Job Title



Maintenance Engineer (FPSO Operations – Onshore Support)



Location



Onshore Support Base

Job Purpose



The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for providing onshore engineering and planning support for the execution of maintenance activities on the FPSO. The primary focus of the role is maintenance execution planning, ensuring that preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance activities are effectively planned, scheduled, coordinated, and executed to maximise equipment reliability, plant availability, and production efficiency. The Maintenance Engineer works closely with offshore maintenance teams, Technical & Maintenance engineers, Operations, Procurement, Logistics, Warehouse, and contractors to ensure maintenance work is executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company standards.

Key Responsibilities



Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

Maintenance Execution Support

Work Pack Development

CMMS & SAP Management

Resource Planning

Materials & Logistics Coordination

Shutdown & Campaign Planning

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

Performance Monitoring

Compliance & Documentation

Cross-Functional Collaboration



Minimum Qualifications



• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Marine Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer registration or eligibility is advantageous.
• Certification in Maintenance Planning, Reliability Engineering, or Asset Management is desirable.

Experience



• Minimum 7 years of maintenance engineering or maintenance planning experience in the oil and gas, marine, or heavy process industries.
• Minimum 5 years supporting FPSOs, offshore production facilities, offshore drilling units, LNG plants, or similar continuous-process operations.
• Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning and execution.
• Experience coordinating shutdowns and major maintenance campaigns.
• Experience with CMMS and integrated maintenance management systems.

Technical Knowledge



• Maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Corrective maintenance management.
• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM).
• Risk-Based Maintenance (RBM).
• Asset integrity management.
• Work management processes.
• Permit-to-Work (PTW) systems.
• Shutdown and turnaround planning.
• Spare parts management.
• Bill of Materials (BOM) development.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Management of Change (MOC).
• Offshore logistics and mobilisation planning.

Software Skills

Proficiency in:

• SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP (Plant Maintenance (PM), Materials Management (MM), and Asset Management modules)
• Microsoft Project (desirable)
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Asset performance management and reporting software (advantageous).

Location: Walvis Bay and Lüderitz



Closing Date: 31/7/2026