ASSET INTEGRITY AUTHORITY

Our client, an Oil and Gas Operator is seeking an Asset Integrity Authority. This is a 2 year PAYE contract role based at Barrow-in-Furness.

The Asset Integrity Authority is accountable for ensuring that asset integrity risks are identified, assessed, and controlled throughout the asset lifecycle. The role provides technical authority over integrity management systems, standards, and performance, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and company requirements to maintain safe, reliable, and compliant operations.

Accountabilities:

Act as the technical and competent authority for asset integrity, providing oversight and assurance across mechanical, structural, corrosion, and process containment disciplines.

Define, own, and maintain the Asset Integrity Management Framework, including policies, standards, and procedures.

Ensure asset integrity risks are identified, assessed, and managed in line with company risk appetite.

Analyse trends and reporting of reliability data for safety-critical elements of equipment maintenance for the assets.

Analyse trends on failures of safety-critical equipment, see maintenance activities and maintenance-related HSEQ issues, to provide insight into root causes and recommend actions that will mitigate operational and HSEQ risks, prevent or minimize future failures, and reduce costs.

Develop and produce asset integrity reports, in accordance with the asset BMS, MMS, and HSEQ reporting and corporate requirements, to inform management and contribute to decision-making.

Utilise SAP to interrogate planned maintenance routines and corrective maintenance.

Assist discipline engineers in the investigation of failures, where required.

Facilitate Root Cause Analysis investigations and actions close-out

Manage IVB (Lloyds) and other third party reliability studies, or contractors as required

Demonstrate that the maintenance integrity procedures meet required HSEQ standards and that the company has the necessary focus, information and insight, systems, processes and procedures, in order to support CE&P in operating safely and effectively.

Administer, manage and monitor asset integrity and written verification activities.

Provide input to maintenance strategies, including condition based monitoring for Asset equipment.

Response support to Asset Integrity Leads.

Act as a Lead investigator using Kelvin TopSet investigation techniques to support business requirements.

Any other associated duties as reasonably required.

Technical Skills:

Conversant with UK regulatory environment standards, and industry best practice.

Demonstrate a sound understanding of engineering principles and practical application

Knowledge of QA/QC principles, applicable legislation and HSEQ standards (ISO, OHSAS)

Knowledge of maintenance management systems and familiarity with verification schemes

Qualifications:

Degree qualified in an engineering or technology discipline

Chartered Engineer

Experience in event management and investigation training such as Kelvin TopSet