. Is agile, flexible, open to challenge and able to challenge appropriately.
Great communication skills that informs/shares knowledge clearly and unambiguously, influences and persuades in a constructive way, sometimes influencing a change in the course of conversations, to gain agreement and collaboration.
Demonstrable experience in complex and ambiguous situations – able to adopt a calm and composed mentality that promotes proactivity and deals with disagreements, problems and issues in an open and constructive manner.
Leads and promotes organisational change; makes collaborative, high-quality and timely decisions; takes informed risks and learns from failures.
Builds and maintains a professional network, leads and contributes credibly to industry conversations on important issues; seeks to create and maintain good relationships internally and externally across various organisational levels; puts other people at ease and quickly builds rapport.
Key Technical Skills and Competencies:
Conversant with UK regulatory environment, standards, and industry best practice’.
Familiar with Performance Standards, SECE’s and the relationship with verifier.
Experienced with maintenance management systems e.g., SAP, Maximo etc. and common systems used in the execution of different types of maintenance.
Proficient in the use of SAP, specifically the financial aspects of requisitions and purchase orders, and the key transactions to understand maintenance programmes.
Experience in setting maintenance strategies and oversight of maintenance delivery.
Visible advocate of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, drives innovation and pace.
Broad extensive knowledge of engineering technical practices.
Education:
Preferably degree educated in any technical discipline.
Ideally a registered engineer, chartered / incorporated.
Work Experience:
Demonstrable experience of delivering through others both in direct and indirect leadership roles.
Significant and substantial experience in maintenance leadership roles.
Background, experience in reliability engineering.
Mandatory Training required:
All Company mandatory training as requested, including Compliance training usually provided annually.
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080368.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
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