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Job Summary

The Maintenance Support Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing maintenance systems, processes, and strategies, at site, to help transform DNO into a world-class, reliability-centered maintenance organization.
The role focuses on driving efficiency, digitalization, and data-driven decision-making to maximize equipment uptime, reliability, and operational performance across all surface facilities under the Tawke Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in Kurdistan operations by implementation of Asset Integrity Management strategies and tools.
In particular the role requires the optimisation of Maintenance and Reliability operations through a strong understanding and working knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems.

Key Responsibilities

HSSE, Asset Integrity & Compliance:

• Promote, develop, and maintain a strong HSSE culture, ensuring all maintenance activities align with DNO’s HSSE policies, procedures, and life-saving rules
• Safely deliver against all HSSE, Production, Maintenance & Support Engineering KPIs
• Ensure strict compliance with HSSE, Asset Integrity, and Process Safety standards, including adherence to Tawke PSC regulatory requirements and industry best practices
• Support incident investigations and Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFA) to enhance safety and reliability
• Actively participate in safety audits, hazard identification (HAZID), and risk management programs to drive continuous improvement
• Drive a proactive, zero-incident mindset across maintenance and reliability functions

Maintenance System Development & Optimization (Tawke PSC Assets):

• Lead the implementation and enhancement of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to drive efficiency, data integrity, and performance tracking across Tawke PSC assets
• Update PMR’s working alongside companies’ reliability team
• Development of material assignment to ensure availability for planned maintenance tasks
• Standardize work management processes, including planning, scheduling, and execution of maintenance activities
• Develop a digitalized performance monitoring framework, integrating CMMS with predictive analytics tools

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) & Predictive Maintenance:

• Drive the transition from traditional corrective maintenance to risk based maintenance (RBM) strategies
• Assist in the development and execution of preventative maintenance programs based on OEM recommendations, risk-based maintenance (RBM), and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) strategies
• Implement Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) programs to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies across Tawke PSC oil and gas facilities
• Leverage data analytics to enhance failure prediction and asset performance management

Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement:

• Establish and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for maintenance effectiveness, reliability, and asset performance under the Tawke PSC framework utilising the CMMS system
• Monitor and track maintenance KPIs including Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), schedule compliance, backlog levels, and wrench time efficiency; generate detailed performance reports for management
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce OPEX and increase production uptime

Technical Leadership & Change Management:

• Act as a key change agent, championing maintenance excellence and reliability culture across Tawke PSC operations.
• Train and mentor maintenance, operations, and engineering teams on best practices in maintenance and reliability management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with HSE, integrity, and operational goals for Tawke PSC assets.
• Assist in preparing budgets, forecasts, and maintenance cost reports

Skills Required

• Communication Skills
• oilandgas
• Mechanical Engineering
• electrical engineer
• Problem Solving
• CMMS system
• RBM
• RCM
• CBM Methodologies