Smart Room Maintenance Engineer at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Hobark International Limited (HIL) is the parent company of the Hobark group operating in the oil and gas industry. The company was incorporated in 1998, starting as a staffing agency based in Port Harcourt. Currently we have offices in 4 countries with our head office in Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Smart Room Maintenance Engineer

Req ID: 1307
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Description

• Provide specialist technical/engineering advice and guidance to site/offshore/onshore personnel on the operation and maintenance of plant/equipment ensuring highest safety standards, a timely response to queries and minimal disruption to operations
• Manage day to day activities within the JV Offshore Smart Room maintenance support office, ensuring adequate liaison to support the sites forthcoming current and forthcoming activities
• Assist the Smart Room Manager to set and manage priorities of tier 2 support as per site’s requirements
• Provide offshore maintenance personnel direct technical support
• Support the Smart Room Manager by providing work direction and technical guidance, checking work/project progress, identifying resources setting priorities and time schedules
• Ensure planned maintenance look ahead is reviewed and prepared, balance available resources on site with forthcoming monthly PM activity
• Anchor monthly Preventive Maintenance Review process
• Review monthly maintenance report, create and maintain action plan to keep on track of performance Main Interface for offshore Head of Maintenance to assist with critical activities
• Provide initial breakdown support and guidance to offshore teams during fault finding, repair methodology, vendor requirements and materials availability
• Review status of offline plant and equipment and ensure its availability and that standby equipment is serviceable
• Track, report and prevent maintenance related missing achievable production.
• Manage backlog of maintenance activities
• Make recommendations on preferred contractors and coordinate vendors, materials and equipment for planned and unplanned activities, monitoring and controlling manpower usage, vendor/contractor performance and expenditure. Participate, as appropriate in vendor/contractor audits
• Identify work (in conjunction with maintenance planner) that can be liquidated in campaign type approach when critical equipment is taken offline
• Advise on shutdown reports from maintenance perspective to ensure appropriate actions are added and completed
• Develop and maintain highly effective and productive relationships with internal and external contacts Liase with tier 2 and discipline managers for technical and contractual support
• Proactively monitor, review and analyze plant and equipment performance using Smart Signal diagnostic tool and provide feedback to Line Management, identifying opportunities to maximize production and performance and share best practice

Qualifcations

• 1st degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 8 - 10 years’ experience in oil and gas process/operations, with good knowledge of operational site activities
• Good knowledge of onshore/offshore process and production systems
• Experience of working in an offshore environment
• Experience of a collaborative working environment will be an advantage
• Must be very analytical with ability to propose innovative and workable alternatives or solutions
• Strong communication and interface management skills to work efficiently in transverse mode

Primary Skills:

• Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Maintenance Supervisor, Installation Engineer, Engineering, EPC, MS Office, Oil & Gas, Operations, Quality Control

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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