Work Arrangement: Residential Onshore
Offshore Interface: Periodic FPSO visits as required
Industry: FPSO / Offshore O
- We are seeking an experienced Marine Maintenance Planner - FPSO Operations to support the safe, reliable, and efficient maintenance of FPSO marine, hull, and associated topside systems.
- The Marine Maintenance Planner will be responsible for coordinating, planning, scheduling, and optimizing preventive, corrective, condition-based, and statutory maintenance activities while ensuring asset integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness.
- The role requires strong marine engineering knowledge, practical experience in offshore/FPSO operations, and a solid understanding of Classification Society and statutory requirements, including BV, DNV, ABS, or equivalent standards.
- Candidates with a background as a Marine Engineer Officer or Chief Engineer Officer are particularly encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
Marine & Technical Expertise:
- Provide technical expertise and maintenance planning support for FPSO marine systems, including:
- Hull structures
- Ballast systems
- Cargo systems
- Seawater systems
- Marine utilities
- Lifesaving equipment
- Marine safety systems
- Provide technical guidance to offshore operations and maintenance teams to support safe and effective maintenance execution.
- Support Asset Integrity Management activities through effective maintenance and inspection planning.
- Ensure maintenance strategies and plans are aligned with operational requirements and industry best practices.
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling:
- Develop, implement, and continuously optimize maintenance strategies for FPSO marine, hull, and associated topside systems.
- Plan and schedule preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance activities using SAP PM or equivalent CMMS platforms.
- Review, challenge, validate, and prepare maintenance work orders, job plans, and supporting technical documentation.
- Develop detailed maintenance work packs covering:
- Scope of work
- Manpower requirements
- Materials and spare parts
- Special tools and equipment
- Permit requirements
- Isolation requirements
- Scaffolding and access requirements
- Estimated execution duration
- Ensure maintenance activities meet all readiness criteria prior to offshore execution.
- Develop and maintain 30-day, 90-day, and annual maintenance look-ahead plans.
- Coordinate campaign-based maintenance, major inspection programs, and shutdown preparation activities.
- Align maintenance activities with operational priorities to maximize equipment reliability and FPSO availability.
Marine Certification & Regulatory Compliance:
- Coordinate marine certification activities and ensure compliance with applicable Classification Society and statutory requirements.
- Monitor certification cycles and ensure timely preparation, execution, and submission of required documentation and deliverables.
- Liaise with BV, DNV, ABS, or other applicable Classification Societies, as well as Flag State authorities and regulatory bodies.
- Support compliance with applicable requirements, including:
- SOLAS
- MARPOL
- ISM Code
- NUPRC requirements
- NCDMB requirements
- Applicable offshore and marine regulations
- Coordinate preparation and follow-up activities associated with Class surveys, statutory inspections, and certification renewals.
Asset Integrity & Inspection Coordination:
- Plan and coordinate marine inspection campaigns, including:
- Underwater hull inspections and surveys
- Hull thickness measurements
- Structural integrity inspections
- Lifting equipment inspections
- Lifeboat inspections and testing
- Marine safety equipment inspections
- Ensure inspection findings are accurately documented, assessed, prioritized, and incorporated into maintenance plans.
- Monitor and coordinate the close-out of integrity-related corrective actions, recommendations, and inspection findings.
- Support the identification and management of safety-critical and integrity-critical equipment.
Materials & Logistics Coordination:
- Coordinate with Procurement, Warehouse, Logistics, and offshore teams to ensure timely availability of:
- Critical spares
- Materials
- Consumables
- Specialist services
- Review and optimize Bills of Materials (BOMs), spare parts strategies, and stock levels for marine systems.
- Support critical spares management and material preservation programs.
- Monitor material readiness and proactively address potential supply or logistics constraints that could delay maintenance execution.
CMMS & Maintenance Data Management:
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of SAP PM master data, including:
- Equipment hierarchies
- Maintenance plans
- Task lists
- Bills of Materials
- Maintenance history
- Drive continuous improvement in maintenance planning processes and CMMS data quality.
- Support maintenance reporting, data analysis, and performance reviews.
- Identify opportunities to improve maintenance effectiveness through data-driven analysis and better planning practices.
Performance Management & Reporting:
- Monitor and report key maintenance and asset performance indicators, including:
- Equipment reliability
- Schedule compliance
- Maintenance backlog
- Downtime
- Certification status
- Asset integrity performance
- Support maintenance stewardship meetings, operational audits, and management reporting.
- Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to reliability, maintenance optimization, and overall asset performance initiatives.
- Support the training and development of maintenance personnel through technical knowledge sharing, coaching, and mentoring.
- Ensure all planned maintenance activities comply with Company HSE policies, Permit-to-Work (PTW) requirements, and offshore safety management systems.
- Participate in risk assessments, Job Hazard Analyses (JHA), and lessons-learned activities.
- Ensure maintenance plans adequately address safety-critical and environmentally critical equipment requirements.
- Promote a strong safety culture through effective maintenance planning, preparation, and execution.
Candidate Requirements
Education & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent qualification in Marine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Marine Engineer Officer certification is highly desirable.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in offshore, FPSO, marine, or oil and gas operations.
- Previous experience as a Marine Engineer Officer or Chief Engineer Officer is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning and coordination within an FPSO or offshore production environment.
- Proven experience supporting marine certification activities, Class renewal surveys, and offshore inspection campaigns.
- Experience coordinating maintenance-related materials, logistics, and specialist services.
- Strong technical knowledge of FPSO marine, hull, utility, and associated topside systems.
- Proficiency in SAP PM.
- Experience with IPES, Maximo, or other CMMS platforms is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of maintenance planning methodologies, including preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, condition monitoring, and asset integrity management.
- Familiarity with Classification Society requirements and marine certification processes.
- Good understanding of relevant marine regulations and standards, including SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM Code, NUPRC, and NCDMB requirements.
- Strong understanding of offshore maintenance planning, work preparation, materials management, and execution readiness.
- Strong planning, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to coordinate effectively across multidisciplinary and offshore/onshore teams.
- Strong technical leadership and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to provide technical guidance and influence maintenance best practices.
- Strong commitment to HSE, regulatory compliance, asset integrity, and operational excellence.
- Ability to work effectively in a structured, multicultural, and technically demanding environment.
- Fluent in English.
- The ideal candidate is an experienced marine professional with a strong combination of hands-on marine engineering experience and maintenance planning expertise.
- A background as a Marine Engineer Officer or Chief Engineer Officer, combined with FPSO or offshore production experience, will be highly valued.
- You should be comfortable working across marine operations, maintenance, asset integrity, logistics, procurement, and regulatory stakeholders, with a strong focus on safety, reliability, compliance, and operational readiness.