Operations Coordinator

James Fisher and Sons plc; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering services company is looking for an Operations Coordinator in Great Yarmouth. The role involves coordinating offshore projects and managing the UK Offshore team while ensuring effective resource planning and operational targets. Candidates should have strong administrative and organisational skills, experience in offshore operations, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. This is a permanent position requiring local commuting.

Qualifications

• Experience managing offshore projects.
• Ability to multi-task effectively.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of offshore projects.
• Line Manager responsibility for UK Offshore team.
• Provide personnel forecasting to the Sales team.

Skills

Strong administrative skills

Organisational skills

Excellent communication

Problem-solving abilities

Education

Experience in offshore operation role

Competent in Microsoft Office

High level of computer literacy

Job description

Overview

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk — Permanent position

Scantech Offshore, part of the James Fisher Group, provides rental equipment including air compressors, steam generators and rig cooling services, and designs, installs and commissions bespoke heat suppression safety systems. James Fisher is a global engineering services company serving Energy, Defence and Maritime Transport sectors in harsh environments.

The Role

As Operations Coordinator, you are responsible for the successful coordination and execution of offshore projects across the UK, Africa, and Renewables regions. You will act as the focal point for Offshore Technicians, managing incoming queries and ensuring timely responses, filtering and escalating issues appropriately to the Operations Manager, Engineering Team, or Equipment Manager.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of offshore projects from initial kick-off meetings with Sales through to final invoicing, ensuring seamless execution across planning, operations, logistics, and financial closure.
• Line Manager responsibility for UK Offshore team, providing regular feedback and check-ins.
• Provide monthly and quarterly personnel forecasting to the Sales team, ensuring accurate visibility of offshore resource availability and alignment with upcoming project demands.
• Achieve a minimum of 50% utilisation for the UK offshore team on a monthly basis, ensuring effective resource planning and deployment to meet operational and commercial targets.
• Serve as the focal point for personnel-related matters during monthly invoice review meetings, ensuring preliminary invoices are accurate and up to date. Confirm readiness for invoicing to the Finance team, helping to reduce accruals and improve billing efficiency.
• Participate in the on-call Rota on a 1-in-3-week basis.
• Positively engage with company QSHE initiatives, actively supporting and promoting Quality, Safety, Health and Environmental standards across all operations.

Who are we looking for?

You will need strong administrative and organisational skills along with the ability to multi-task effectively. You will need to be confident and professional and comfortable working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail along with problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Ideally, experience in offshore operation role
• Competent in all aspects of Microsoft Office
• High level of computer literacy
• Good knowledge of English grammar
• Experience with business management systems
• This role will be based at our Great Yarmouth location; you will need to live within a commutable distance to this location.

Due to the volume of applications that we receive for our vacancies, on occasion applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The Energy Division provides safe, sustainable products and services for two core markets, oil and gas and renewables. At Scantech Offshore our remit extends to the provision of qualified and competent personnel for operating, servicing and maintaining all rental equipment, affording clients the highest standards of quality and safety for operations. ScanTech Offshore products are delivered worldwide from our key locations in the UK (Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth) and Western Australia (Perth). As a market leader in the field of well test support, we are committed to providing enhanced value to our customers by tailoring our specialist skills and engineering capabilities to their precise requirements. ScanTech Offshore is a pioneer in designing innovative and technical solutions that meet or exceed regulatory, quality and safety standards.

James Fisher & Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and, as a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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