Main Purpose

The Senior Lead Mechanical – Rotary serves as the onshore technical authority for all rotating and associated mechanical equipment onboard the FPSO. The role is responsible for driving maintenance excellence, equipment reliability, asset integrity, procurement support, and lifecycle optimization to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations.

The position provides technical leadership for all mechanical maintenance activities related to the rotating equipment installed at the FPSO, supports operational readiness, and ensures compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, OEM recommendations, and classification society requirements. The role plays a critical part in maximizing equipment availability, minimizing production losses, and sustaining long-term asset performance.

Job Accountabilities (Duties & Responsibilities)

Responsible for ensuring the protected, reliable, and efficient operation and maintenance of all rotating equipment installed on the FPSO, including gas turbine-driven generators, motor-driven centrifugal compressors, pumps, and auxiliary machinery. Ensure compliance with industry best practices, OEM recommendations, regulatory requirements, and company maintenance standards while optimizing maintenance costs, maintaining adequate critical spare inventories, maximizing equipment availability, and sustaining operational performance.

Maintenance & Reliability Management

- Develop, implement, and optimize preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance (3P) programs through SAP CMMS.
- Review maintenance strategies, task lists, and equipment performance to improve reliability and maintenance effectiveness.
- Plan, prioritize, and supervise routine, corrective, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance activities for rotating equipment.
- Support commissioning, start-up, shutdown, troubleshooting, and performance optimization activities.
- Develop long-term Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM), and equipment lifecycle improvement plans.




- Monitor maintenance KPIs and drive continuous improvement initiatives to achieve reliability and production targets.

Asset Integrity & Technical Assurance

- Ensure mechanical asset integrity through condition monitoring, vibration analysis, and performance assessments.
- Identify equipment degradation mechanisms and implement preventive and corrective actions.
- Lead or support root cause failure analyses (RCFA) and ensure effective implementation of corrective actions.
- Support Asset Integrity Management processes to maintain the operational integrity of mechanical equipment and associated systems.
- Initiate Management of Change (MOC) proposals as required and implementation of activities.
- Review and approve maintenance procedures, SOPs, and SMPs to ensure technical compliance and operational effectiveness.

Planning, Procurement & Inventory Management

- Review Bills of Materials (BOMs) and identify critical spare parts requirements.
- Initiate procurement requests and provide technical evaluations, vendor recommendations, and specifications.
- Review vendor lists and support technical bid evaluations.
- Inspect and approve received materials to ensure compliance with specifications and standards.
- Maintain optimum inventory levels and critical spare strategies to support uninterrupted FPSO operations.
- Support preparation and administration of maintenance contracts, ARCs, AMCs, and maintenance budgets.

Vendor & Contractor Management

- Coordinate with OEMs, vendors, and contractors for planned and emergency support services.
- Ensure readiness of maintenance campaigns, including spare parts availability, subcontracting requirements, and resource planning.




- Monitor contractor performance and ensure compliance with safety and quality requirements.

Safety, Compliance & Governance

- Ensure compliance with the Company Safety Management System, applicable legislation, standards, and procedures.
- Participate in risk assessments, Job Safety Analyses (JSA), and permit-to-work reviews for critical maintenance activities.
- Review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs) for continuous improvement.
- Ensure timely closure of audit findings, inspection recommendations, incident investigations, and RCA action items.

Leadership & Collaboration

- Coordinate closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to optimize planning and execution.
- Promote cost awareness, budget control, and operational efficiency.
- Lead competency development, coaching, and training initiatives for mechanical maintenance personnel.
- Foster a culture of teamwork, safety, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Skills Required (Knowledge and Skills)

Extensive expertise in rotating equipment maintenance, reliability engineering, condition monitoring, vibration diagnostics, failure analysis, and asset integrity management within offshore FPSO environments.

Strong knowledge of SAP CMMS, Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) studies, Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), risk assessment, Management of Change (MOC), maintenance planning, procurement, and contract management.

Demonstrated leadership, budgeting, decision-making, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities, with a proven ability to drive operational excellence, reliability improvement, and continuous performance enhancement.

Qualification:

- Bachelors/Masters degree(fulltime) in Mechanical Engineering from a recognised university

Experience:

- 10 Year Specific experience in mechnical maintenance of Rotaing equipment in Oil & Gas / Refinery / Petrochemical / Power industries, as survervisory role.
- 20 year Overall experience in Mechanical Maintenance .

📌 Mechanical Lead (Andhra Pradesh)
🏢 Reliance Industries (RIL)
📍 Andhra Pradesh