Senior Operations Readiness & Assurance Lead – Gas Facilities

Penspen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen seeks an experienced senior leader to drive Operations Readiness & Assurance for gas facilities transitioning from project delivery to operations. You will provide PMC oversight of readiness plans, handover, and lifecycle readiness, coordinating across process, mechanical, electrical and operations teams.

You will lead readiness reviews, ensure operability and safety requirements are met, and coordinate with ADNOC and other stakeholders to close gaps before start-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline relevant to oil and gas facilities.
• 20+ years of relevant experience in oil and gas projects or operating assets.
• 8+ years in leadership roles involving operations readiness, operations, maintenance, commissioning, start-up or handover.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary OR&A activities on major gas processing or comparable hydrocarbon projects.
• PMC or owner’s-team experience overseeing EPC contractor deliverables and coordinating with asset operations teams.
• Strong understanding of gas processing facilities, utilities, process safety, asset integrity and maintenance readiness.
• Experience with brownfield interfaces, system completion, CMMS implementation and operational acceptance.
• ADNOC project experience preferred; mandatory status to follow requisition.
• Strong stakeholder management, team leadership, risk management and technical reporting skills

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary OR&A activities to support safe transition of gas facilities to operations.
• Provide PMC oversight of readiness planning, maintenance readiness and handover.
• Coordinate interfaces between EPC contractors, vendors and asset operations teams.
• Oversee design operability, maintainability and lifecycle requirements.
• Coordinate operating philosophies, SOPs, start-up/shutdown procedures and emergency arrangements.
• Oversee maintenance strategies, criticality assessments and integrity management arrangements.
• Monitor asset registers and CMMS data for readiness and handover.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Technical reporting

Team leadership

OR&A

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS implementation

Job description

Penspen seeks an experienced senior leader to drive Operations Readiness & Assurance for gas facilities transitioning from project delivery to operations. You will provide PMC oversight of readiness plans, handover, and lifecycle readiness, coordinating across process, mechanical, electrical and operations teams.

You will lead readiness reviews, ensure operability and safety requirements are met, and coordinate with ADNOC and other stakeholders to close gaps before start-up.