Maintenance Technical Authority

Morson Group; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is seeking a Maintenance & Systems Technical Authority to provide governance and leadership for maintenance strategies across operating assets. The role focuses on protecting process safety, asset integrity, reliability and regulatory compliance throughout the asset lifecycle.

The role acts as the discipline Technical Authority, setting standards, approving deviations and guiding operations and projects.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in an engineering or technology discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status or professional registration desired.
• Experience in event management and Kelvin TopSet training is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Technical Authority for maintenance and maintenance systems within defined scope.
• Approve or reject technical deviations, dispensations, and non-conformances related to maintenance activities and systems.
• Ensure compliance with UK HSE regimes COMAH, Safety Case and SEMS requirements.
• Oversee maintenance regimes to support process safety barriers and production availability.
• Provide technical oversight of critical equipment maintenance and safety-critical elements.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Technical authority

Reliability engineering

Risk-based decisions

Education

Degree in engineering

Chartered Engineer

Kelvin TopSet training

Job description

Job Details

Position Title Maintenance & Systems Technical Authority

Location Barrow-in-Furness

Job Overview

Purpose Statement

The Maintenance & Systems Technical Authority provides technical governance, assurance and leadership for maintenance strategies, maintenance management systems, and asset care standards across the operating assets.

The role ensures that maintenance practices and systems protect process safety, asset integrity, reliability, and regulatory compliance throughout the asset lifecycle. Acting as the discipline Technical Authority, the role holder has accountability for setting and enforcing standards, approving technical deviations, and providing authoritative guidance to operations and projects.

Accountabilities

Key Role Deliverables

• Act as the Technical Authority for maintenance and maintenance systems within defined scope.
• Approve or reject technical deviations, dispensations, and non-conformances related to maintenance activities and systems.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, standards, and company requirements, including UK HSE regulatory regimes COMAH, Safety Case and SEMS requirements and Industry standards.
• Ensure maintenance regimes support process safety barriers, statutory integrity requirements, and production availability.
• Provide technical oversight of critical equipment maintenance, safety critical elements, performance standards and assurance activities
• Support failure investigations as required.
• Act as technical owner for maintenance management systems.
• Ensure maintenance systems support maintenance strategy execution defect management and backlog control regulatory and safety case/COMAH reporting.
• Provide technical leadership for system upgrades, configuration changes, and data quality improvements.
• Provide maintenance technical assurance into asset integrity reviews, internal and external audits and regulatory engagements.
• Contribute to competence frameworks and technical capability development.
• Provide constructive challenge and technical escalation where standards or safety may be compromised.
• Act as a Lead investigator using Kelvin TopSet investigation techniques to support business requirements.
• Any other associated duties as reasonably required.

Competence & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Extensive experience in maintenance engineering within onshore or offshore operations
• Proven experience operating in a Technical Authority or senior discipline engineer role
• Strong understanding of maintenance strategies and reliability engineering safety critical equipment and barrier management maintenance systems and work management processes
• Demonstrated ability to make and defend risk based technical decisions in a high hazard environment

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in an engineering or technology discipline
• Chartered Engineer
• Experience in event management and investigation training such as Kelvin TopSet