Offshore Operations & Maintenance Lead
EquinorAbout the role
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24.07.2025To ensure your application is considered, please submit it before this date. Note that the job advert will be removed on the indicated "end date" found on top of the advert.
What does the job involve?
Responsible for Safe Work practices, delivery, and safe execution of planned and approved reactive Maintenance scopes. Leading operational teams relating to Wind Farm, safety, emergency preparedness, response, asset monitoring and associated topics regarding equipment, tools, and systems used to maintain assets operationally and for production output.. Includes identification and evaluation of operational risks and setting operational performance targets and measures. May include oversight/scheduling of a preventative maintenance program and maintenance related functional activities as job planning, scheduling, shift control, performance monitoring and liaisons with operations groups to ensure equipment/plant scheduled downtimes are coordinated effectively.You are utilizing your knowledge independently and empowering a small highly competent team to deliver safe execution of maintenance tasks offshore. Ability to solve highly complex tasks with a short to medium-term tactical impact/risk with a reduced impact on the logistical requirements. You address key business challenges that align with Equinor's short and long-term strategy by setting targets and executing work for your team, which you lead, or by defining and delivering services for a specific area. You may oversee a project/task within a wider portfolio. You independently lead communication with stakeholders across the business as well as with partners and external parties. You facilitate the decision-making processes. You oversee execution of improvement agendas, and coach others to embrace change and ambiguity. You demonstrate flexibility to adopt new activities/ways of working that are highly complex and actively communicate to others on how to do so. You follow and comply with safety, ethics, and compliance requirements and align with leadership expectations and company values.
This position involves supporting teams of wind turbine technicians offshore in a rotating 14-day vessel-based operations that include leadership, guidance, and asset performance management. This role reports to the Plant Director.
What will my tasks be?
Within this position, your key tasks will be to:
This role will initially be supporting the external vendor (responsible for the construction of the offshore assets), as the equinor representative on the Service Operation Vessel, prior to Operations.
•Deliver the maintenance plans and comprehensive schedule. Work closely with operations group to feedback on equipment/plant, performance and downtime for maintenance activities. Ensure effective communication and coordination to minimise production disruptions.
•Responsible for personnel in own line, and task responsibility for personnel allocated from external vendors whilst on rotation and on the SOV. Act in accordance with our ‘shape, empower and deliver’ leadership expectations
•Take a formal employer role responsibility on behalf of equinor, including regular follow up of people development, performance evaluation and compliance with working environment requirements.
•Establish and maintain a positive Safety Culture within the organisation. Develop and implement safety policies, procedures, and manage training programs to ensure compliance with safety regulations and minimise risks in organisation. Conduct regular review of safe working practices, including risk assessments and method statements, training and competence.
•Oversee a preventative maintenance program to ensure the ongoing reliability and performance of facilities assets, equipment, tools used in the organisation. Deliver maintenance strategies, conduct risk assessments, and optimise maintenance activities to minimise downtime and maximise operational efficiency.
•Monitor and analyse operational performance metrics to identify areas for improvement to reduce downtime and enhance equipment reliability. Identify and assess operational risks associated with facilities, equipment, tools, and systems.
Average Hourly Salary - $52.00 / $86.00
Offshore Shift - 14x14 (2 weeks offshore, 2 weeks onshore leave)
Here's what we expect from you:
At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture. And for this specific position, we are also looking for:
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