Maintenance Manager

Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) was founded after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon well control incident to provide the response capabilities needed if a similar event occurs in the future. MWCC is a Limited Liability Corporation that is owned by nine (9) of the most active drillers in the Gulf of Mexico.

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POSITION SUMMARY

The MWCC Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing the maintenance, reliability, and integrity of all MWCC's equipment and infrastructure at our two shore bases (Ingleside, TX and Theodore, AL), including topsides processing facilities and well capping stacks. The role focuses on optimizing asset performance, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement while managing a team of maintenance personnel. MWCC utilizes SAP as the CMMS to track and enhance maintenance efficiency. This role also has a key role in the MWCC Incident Command Structure for any well incident event where MWCC is activated and deployed, and any MWCC drills and exercises. The Maintenance Manager collaborates with Deployment and Logistics, Marine Operations, and Engineering to ensure preservation, maintenance, and equipment improvement activities are prioritized, integrated, and safely conducted in accordance with prescribed plans and procedures

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, manage, track and adjust total maintenance budget (PM/CM) ensuring jobs are accurately planned, costed, monitored and closed out after satisfactory work completion.
• Develop and execute proactive maintenance strategies to minimize equipment failures and unplanned downtime. During normal operations (no activation for well response) responsible for preservation strategy.
• Ensure routine, preventive, and predictive maintenance activities align with industry best practices and operational goals.
• Utilize SAP CMMS to plan, schedule, and track maintenance tasks, work orders, and asset performance.
• Coordinate with Operations, Deployment and engineering teams to optimize equipment availability and reliability.
• Responsible for maintenance strategy and regulatory compliance for testing of Well Capping stacks.
• Source and maintain functional expertise needed to perform maintenance activities for all MWCC equipment, including the Capping Stacks, subsea dispersant systems, subsea manifolds/flow lines/risers, and surface capture system (marine interfaces and processing equipment).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (Not limited to)

• Implement reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and condition-based monitoring (CBM) programs.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) on failures and implement corrective actions to improve long-term equipment reliability.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), adjusted to MWCC's business model.
• Manage SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) module to ensure accurate asset tracking, maintenance history, and reporting.
• Standardize and optimize maintenance work processes using SAP, including work order management, materials planning, and resource allocation.
• Train and support maintenance teams effectively using SAP for real-time maintenance tracking and reporting.
• Accountable for the development and updating of maintenance procedures and checklists.
• Supervise and develop a team of maintenance planners/schedulers, field maintenance superintendents and technicians.
• Collaborate with strategic and tactical contractors for planning, scheduling and execution of maintenance activities.
• Provide coaching, training, and mentorship to ensure the team follows best practices and safety protocols.
• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with OSHA, API, ISO, and environmental regulations.
• Promote safety awareness and enforce risk assessment and hazard identification procedures before maintenance work.
• Support incident investigations related to maintenance operations and implement corrective/preventive measures.
• Develop and manage the maintenance budget, including labor, materials, and spare parts.
• Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising safety or reliability.
• Work with procurement teams to optimize spare parts inventory and vendor management using SAP MM (Material Management).
• Work with the Procurement Lead to ensure all required contracts are established, remain valid; and cover the required scope. Ensure essential contractors' capability, performance, and readiness.
• Plan and oversee projects, maintenance campaigns, and major maintenance projects to ensure timely execution and minimal production loss.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for equipment upgrades, modifications, and new installations.
• For new equipment and projects, collaborate with engineering and OEMs to deliver maintenance operational readiness deliveries, including the development of maintenance philosophies, building asset hierarchies, BOMs, and PM strategies.

Response Specific (Capping Stack Superintendent - Day Shift)

The Capping Stack Superintendent is responsible for the deployment integrity and readiness for use of a requested capping stack. This includes the satisfactory completion of all stack configuration and integrity (pressure and functional) testing, culminating in the effective handover of an operationally ready capping stack to the Deployment HUC Lead and the Installation Contractor. This position works closely with the Deployment HUC Lead to ensure that capping stack procedural updates and concerns are effectively dealt with and that the capping stack deployment timeline is optimized.

• Provide the Deployment Unit Manager with the maintenance status of all deployment systems and support any remediation planning.
• Provide detailed shift handover notes and guidance to day/night-shift relief to ensure successful operations during the alternative shift.
• Ensure that all capping stack vendors are activated, and resources are loaded per the plan.
• Work with the Deployment HUC Lead and Advisors to update the requested Capping Stack Deployment Procedure, achieve approval, and receive as Issued for Use (IFU).
• Manage stack configuration and testing per the IFU Procedure.
• Manage stack integrity testing key stakeholder requirements (incl BSEE and the RP).
• Attend offshore to support installation and to lead soft shut-in operations.

BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE

General

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering.
• 15+ years in maintenance within upstream oil and gas operations or maritime experience with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in production operations and maintenance of Gulf of America assets, including USCG and BSEE regulation requirements, is preferred.
• Experience with Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) producing.
• Experience in supervising Pre-Operations team on a major capital project, managing equipment handover, establishing operational processes and systems, and start-up operations.
• Strong understanding of upstream and subsea equipment, including rotating machinery, wells capping stacks, separators, and control systems.
• Experience with SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) and MM (Material Management) modules for maintenance operations.
• Knowledge of RCM, predictive maintenance techniques, and failure analysis methods.
• Project Management (PMP), Maintenance and Reliability (CMRP), and/or other maintenance-related credentials (e.g., API 510/570/653).
• Leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, communication, self-starter and result-oriented, and stakeholder management.

Note: This Job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Office Based Jobs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms close to and overhead of their body. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds.

Shore base/Non-Office Jobs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to harsh environmental conditions (heat and cold), fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration, congested work environments, and heavy equipment operations. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires being able to manipulate components such as valves and other mechanical equipment, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing stairs and access ladders on a routine basis. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Offshore Marine/Ship Jobs

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to harsh environmental conditions (heat and cold), fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration, congested work environments, and heavy equipment operations. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud and may require the extended use of hearing protection.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and may be required to manipulate components such as valves and other mechanical equipment, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing stairs and access ladders on a routine basis. The employee may frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This job position may require visits to vessels and facilities while in port and potential at sea and will need to have meet the physical requirements to complete offshore water survival and HUET training. This includes but not limited to the physical abilities to transfer shore to ship, ship to ship, helicopter to ship while using approved means such as bridges and personnel transfer devices. Frequent ascending/descending stairs or ladders safely, is required along with working below decks in restricted spaces Employees with duties requiring potential work offshore may be required to pass periodic offshore fitness-for-duty assessments

Marine Well Containment Company provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.