MAINTENANCE TECHNICAL AUTHORITY

Our client, an Oil and Gas Operator is seeking a Maintenance Technical Authority. This position will be based at Barrow-in-Furness and is a 2 year PAYE contract role.

Job Overview:

The Maintenance Technical Authority provides technical governance, assurance and leadership for maintenance strategies, maintenance management systems, and asset care standards across the operating assets.

The role ensures that maintenance practices and systems protect process safety, asset integrity, reliability, and regulatory compliance throughout the asset lifecycle.

Acting as the discipline Technical Authority, the role holder has accountability for setting and enforcing standards, approving technical deviations, and providing authoritative guidance to operations and projects.

Key Role Deliverables:

Act as the Technical Authority for maintenance within defined scope and technical owner for maintenance management systems.

Maintain and enhance the SAP Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Own the Work Management Process (WMP) across the business.

Owner of the UZ master data change process.

Ensure that appropriate life cycle maintenance programmes are in place to address safety case/ process safety obligations and meet operating efficiency targets (equipment availability / reliability).

Work with the relevant Technical Authorities to ensure that performance standard assurance activities demonstrate compliance with performance standard targets and are fully optimised.

Ensure maintenance regimes support production availability.

Functional maintenance planning / scheduling ownership e.g. manpower v burden forecasting, resource leveling etc.

Develop and budget for maintenance improvement initiatives.

Support the assets for maintenance, corporate audit and regulatory interventions and inspections.

Develop and produce maintenance reports and KPI’s in accordance with internal, external (e.g. OEUK and regulatory / HSE) and corporate reporting requirements.

Set the schedule and scope of work for Maintenance Audits. To participate and contribute to peer and assurance reviews of the Asset Teams.

Approve or reject technical deviations, dispensations and non-conformances related to maintenance standards and systems.

Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, standards, and company requirements, including UK HSE regulatory regimes; COMAH, Safety Case and SEMS requirements; and Industry standards.

Ensure maintenance systems support maintenance strategy execution, defect management and backlog control.

To provide technical leadership for system upgrades, configuration changes, and data quality improvements.

To contribute to competence frameworks, technician training and technical capability development.

To provide constructive challenge and technical escalation where standards or safety may be compromised.

Act as a Lead investigator using Kelvin TopSet investigation techniques to support business requirements. Support failure investigations as required.

Any other associated duties as reasonably required.

Competence & Qualifications

Extensive experience in maintenance engineering within onshore or offshore operations.

Extensive experience within CMMS systems; structure, data, hierarchies etc.

Proven experience operating in a Technical Authority or senior discipline engineer role.

Strong understanding of maintenance strategies and reliability engineering; safety critical equipment / performance standards and barrier management; and work management processes.

Demonstrated ability to make and defend risk-based technical decisions in a high-hazard environment.

Qualifications:

Degree qualified in an engineering or technology discipline

Chartered Engineer

Experience in event management and investigation training such as Kelvin TopSet