Department Manager Mechanical Maint.

About the position

OMV is one of Austria's largest listed industrial companies and a global energy and chemicals group, working on sustainable solutions to address climate change. The company aims to become a leading supplier of sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials by 2030, and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. OMV Petrom, a subsidiary, is the largest energy integrated company in South-Eastern Europe, involved in every aspect of the energy value chain, from oil and gas production to refining and distribution. The company emphasizes responsible behavior towards employees, the environment, and society, focusing on sustainability and long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

• Pro-active communications with operational staff/teams to ensure minimal downtime due to maintenance activities or unplanned shut-downs.
• Lead a Multi-disciplinary Maintenance team and ensure that Maintenance Systems and Procedures are applied, reviewed and updated.
• Manage operation & maintenance modes in accordance with the applicable safety & Engineering standards.
• Improve availability & reliability of all facilities by selecting the most appropriate maintenance philosophy.
• Establish the actual capacities and capabilities of existing field facilities and scope for optimization.
• Achieve optimum utilization, effectiveness, and efficiency of all field facilitates and resources and identify potential applications for new technology.
• Prepare maintenance budget.
• Assure that project design is developed and finalized in compliance with relevant technical Referential, codes and standards.
• Support facilities optimization team during installation and commissioning of new equipment/facilities.
• Ensure that process modifications are implemented in strict compliance with Safety rules, Company specifications and International Codes / Standards.
• Implement HSSE management systems to ensure safety of personnel/assets, protection of environment/company reputation & meet targets set by management.

Requirements

• University degree: Masters' Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical / Instrumentation / Industrial.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in upstream Oil & Gas projects or maintenance.
• International experience.
• 8+ years of leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of Maintenance/inspection systems, practices and techniques.
• Strong knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Risk based inspection (RBI).
• Experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) preferably SAP-PM and/or Maximo.
• Conversant with root cause analysis (RCA) process.
• Experienced in the process of monitoring and auditing.
• Strong knowledge of industry norms and specifications.
• Excellent communication and social skills, effective across a broad spectrum of nationalities and cultures.
• Full command of English language (spoken & written), local language is a plus.
• Good computer skills - technical, office, CMMS, etc.