Advisor - Reliability & Maintenance

Valaris plc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Advisor - Reliability & Maintenance at Valaris plc in Houston analyzes and improves maintenance processes to enhance fleet reliability. The role reports to the Manager - Reliability and Maintenance to execute quality improvement plans.

Key duties include developing maintenance strategies, reviewing technical bulletins and alerts, managing global maintenance contracts, and documenting KPIs for offshore and onshore operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related technical work experience.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in a similar role and market.
• Proficiency in data analysis, leadership, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes reliability and maintenance processes to determine effectiveness.
• Develops, documents, and maintains the maintenance strategies for the Company fleet.
• Provides quality improvement recommendations to the maintenance group.
• Develops and reviews technical bulletins, maintenance alerts, and technical support notices.
• Manages technical aspects of global maintenance and inspection contracts and agreements.
• Documents and reports maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs) for both offshore and onshore users.
• Provides recommendations and support for the department budgeting process.
• Provides fleetwide support for Maintenance Alert Execution.
• Serves on various committees aimed at developing the company’s best practices for maintaining our equipment and eliminating downtime.

Skills

Data analysis

Leadership

Budgeting

Excel advanced

Collaboration

Offshore travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Document control systems

Databases

Job description

The Advisor - Reliability & Maintenance is responsible for the analysis and improvement of maintenance processes and procedures. The Advisor reports to the Manager - Reliability and Maintenance to execute quality improvement plans.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Analyzes reliability and maintenance processes to determine effectiveness.

Develops, documents, and maintains the maintenance strategies for the Company fleet.

Provides quality improvement recommendations to the maintenance group.

Develops and reviews technical bulletins, maintenance alerts, and technical support notices.

Manages technical aspects of global maintenance and inspection contracts and agreements.

Documents and reports maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs) for both offshore and onshore users.

Provides recommendations and support for the department budgeting process.

Provides fleetwide support for Maintenance Alert Execution.

Serves on various committees aimed at developing the company’s best practices for maintaining our equipment and eliminating downtime.

Qualifications / Experience

Bachelor’s degree (required), or equivalent related technical work experience.

Minimum of four (4) years of experience in a similar role and market.

Skills & Experience

Ability to gather and analyze/synthesize data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy as an integral part of the collective analysis/synthesis process.

• Demonstrated effective leadership and influencing skills and practices.
• Working knowledge of financial accounting, purchasing, and management systems.
• Physically capable of being transported to an offshore rig by boat or helicopter.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel at an advanced level (use financial and logical functions; work with multiple worksheets and workbooks; edit and use macros; import and export information).

Working knowledge of document control systems and databases.

Behaviors

As part of our commitment to fostering a high-performance culture, employees are expected to align their actions and decisions with the principles outlined in our Behavioral Framework. This framework serves as the foundation for our organizational culture and guides our behaviors to drive better outcomes across the company. Employees are responsible for incorporating these behaviors into their daily actions, relationships, and decision-making to help manage expectations, strengthen relationships, and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Our five behaviors that define our culture are:

Analyze & Plan – Being deliberate in understanding and describing the problem to solve and using information from a range of relevant sources to develop solutions that are effective and evidence-based.

Collaborate– Collaborating effectively, sharing ideas, and leveraging one another’s strengths based on trust, transparency, and empathy, creating an environment where everyone’s input is valued.

Communicate – Communicate clearly with all employees and stakeholders, ensuring active listening, understanding, and timely information sharing.

Learn, Grow & Adapt – Building organizational capability through our own learning and development while coaching others and supporting others to adapt, learn, and develop.

Deliver Results – Striving to deliver and exceed required results, identifying and overcoming obstacles, and taking responsibility for the outcome while respecting our values.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Valaris is an equal opportunity employer in all aspects of employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other non-job related factors.

Valaris is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

About Us

At Valaris, our core purpose is to provide responsible solutions that deliver energy to the world. Our purpose is the driving force that defines us as a leading organization in our industry. Our diverse fleet of ultra-deepwater drillships, versatile semisubmersibles and modern shallow-water jackups is capable of meeting a wide spectrum of customers’ well program requirements. Our rig fleet is among the most technologically advanced in the industry and our well‑trained crews perform at the highest levels in the most challenging offshore environments. With an unwavering focus on safety and dedicated employees, we provide innovative solutions and aim to deliver excellence in everything that we do.