Lead Mechanical Engineer

Qualifications & Experience:

• Engineering degree or equivalent Engineering degree
  
• Minimum 15 years’ experience as mechanical/rotating engineer in petroleum & gas industry in operations and/or projects, leading operational and maintenance strategies for equipment on site, monitoring equipment performance, diagnosing equipment failures, implementation and management of strategic contracts, leading discipline teams and acting as the technical expert in an operational environment for the oil and gas exploration-production industry, both offshore and onshore. 
  

• Provide specialist technical/engineering advice and guidance to site personnel on the operation and maintenance of plant/equipment ensuring highest safety standards, a timely response to queries with minimal disruption to operations
  
• Proactively monitor, review and analyze plant and equipment performance using Digital Tools and provide feedback to Line Management, identifying opportunities to maximize production and performance and share best practice
  
• Contribute to the ongoing monitoring of strategies for the maintenance and operation of plant/equipment to ensure that all plant and equipment meets verification and compliance requirements.
  
• Prepare scopes of work for vendor services and repairs, make recommendations on preferred contractors and co-ordinate vendors, materials and equipment for planned and unplanned activities, monitoring and controlling manpower usage. 
  
• Conduct ad-hoc technical surveys at site and at vendor/repair locations, providing detailed technical reports identifying problems and solutions and ensuring optimum performance from contractors.
  
• Ensure all relevant operations and maintenance procedures and documentation are maintained in an accurate and current status and are available on request.
  
• Assist the department management and planning teams in implementing the scheduling of discipline maintenance activities, ensuring that site personnel have all resources (resources, materials, procedures) in order to timely execute the tasks. 
  
• Ensure that all activities are carried out in a safe and effective manner and that all interventions are controlled by authorized persons, satisfy statutory and Company standards and that no hazardous incidents or events occur.