Operations & Maintenance Mechanical Technician

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Operations & Maintenance Mechanical Technician, based Offshore in the North Sea. This is with an operator client on a 2/3.
 
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

 
Permanent 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: PR/084438.


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