Maintenance Superintendent

Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) was founded after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon well control incident to provide the response capabilities needed if a similar event occurs in the future. MWCC is a Limited Liability Corporation that is owned by ten (10) of the most active drillers in the Gulf of Mexico.

See www.marinewellcontainment.com for more information.

Position Overview & Responsibilities

The MCV Maintenance Superintendent will be responsible for ensuring the effective planning, scheduling, and execution of all preventative and corrective maintenance activities that occur at MWCC's MCV shore base located in Ingleside, Texas while tracking spend against the approved budget. The role will enforce the safe execution of work management principles on daily activities, which are associated with MWCC equipment, ensuring that the right type and frequency of preventative maintenance is being performed and that work execution is done in accordance with MWCC's workflow management process within SAP and the WorkSafe electronic permit to work process. This position will also oversee larger maintenance projects/work to ensure work is performed in a safe and efficient manner that meets or exceeds OEM requirements. This position will be MWCC's shore base subject matter expert on all Topsides production equipment being stored at the shore base. The Maintenance Superintendent will also provide daily technical support for the WorkSafe electronic permit-to-work system and the SAP maintenance management system and will process all shore base-related SURF and MCV Maintenance Change Requests (MCRs). Some travel will be required between shore bases and Houston HQ for effective implementation and execution of job duties.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety leadership and functional oversight of MCV Shore Base maintenance work.
• Serve as shore base technical lead for troubleshooting, repairs, and PM revisions for all Topsides production equipment.
• Work with Central Maintenance and Engineering team to resolve recurring failures.
• Adopt Reliability Centered Maintenance program and provide input on maintenance strategies using real-time field data.
• Drive maintenance workflow process discipline, trend noncompliance, and provide corrective action plans.
• Track monthly Maintenance Spend against approved shore base budget and report savings and overages to Maintenance Manager.
• Review and validate weekly contractor timesheets and invoices.
• Provide oversight and direction to maintenance contract resources at MCV.
• Collaborate with the MWCC Maintenance Manager and the Senior Field Superintendent to ensure that maintenance work is performed efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for enforcing safe work practices and business delivery requirements at the MWCC shore base.
• Responsible for safe and efficient performance of contract maintenance staff assigned to MWCC shore base.
• Ensure essential shore base contractor's capability and readiness via scheduled and unscheduled assessments, feedback, and other appropriate methods.
• Support development and implementation of MWCC's Operations Excellence System (OES) and maintain strong ties to the HSE organization to facilitate daily shore base activities.
• Responsible for investing time in individual learning and development to enhance own leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborate with all MWCC functional teams in preparation of any new or revised Integrity Critical Maintenance procedures.
• Analyze and evaluate maintenance procedures to improve the maintenance delivery and maintainability, reliability and efficient operation of the equipment.
• Perform other similar or related duties as assigned, such as troubleshooting problems, ensuring good housekeeping, environment protection, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring that all contract resources used for maintenance work execution are appropriate in number and capable of performing their intended work.
• Work with MWCC leadership and the Senior Field Superintendent to oversee the performance of the Shore Base Contract Leadership to ensure safe, efficient, and effective work execution.
• Responsible for closely collaborating with the MWCC Maintenance Manager to ensure cost is controlled and closely monitored to ensure that maintenance work is within budget, highly efficient, and effective.
• Responsible for closely collaborating with the MWCC Senior Field Superintendent, who is responsible for the shore base work execution schedule, to make certain that maintenance activities are properly resourced, planned, and scheduled on a prioritized basis.
• Will occasionally fill in for the Senior Field Superintendent during their absence.

Response Specific Responsibilities

In the event of MWCC activation, the Maintenance Superintendent at the MCV Shore Base will fulfill the role of SURF Mobilization Technician and will relocate to the SURF Shore Base in Theodore, Alabama, unless otherwise assigned.

• Work as a member of the MWCC Emergency Response Organization in assigned role upon activation or drill in response to a well control incident and perform job duties commensurate with the assigned role.
• Demonstrate effective leadership and commitment to operational excellence and readiness to respond to a loss of well containment.
• During activation, support the Deployment team during the mobilization of SURF equipment.
• Upon activation and once the Modular Capture Vessel(s) depart for extended flowback mode, this position will go offshore to support commissioning and will likely continue to either work offshore on a rotational basis or as needed to direct and supervise activities of MWCC's contract maintenance crew(s) in the field.

General Background, Qualifications, & Experience

• Associate degree in a technology field or equivalent industry experience. Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation.
• 10 years managing, developing, and executing maintenance management programs in oil and gas operations. Offshore experience preferred.
• Basic understanding of oil and gas subsea and topsides production operations.
• Must be well versed in the SAP Preventative Maintenance module and the Prometheus scheduling tool, as well as an electronic permit-to-work system such as WorkSafe (Rely On).
• Strong working knowledge of planning tools such as Microsoft Project, Word, and Excel.
• Strong working knowledge of OPEX and CAPEX budgeting.
• Working knowledge of Bureau of Safety Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) regulatory requirements for the testing and inspection of offshore producing facilities.
• Working knowledge of Incident Command System (ICS) framework.
• Visibly demonstrate a commitment to safety and operational excellence through values of safety, integrity, and excellence.
• Must have an in-depth knowledge of maintenance management systems and maintenance practices.
• Must have a sound working knowledge of risk, performance, and condition-based monitoring techniques and analysis.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in collaborating across organizational boundaries to improve organization delivery.
• General Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, and Controls knowledge.
• Experience in root cause analysis.
• Has a strong results orientation and demonstrates personal accountability.
• Exhibits strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Displays innovation with curiosity and openness to new ideas.
• Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Exhibits relationship and partnership-building skills through building appropriate rapport, using diplomacy and tact, and gaining cooperation from others.
• Maintains effectiveness in a changing environment.

Location: Ingleside, TX

Travel: 15% (Domestic)

Schedule: Eligible for 9/80 or 4/10 schedule

Physical Demands

Office Based Jobs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms close to and overhead of their body. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds.

Shore base/Non-Office Jobs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to harsh environmental conditions (heat and cold), fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration, congested work environments, and heavy equipment operations. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires being able to manipulate components such as valves and other mechanical equipment, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing stairs and access ladders on a routine basis. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Offshore Marine/Ship Jobs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to harsh environmental conditions (heat and cold), fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration, congested work environments, and heavy equipment operations. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud and may require the extended use of hearing protection.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and may be required to manipulate components such as valves and other mechanical equipment, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing stairs and access ladders on a routine basis. The employee may frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This job position may require visits to vessels and facilities while in port and potential at sea and will need to have meet the physical requirements to complete offshore water survival and HUET training. This includes but not limited to the physical abilities to transfer shore to ship, ship to ship, helicopter to ship while using approved means such as bridges and personnel transfer devices. Frequent ascending/descending stairs or ladders safely, is required along with working below decks in restricted spaces

Employees with duties requiring potential work offshore may be required to pass periodic offshore fitness-for-duty assessments

Marine Well Containment Company provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.