Satellite Superintendent (Maintenance and Operations) Oil and Gas

Inspire Selection

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP314-1171

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Details:
Job Title: Satellite Superintendent
Business/Department: Production - Offshore
Reporting To: Offshore Installation Manager

Job Purpose:
Responsible for the safe and efficient production and operation of process equipment, and intervention visits on the outlying field assets Normally Unmanned Installations (NUI’s). All of which have production separation systems and some are also equipped with additional equipment such as gas generators and gas compressors.

The incumbent must ensure the Health, Safety & Welfare of all employees and contractors working under their control and ensure continued integrity and efficiency of plant equipment. They must ensure all work is carried out in conformance with the integrated plan and in accordance with the safety standards and relevant standard operating procedures.

Dimensions:
• Number of Direct Staff: 6
• Number of Indirect Staff (if applicable): 9

Key Result Areas (Key Accountabilities):
• Support and satisfy the policies, goals, efforts, and programs of Health, Safety and Environmental Management System.
• In conjunction with Well Intervention and Integrity group, directs the rectification of well problems by authorising and controlling planned and corrective work programmes including the routine wireline intervention program, gauging, safety valve checks, acid cleaning, water wash, static / flow / bottom-hole surveys, identifying multi point injection details and setting new gas injection valves where appropriate.
• Directs all field maintenance and repair activities on well heads and associated facilities.
• Coordinates activities with Well Operations Team: preparing platforms for rig arrivals, completion, well handover and rig departure.
• Ensures quality of work through adherence to standards and procedures and sound technical work practices.
• Assist in the planning for the Well Operations group ensuring that activities are aligned with business needs; prioritising and coordinating activities, updating regular production programmes and specific well programmes, including requirements for well management intervention works and drilling programme.
• Ensure the adequacy of spares / stock levels and consumables for all activities and work scope.
• Provides daily/weekly maintenance progress update or technical reports as required by management.
• Lead and assist the planning function to minimise plant downtime, optimise available resources and ensure appropriate effort is applied to addressing the completion of critical and overdue activities to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) compliance and asset and operating integrity assurance (A&OI) activities.
• Carries out worksite audits of maintenance and other teams to ensure quality and safety.
• Participates in, and actively promotes Company Horizon Zero and STAR safety programmes.
• Ability to lead/ provide instruction to incident investigation teams and act as “super-user” within CMO.
• Manage, coach, teach and mentor supervisors, identifying Competency (by use of the Competency Development Assurance programme), training requirements and personnel development opportunities.
• Contribute to personnel selection and performance appraisal.
• Conduct regular assessments with the operators and technicians to continually maintain and improve the individual and overall team development to ensure an efficient and effective workforce.
• Is a member of the Offshore Incident Management Team as required.

Communication and Important Working Relationships

Internal Contacts:
• Offshore Leadership Team, Well Intervention and Integrity Lead, Planning and Operations Teams, Maintenance Crafts and Production Personnel. Human Resources, Facilities and Reservoir Engineering.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Job Related Competencies

Educational Qualifications:
• Completion of Secondary (10 years) education followed by 3 year Diploma or apprenticeship in Production, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical engineering or equivalent (equivalent to UK NVQ, HNC or preferably Bachelors Degree).

Experience Profile:
• Minimum 5 years' oil & gas field experience in Maintenance or Operations (of which 3 years spent in a supervisory position).
• Thorough understanding of Operations Safety Case requirements, statutory requirements and safe systems of work including the Permit To Work (PTW), isolation procedures and risk assessment.

Competencies/Skills/Others:
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Working knowledge of computer applications software such as Microsoft Office / Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (ideally Oracle Enterprise Asset Management).

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.

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