Rotating Equipment Engineer - VR/31842
Currently seeking an experienced Rotating Equipment Engineer on a contract basis for a leading FPSO operator based in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire. It is a contract position through until the end of July 2026 that will be offered on a PAYE basis.
The Rotating Equipment Engineer will serve as the primary mechanical technical point of contact for rotating and lifting equipment. They will provide mechanical maintenance support offshore in line with company procedures, whilst driving improvements in safety and operational efficiency.
The Rotating Equipment Engineer will have the following main duties and responsibilities:
- Making cost-effective and safety-focused decisions regarding repair, maintenance, and modifications of all installation equipment.
- Reviewing planned maintenance routines to ensure equipment is maintained correctly while optimising workforce utilisation.
- Managing development, preparation and review of maintenance work packs, and close out reports for technical content, ensuring corrective actions are recorded and actioned.
- Preparing material/service requisitions, offshore visit request forms, and modification requests for mobilisations; manage delivery of maintenance scopes.
- Determining spare part requirements for equipment.
- Proposing, creating, and reviewing planned maintenance amendments for existing, new, and deleted equipment.
- Reviewing failures and downtime; providing advice to improve asset maintainability and operability.
- Reviewing current Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) activities and recommend improvements.
- Creating and reviewing planned and non-planned (corrective) maintenance amendments for offshore equipment, including work scope, resources, materials, tools, drawings, and documentation.
- Preparing budget input for short-term and long-term asset plans.
- Conducting regular offshore visits.
Experience/Qualifications:
- A degree qualification in a Mechanical Engineering discipline, or similar, would be preferred.
- Current/valid offshore certification would be preferred.
- Previous experience in a similar Rotating Equipment Engineer type role, directly within the North Sea Oil & Gas industry, is essential.
- Previous Technical Authority (TA) experience would be preferred.
- Applicants should have experience of working with cranes and lifting equipment.
- Experience with Maximo would be preferred.
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