Equipment Operator

About the role:

Location: Global

Hours: Offshore Contract

As an Equipment Operator, your role is to commission and operate equipment in a competent and professional manner, communicating effectively with the client and Operations Department at all times. The Equipment Operator will ensure products are operated efficiently, within the allocated scope of works and equipment operational limits, and will comply with relevant HSEQ guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Adopt and promote the Motive Offshore Group People Values, ensuring their use is embedded throughout.
• Ensure client assistance and satisfaction at all times.
• Liaise and build rapport with the client whilst at the worksite.
• Develop strong working relations with key stakeholders – clients, colleagues, etc.
• Be a positive ambassador for Motive Offshore Group Ltd.
• Lead by example in setting the highest possible standards in the promotion of People Values, HSEQ procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with the Motive Offshore Group HSEQ Policy, procedures, standards and regulatory obligations.
• Immediately report all accidents, incidents, near misses or environmental concerns.
• Adhere to and participate in company-wide sustainability policies, procedures and initiatives as they are developed to support our Net Zero objectives.
• Attend project briefings & de-briefings.
• Attend client inductions/HIRA’s as and when required.
• Complete online client inductions and training as and when required.
• Participate in internal and external training courses where identified.
• Attend client FATs when requested.
• Ensure the safe and efficient mobilisation, installation and demobilisation of equipment.
• Ensure equipment is correctly prepared and ready on time to meet Client or Company requirements.
• Stocktake equipment on arrival at worksite, communicating any anomalies and or damage to the client and Company.
• Commission equipment at the worksite and perform load test operations as per the clients’ requirements, completing all necessary paperwork.
• Operate equipment as per clients’ instructions, ensuring all daily checks and paperwork are completed.
• Complete required onsite paperwork such as post-installation checks & maintenance records.
• Complete Weekly Personnel Timesheet in full, with accurate times and descriptions including any observations, delays, damages, daily activities and obtain signed approval from the client.
• Demobilise equipment at the worksite and prepare for shipping, completing any necessary cargo manifests.
• Seek assistance from Company to troubleshoot equipment breakdowns, investigate and rectify.
• Hand in project paperwork and expenses in a timely manner post-project.
• Engage in any other reasonable activity as requested by Lead Equipment Operators / Management.

Required skills / knowledge:

• Experience with flex lay equipment such as RDS, tensioners, and carousel systems, ensuring equipment is operated safely and efficiently within project specifications.
• Hydraulic experience and/or a Mechanical/Engineering Trade.
• Must hold a valid offshore medical certificate in accordance with Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) requirements.
• Offshore certification including OGUK survival or seamen's health certificate.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise.

Benefits:

• 34 days holiday per annum
• Employer Pension contribution
• Life Assurance equal to 3 × salary
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Long Service Awards
• Gym Membership*
• Electric Car Scheme*
• Reduced membership of Costco card
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Regular Team Building Events – such as family fun days, BBQs, nights out, volunteering with charities…
• Paid Volunteer Days

EEO Statement: At Motive Offshore Group, we celebrate diversity in all its forms—across race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and background—and we are dedicated to creating a culture of equity and belonging. Our hiring practices are rooted in fairness and integrity, focusing solely on an individual’s abilities, contributions, and potential.