Location: Stavanger, Bergen & Trondheim, Norway
Work Model: On-site
We are looking for a dedicated "Reliability & Maintenance Engineer" for one of our client's to join their Reliability & Maintenance team in Stavanger, Bergen & Trondheim, Norway.
This role is central to ensuring that reliability and maintainability are integrated into our engineering solutions from the earliest stages. You will work across various study projects, collaborating with multiple disciplines to develop robust maintenance strategies for both topside and subsea assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Maintenance Strategy: Evaluate and develop maintenance strategies, procedures, and systems for complex topside and subsea equipment.
Engineering Integration: Interface with design disciplines to ensure that reliability and maintainability are "built-in" to engineering solutions.
Study Phase Execution: Perform maintenance engineering activities specifically within early-phase studies, ensuring alignment with client requirements and industry standards.
Technical Documentation: Interpret and utilize P&IDs, equipment datasheets, technical drawings, and Installation, Operation, and Maintenance (IOM) manuals.
Collaboration: Participate in client meetings and technical reviews; contribute to bid and proposal work as required.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline. Technical certifications in maintenance or reliability engineering are highly advantageous.
Experience: Proven experience in maintenance engineering within the oil & gas or energy sectors.
Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with relevant NORSOK standards and HAVTIL (formerly PSA) regulations.
Technical Skills: Ability to interpret technical documentation (P&IDs, data sheets, drawings, IOMs).
Language: Professional fluency in Norwegian is required. Fluency in English is advantageous.
Proficiency or familiarity with the following tools is essential:
CMMS Systems: SAP PM, IFS, Maximo, or WorkMate.
Specialized Tools: Kamfer, Miriam, Fcat, BiCycle.
General: Advanced use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Candidates will be assessed based on the following prioritized skills:
Maintenance Engineering Expertise: Demonstrated ability to apply reliability principles to industrial assets.
Early Phase Studies: Experience in conceptual and FEED phases where maintenance philosophy is defined.
Consequence Classification: Ability to categorize equipment based on criticality to safety, environment, and production.
Maintenance Program Development: Experience in building preventive maintenance (PM) programs from scratch or optimizing existing ones.
This position is sponsored by Sperton Norway, a recruitment and consulting company with an international focus. We are committed to helping our clients succeed in their hiring processes and finding the right people for the right positions.
SPERTON is a full-range provider of Global Recruitment, People Management, Global Mobility and Business support services within focused industry sectors. Our head office is located in Norway. We have over 20 years’ of experience supporting clients within the Human Resources area. We can support you globally through our own companies and partners in more than 140 countries.
Sperton had been specializing in the supply of the very best freelance and permanent white-collar professionals working with projects. We provide consultant and recruitment services to companies of all types and sizes, including consultancies, contractors, sub-contractors, developers and end clients operating across a wide range of projects and environments.
Now our services also include People Management, Global Mobility and Business Support Services.
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With over 20 years of global experience within project execution, we understand your challenges and know how to support you from the start to the end of the project.
