Offshore Maintenance Superintendent 2 - Tullow Oil

Tullow is offering an exciting opportunity within the Ghana Business Unit. We are looking for a dynamic Offshore Maintenance Superintendent to join us on a Permanent basis, working predominantly offshore, Ghana.

Job Purpose

Provide leadership and direction for all maintenance and inspection activities on the FPSO, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution. The role is accountable for safeguarding asset integrity, optimizing reliability and availability, and supporting the implementation of the Ghana Asset Maintenance Strategy in collaboration with the onshore M&I Manager.

A key aspect of the role is to develop the capabilities of the offshore maintenance team, champion nationalization of the department, and foster long-term knowledge transfer.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

Maintenance & Integrity

• Lead all planned and corrective maintenance as defined in the CMMS, including job plans and work instructions.
• Manage shutdowns and major campaign maintenance work programmes.
• Ensure weekly checks on safety, production, and environmental critical equipment are performed, with deviations reported and work orders raised.
• Enforce work preparation standards (job plans, materials, permits) to improve schedule compliance.
• Ensure effective 14-day and 120-day maintenance planning windows are maintained in coordination with onshore planning teams.
• Champion the effective use of CMMS and digital maintenance tools to ensure data quality and reporting accuracy.
• Liaise with class societies and regulators on inspections, certification, and compliance audits.
• Ensure all statutory and class-related maintenance is completed and documented correctly.
• Maintain readiness for external inspections, audits, and verification activities.
• Ensure critical equipment redundancy and resilience are maintained to support production continuity.
• Oversee fault-finding, troubleshooting, and timely repair of equipment.
• Verify the availability of critical spares and materials, addressing discrepancies proactively.
• Ensure accurate documentation of all maintenance activities in compliance with facility standards and statutory requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering support teams to maintain the technical and performance integrity of the facility.
• Effectively manage work order backlogs, ensuring timely prioritization and closeout in line with maintenance strategies and risk profiles.
• Deliver monthly maintenance KPIs (e.g., schedule compliance, backlog management, equipment availability, and critical PM compliance).

Staff Development & Nationalization

• Actively coach, mentor, and support team members to build technical competence and leadership skills.
• Identify training needs and work with HR and onshore management to implement structured development plans.
• Lead succession planning and knowledge transfer to ensure sustainable national workforce capability.
• Champion and drive Tullow’s nationalization strategy within the offshore maintenance organisation, ensuring nationals are progressively developed into key supervisory and specialist roles.

Vendor & Contractor Management

• Safely and effectively manage all contractor personnel performing maintenance.
• Provide FPSO familiarisation and oversight for vendor scopes of work.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise vendor activities to ensure quality delivery.

HSEQ

• Uphold Tullow’s HSEQ Code of Conduct, always ensuring safe practices and environmental stewardship.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with control of work, operational, and emergency procedures.
• Fulfil assigned responsibilities in the Emergency Response Plan and Muster Station Bill.

Compliance, Performance & Governance

• Adhere to the Tullow Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, ensuring full compliance with policies and training requirements.
• Operate within the TGL Delegation of Authority framework.
• Manage departmental budget offshore, ensuring expenditure aligns with approved plans and is controlled within the financial delegation of authority.
• Monitor and report on performance against agreed maintenance KPIs and budget targets, implementing corrective actions where required.

Operations & Production Interface

• Ensure alignment of maintenance activities with production requirements through active participation in daily and weekly planning meetings.
• Prioritize work to optimize asset uptime while safeguarding safety and integrity.
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure effective management of overrides, inhibits, and equipment availability.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Champion reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and predictive maintenance initiatives.
• Integrate condition monitoring data (vibration, thermography, oil analysis, etc.) into maintenance planning.
• Drive continuous improvement projects to reduce failures, increase uptime, and extend asset life.
• Drive root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives.
  
  
• Identify opportunities for efficiency, cost reduction, and productivity improvement without compromising integrity.

Requirements

Experience & Education

Tertiary qualification or equivalent in mechanical/maintenance engineering.

Skills

• Minimum 10 years’ post-graduate industry experience, with at least 5 years in a supervisory maintenance leadership role.
• Experience in offshore oil & gas or petrochemical operations, ideally FPSO facilities.
• Strong knowledge of classification requirements for hull, machinery, and topsides.
• Proven track record in leading multidisciplinary maintenance and inspection teams to deliver safe and cost-effective results.
• Demonstrated expertise in:
  • Maintenance and inspection/corrosion management plans
  • Risk-based inspection (RBI), corrosion management, anomaly management, and fabric maintenance
  • Shutdown planning and execution
  • Root cause analysis, defect elimination, and reliability improvement
  • CMMS operation and maintenance planning systems
  • NDT techniques and limitations, coatings, pressure systems, and piping design/fabrication
• Strong knowledge of safety management systems, control of work, and emergency response.
• Experience in backlog management, KPI delivery, and maintenance budget control.
• Experience in workforce development, training, and leading nationalization programs highly desirable.

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