Asset Support Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Asset Support Engineer

Location: Guildford UK

Job Purpose

• Support the Asset Management Department through the supervision of the Company Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system ensuring optimisation integrity & accuracy of the maintenance strategy Operations Maintenance & Engineering Department compliance. This role is critical in enabling informed decision-making across asset management operations and planning.

Principal Responsibilities General

• Ensure EAM System compliance in line with the Company maintenance strategy and HSE Management System throughout the area of responsibility.
• Collate update and maintain an accurate asset database in line with the Companys policies procedures and processes ensuring all asset registers are periodically reviewed and updated with respect to equipment categories hierarchies & criticalities.
• Liaise with the Operations Maintenance & Engineering Departments on the status of assets pre and post maintenance/inspection activities and any asset changes.
• Engage with equipment suppliers & subject matter experts to regularly update the lifecycle status of Company assets.
• Provide up to date commercial pricing to assist the Asset Manager in developing short term and long-term budgeting strategies.
• Participate in planning preparing and coordinating of Maintenance Shutdown campaigns.

EAM System Support

• Expert in the use of an EAM System ensuring preventative maintenance (PM) activities are being correctly scheduled and closed as well as corrective maintenance (CM) activities being appropriately raised prioritised and closed.
• Review Company Work Order Programs (PMs) this includes allocated disciplines tasks and manhours to improve and streamline where possible.
• Maintain the EAM System alongside the system provider ensuring any troubleshooting and rectification activities are completed in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Complete additions/modifications of assets and planned maintenance schedules in-line with management of change procedures.
  • Review existing EAM rules and configurations identifying inefficiencies duplication or misalignment.
• Alongside the system supplier design and implement best-practice rule logic for work generation & task planning; and facilitate updates in line with approved changes to optimise the asset management strategy.
• Work with the Procurement & Stock Controller to ensure all required spare parts and required tooling are linked into the preventive maintenance plans ensuring sufficient stock is available to complete the planned/forecast preventative maintenance activities.

Maintenance Strategy Alignment

• Propose changes to the maintenance strategy as appropriate to reflect the Companys risk appetite asset criticality and performance objectives.
• Conduct regular on-site inspections and audits of maintenance activities to verify quality compliance.
• Support the optimisation of maintenance rules to reduce downtime extend asset life and improve lifecycle outcomes.

Reporting

• Create & enhance reports dashboards and KPIs to support performance monitoring and governance.
• Analyse asset data to identify improvement opportunities and inform strategic decision-making.
• Produce clear reports and insights for key stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• An industry recognised technical qualification (minimum HNC level) in Engineering or working towards).
• Demonstrate a strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical equipment and systems with the ability to ask insightful questions and effectively use available resources to obtain relevant information
• Experience of industrial plant equipment e.g. instrumentation motors switchgear valves compressors pumps etc.
• Excellent understanding of asset management & management of change systems used in the oil and gas or energy industry.
• Knowledge & understanding of the standards related to asset management and reliability & maintenance data for equipment and their application in industry.
• Practical knowledge of a CMMS/EAM system from a supervisor user and/or implementation perspective.

Competencies

• Excellent communication organisational and interpersonal skills; self-motivated and able to work effectively under pressure.
• Ability to foster and build relationships across teams.
• High attention to detail and data accuracy.
  • Experience working with large data sets and asset information.
• Proficiency in data tools (e.g. Excel SQL Power BI or etc.).