Preservation & Maintenance Lead

rhi is recruiting for an experienced Preservation and Maintenance Facility (PMF) Lead to join our client's team in Houma, LA. This is a critical, strategic role requiring a strong background in maintenance, organizational management, and HSSE implementation. Knowledge of deepwater oil and gas equipment is required, along with a strong understanding of procedures to preserve and maintain equipment and materials. The Maintenance Lead will implement materials management processes, systems, and ongoing preservation efforts, requiring very strong communication and organizational skills, sensitivity to customer requirements, and a performance-based management approach with key metrics tracking service levels regularly.

Responsibilities

• Management of personnel — ensure training and development of Preservation and Maintenance contract personnel.
• Responsible for all aspects of Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental safeguarding (HSSE) in conjunction with the PMF Site Manager.
• Lead JSEA's for all maintenance activities.
• Responsible for the management of all activities required to maintain the PMF facility, PMF equipment, and items stored at the PMF.
• Responsible for the planning and scheduling of all work-orders related to regulatory (i.e. federal, state, local, OSHA, etc.) compliance.
• Facilitate the creation and approval of preservation maintenance job plans for asset owned equipment.
• Manage all aspects of third party personnel working on site including HSE, supervision, and quality of work.
• Responsible for the planning, scheduling, and reconciliation of all work-orders.
• Responsible for assessing equipment upon arrival to identify maintenance needs and communicate with the equipment owner to maintain a "fit for use" condition.
• Coordinate rental of special material handling equipment as required to complete PM activity.
• Proactively work with item owner to identify scrap/surplus and obsolete items.
• Communicate to customers the service levels through a robust KPI program.
• Participate in any annual planning and objective setting for the PMF team.
• Lead and promote the identification and implementation of innovation opportunities.
• Perform duties and responsibilities as assigned by the PMF Site Supervisor.

Skills and Experience

• Ten (10) years required in a leadership role related to preservation and maintenance of oilfield materials.
• Five (5) years managing people — demonstrating the understanding of building and leading a diverse workforce.
• Exceptional skills proven in Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental safeguarding (HSSE).
• Five (5) or more years working with systems and materials such as offshore platform operations, drilling rigs, wellheads, and subsea to ensure knowledge of preserving and maintaining materials.
• Experience in dealing with 3rd party service providers for facility upkeep and preservation of materials.
• Skilled in the use of IT tools and desktop software applications.
• Experience in facility management systems preferred.
• Exceptional skills in developing processes and procedures.
• Experience in managing performance by using metrics (key performance indicators), scorecards, and performance reviews.

About rhi

rhi is a professional services provider with global expertise. Tracing our history back to the 19th century, we have spent the last 50 years as a global leader to the energy industry. We combine efficient systems and processes with a deep understanding of client challenges and market insight. We work with our clients to deliver information and resources that will support every stage of their operations. We deliver value to our employees, our clients, and the countries that we work in. rhi-group.com