Job Description

Maintenance Craft Lead

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Bahamas

px Americas is a leading provider of commissioning, start-up and operations-readiness services for LNG assets and energy sectors across North America and beyond. As we expand our footprint into the Bahamas we are recruiting for a Maintenance Craft Lead.

Reporting to the Operations & Maintenance Coordinator, the Maintenance Craft Lead provides dedicated maintenance execution and readiness support during site mobilization, startup, and transition to steady-state operations.
The role is established to provide additional front-end maintenance capability during the high workload startup phase, leading establishment of maintenance systems, CMMS structures, contractor readiness, and maintenance work processes, while providing hands-on cross-discipline maintenance support to enable safe and reliable terminal operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide additional maintenance leadership and execution support during startup and early operations to supplement the Operations & Maintenance Coordinator during the high-workload transition period
• Support establishment and implementation of maintenance systems, CMMS structures, work management processes, and maintenance readiness activities to enable safe and reliable terminal operations
• Coordinate planned, corrective, and emergent maintenance activities to support plant reliability, operational continuity, and safe work execution
• Support contractor coordination, maintenance resource readiness, materials planning, and work execution quality across maintenance activities
• Provide hands-on cross-discipline maintenance support across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and general maintenance activities as required
• Maintain visible field presence to support troubleshooting, procedural discipline, maintenance quality, and safe work execution
• Monitor maintenance backlog, defect management, and maintenance performance to support asset reliability and operational readiness
• Support transition of maintenance systems, processes, and responsibilities into the long-term operating model as site operations mature
• Support setup and lead administration of CMMS structures, asset records, maintenance workflows, reporting routines, and work management processes
• Coordinate preventive, corrective, and emergent maintenance activities, including work prioritization, scheduling, and execution readiness
• Support development of maintenance procedures, work instructions, planning tools, and maintenance execution standards
• Coordinate permits, isolations, materials, contractor readiness, and worksite execution requirements for maintenance activities
• Provide hands-on troubleshooting, repair support, and defect resolution across plant systems where required
• Coordinate contractor mobilization, supervision, worksite execution, and maintenance quality oversight
• Support startup, commissioning punch list close-out, maintenance readiness, and transition into steady-state operations
• Support workforce training, procedural implementation, and practical knowledge transfer during startup and early operations
  
  

Core Competencies

• Maintenance Execution & Work Management
• CMMS Administration & Maintenance Planning
• Cross-Discipline Technical Capability
• Control of Work Discipline & Risk Awareness
• Contractor Coordination & Quality Oversight
• Troubleshooting & Continuous Improvement
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant industrial maintenance experience in LNG, oil & gas, petrochemical, or comparable industrial environments.
• Broad cross-discipline maintenance experience with the ability to support mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation activities.
• Strong working knowledge of CMMS systems, maintenance planning, work management, asset records, and reporting processes.
• Experience supporting startup, commissioning, mobilization, or transition into operational service.
• Strong understanding of Control of Work, Permit to Work, isolation management, and safe maintenance execution practices.
• Demonstrated hands-on troubleshooting, defect resolution, and maintenance execution capability.
• Experience coordinating contractors, maintenance execution activities, and field work delivery in safety-critical environments.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience supporting the establishment of maintenance systems, work management processes, or CMMS implementation within new or developing operations.
• Experience supporting startup readiness, commissioning support, or transitioning into steady-state operations.
• Experience developing maintenance procedures, work instructions, or maintenance planning tools.
• Experience supporting workforce training, mentoring, and competency development.
• Experience contributing to asset reliability improvement, defect elimination, or maintenance performance monitoring.
  
  

Additional information

• Work schedule: Days with flexibility to support project startups.
• Travel required for training, audits, and stakeholder meetings as necessary.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the Bahamas or willing to relocate with employer-sponsored permits.
• Must be able to drive.