Mechanical Work Prep

Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood is recruiting for a Mechanical Work Preparator with extensive experience in the oil & gas industry.

**Purpose of Role**

This position is based onshore and reports to the Maintenance & Integrity Lead.

Responsible for quality work preparation of Mechanical PM & CM orders in CMMS system. The Work Preparator has specific responsibility for those corrective WOs that have a priority of P3-P8 (Emergency and Urgent work will be prepared offshore).

**Principal Responsibilities**
- Ensure all Maintenance activities are prepared to allow a safe and environmentally responsible operation.
- Comply with all Shell and Wood HSE principles, policies, and procedures.
- Responsible for the daily selection of both PM & Breakdown work orders for preparation following prioritisation guidelines.
- Ensure work order look a heads are performed and future work reflected in schedules / Maintenance plans.
- Work closely with offshore supervision to optimise vendor / specialist activities ensuring no mobilisations takes place where comprehensive work preparation is not complete and executable.
- When required, attend Short and Long term IAP meetings.
- Responsible for running daily ready for execution checks & setting relevant work orders for scheduling.
- Responsible for ensuring all Repair Order constraints are managed, prioritised, scheduled and delivered as per target dates.
- Responsible for ensuring all constraints (incl materials) are managed in relation to rough scheduled dates and target finish dates.
- Evaluate Work Pack feedback to improve future work preparation utilising the Z6 process.
- Responsible for determining planned man hours & updating estimate man hours fields.
- Responsible for maintaining a high standard of work preparation to allow the accurate measurement of workload status.
- Perform quality checks on Breakdown, Repair & Folllow-On Work Orders to ensure the scope has been fully completed and the work order history is correctly closed out.
- Support Static Mechanical and Rotating Equipment Engineers to define and prepare packaged equipment repairs.
- Interface with TAR co-ordinators with regard to identifying pre/post-TAR activities and also TAR specific critical activities.
- Attends daily Work Order review and prioritisation meetings.
- Act as stand in for Scheduler where required.
- Responsible for incrementally improving the platform maintenance & operations technician competence in work order preparation.
- Where required will comply with Management of Change Process (e-MOC) and liaise with Technical Authorities (TA2).
- Monitor and track KPIs that drive achievement in work preparation in terms of cost, efficiency and integrity.
- Responsible for the generation of weekly/monthly reports (KPI info \ efficiency data).

Skills / Qualifications:

- Experienced in Shell’s ME and FSR processes
- Blade 10 ME coach in line with Shell OE (Operational Excellence).
- A detailed understanding of the maintenance workflow process.
- Skilled in using SAP to prepare work packages and monitor materials availability.
- Knowledge of Primavera project software and its use in developing network plans, including critical paths and resourcing advantageous.
- In depth awareness of Performance Standards & Safety Case requirements.
- Experienced work preparator required
- Time served in a maintenance “mechanical” discipline background.
- In depth knowledge and experience in platform operations and maintenance essential.
- Competent in the use of SAP & Business Objects.
- HNC or Recognised Apprenticeship with NVQ level 3.
- Valid offshore medical & survival certification required.

Company Overview:
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.