Location: Barrow-in-Furness 4 days in office 1 at home. Candidates should be based comutable distance to site or be willing to relocate for the duration of the 2 year PAYE project.
JAB Recruitment is supporting a leading energy operator in the recruitment of an experienced Maintenance Technical Authority to provide technical governance, assurance and leadership across operational assets.
This is a senior technical position responsible for ensuring maintenance strategies, asset reliability, process safety and regulatory compliance are maintained to the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the Maintenance Technical Authority, providing technical leadership and governance across operational assets.
- Own and continually improve the SAP Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Lead maintenance strategies, work management processes and asset care standards.
- Ensure compliance with safety-critical equipment requirements, performance standards and asset integrity obligations.
- Oversee maintenance planning, scheduling, defect management and backlog control.
- Support technical audits, regulatory inspections and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Approve technical deviations and provide risk-based engineering guidance.
- Support incident investigations, failure analysis and maintenance performance reporting.
Essential Experience & Qualifications:
- Extensive maintenance engineering experience within onshore or offshore oil & gas operations.
- Proven experience as a Technical Authority or Senior Discipline Engineer.
- Strong SAP CMMS knowledge, including maintenance data structures and equipment hierarchies.
- In-depth understanding of maintenance strategies, reliability engineering and work management processes.
- Knowledge of COMAH, Safety Case requirements, process safety and barrier management.
- Engineering or technology degree.
- Chartered Engineer status.
- Experience in incident investigation techniques, ideally Kelvin TopSet.
We are particularly interested in candidates with strong technical leadership capabilities and experience making risk-based decisions within high-hazard operational environments.
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Maintenance Technical Authority employer: JAB Recruitment
Join a leading UK energy operator in Barrow-in-Furness, where you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence in maintenance and systems management. With a strong focus on employee development, the company offers a supportive work culture that encourages innovation and technical leadership, alongside competitive benefits and flexible working arrangements. This role not only provides an opportunity to influence critical asset performance but also fosters professional growth in a high-hazard environment, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
