Context & Environment
- Strategic positioning: long-standing presence (since 1996), key gas growth hub + emerging renewables opportunities
- Absheron FFD: major national project, second only to Shah Deniz, with high strategic and political significance.
- Complex stakeholder ecosystem: NOC dominance, diverging JV partner agendas, strong BP presence in-country
- Highly constrained Caspian environment: landlocked, limited offshore assets & subsea capacity, strong local content pressure, contractor ecosystem tied to SOCAR
- High compliance & reputation exposure in sensitive geopolitical context
- Major transformation challenge: operatorship shift + workforce stability + talent attrition (regional competition)
- Critical export dependency: Oil Rocks (SOCAR), BTC pipeline (1,800 km / 1.2 Mb/d, TTE 5%), FFD gas pipelines , complex tie-ins and constrained market access.
Activities
The job holder is accountable for demonstrating an exemplary behaviour with regard to HSE rules & requirements, with regards to the Company Ethics and “Code of Conduct” policy and for implementing and controlling these rules and requirements within his area of responsibility.
The job holder responsibilities are:
- Performing first line maintenance, troubleshooting when Maintenance team is not on duty
- Manage, supervise and execute maintenance and inspection as well as support activities 24/7.
- Lead and co-ordinates the maintenance and inspection operations
- Manage the Maintenance and Inspection Services contracts in place for offshore operations by dealing with resident maintenance and Inspection issues in timely way working with maintenance staff
- Provide assistance for the operations, supervise the site Maintenance and Inspection Services and conduct proper follow-through on all maintenance and inspection issues.
- Prepares technical failure and investigation reports
- Coordinate with external contractors and service providers for specialized maintenance and inspection or repair tasks, ensuring quality and cost-effectiveness.
- Informs the persons concerned, by appropriate reporting, on the progress of maintenance and inspection operations and, if necessary, of difficulties encountered.
- Lead, train, and evaluate maintenance and inspection personnel, promoting a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
- Takes part in different daily, weekly and site co-ordination meetings
- Assist with site environmental conformance as well as hazardous material programs.
- Ensure to maintain adequate inventories of tools, supplies and parts to accurately repair all equipment.
- Ensure to keep cleanliness at shop and storage areas as well as well-stocked, organized following company colour coded program.
- Inspect regularly machinery with respect to safety issues inclusive but not restricted to ground and trip hazards, non-functioning lights, broken pieces along with exposed wiring.
- Participate in maintenance and inspection employees’ schedules as per forecasted workloads.
- Perform with maintenance and inspection employees along with other technical personnel to develop proactive and effective team working together to attain set objectives.
- Investigate and implement new technologies or methods to improve maintenance and inspection efficiency, asset integrity and reduce environmental impact.
- Managing and coordinating the interfaces with Azneft counterparts Playing a key role in emergency response and PTW processes
HSE Responsibilities
- Comply to HSE and COMPANY policies, Confidentiality, Compliance needs and Procedures,
- Promote continuously safety culture,
- Work safely, avoid any incident and dangerous situation, contribute towards continual HSE improvement, demonstrate safety behavior for himself and others,
- Attend mandatory HSE trainings, refresher/expired trainings and apply them on site, ensure team and vendor compliance,
- Take reasonable care of own Health and Safety and that of Others who may be affected by their acts at work
- Each employee, at his level of responsibility, must observe all Company Rules, Procedures and instructions in the performance of his own task
- Exercise such caution as is necessary to avoid danger to persons and installations or to avoid pollution
- Report any anomaly, abnormal conditions and near miss to Site Manager / RSES
- Participate actively in and lead when required HSE meetings, safety talks, toolboxes, training sessions and drills
- Ensure safety of personnel, environment protection, and the technical integrity of equipment’s in his/her domain of activities, implement HSE rules and follow procedures, and notify forthwith the responsible person
Authority to suspend activities when there is a potential or actual threat to human life, the installation or the environment, and notify forthwith the responsible supervisor
Candidate Profile
- Level / Diploma: Chartered Engineer (A-levels + 5 years’ study) or Higher National Diploma (HND (A-levels + 3 years’ study))
- Professional Background: more than 10 years of experience in Maintenance of oil & gas facilities including management positions on offshore sites.
- In-depth knowledge of :
- Maintenance of Oil & Gas Facilities,
- Management of Offshore facilities
- Proficient in using and troubleshooting industrial platforms such as:
- Rotating (compressors, pumps, fans, etc.) and static (vessels, heat exchangers, isolation and regulation valves) equipment
- Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD) and Fire & Gas Systems (F&G)
- Instrumentation
- Solid experience with:
- Instrument, electrical loop checking, calibration
- Preventive and Corrective maintenance planning and scheduling
- Field commissioning
- Condition Based Monitoring (vibration & lube oil analysis, thermography)
- Strong knowledge of international codes and standards (IEC, ISA, API, ISO)
- Strong knowledge and experience with CMMS platforms (SAP PM and MM)
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is essential for technical documentation, reporting, and offshore team coordination
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent planning and performance management
- Other required Competencies: Operations of Oil and Gas process facilities, Management of contractors/subcontractors, Material Management, Maintenance Engineering
Additional Information
The position is the part of the Company's nationalization strategy and is restricted to Azerbaijan citizens only
That's rotational offshore position 28x28
Domain: Maintenance & Inspection
Type of contract: Fixed term position
Experience: Minimum 10 years
Employer company: TotalEnergies EP Absheron B.V.