Operations Readiness Lead

NES Fircroft is currently recruiting an Operations Readiness Lead to support offshore Oil & Gas engineering projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Operational Readiness (OR) activities across project execution phases, ensuring successful preparation for commissioning, start-up, and operations.
• Develop and implement production readiness strategies, execution plans, commissioning and start-up philosophies, and operational transition plans.
• Define resource requirements, operational prerequisites, risk mitigation measures, and production ramp-up/ramp-down strategies.
• Prepare and manage operational readiness and CSU deliverables, ensuring compliance with client requirements and project contractual obligations.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering, commissioning, construction, and operations teams to ensure readiness milestones are achieved.
• Monitor and report progress of production readiness activities through regular project meetings and management reviews.
• Act as the key interface between project teams, clients, and operational stakeholders on matters relating to operational readiness and commissioning.
• Facilitate workshops, technical reviews, risk assessments, and readiness reviews to support project objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project teams involved in operational readiness, commissioning, and start-up activities.
• Support site-based commissioning and start-up activities, ensuring safe execution and effective transition to operations.
• Identify operational and commissioning risks and implement mitigation measures to ensure project readiness and start-up success.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in operational readiness, commissioning, start-up, or production operations within the oil and gas industry.
• Proven experience supporting major upstream, offshore, LNG, refinery, petrochemical, or energy infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of commissioning and start-up methodologies, operational transition planning, and production readiness processes.
• Experience working on international projects, preferably within large EPC/EPCI project environments.
• Demonstrated experience preparing commissioning, start-up, and operational readiness documentation and deliverables.

Desired Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of commissioning, start-up, risk assessment, and operational readiness best practices.
• Experience developing and implementing CSU plans, readiness assessments, and operational procedures.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across project teams, clients, and operations personnel.
• Strong facilitation skills for technical workshops, reviews, and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Proven ability to manage technical issues through to close-out and deliver results within schedule commitments.
• Fluent spoken and written English.

Why Join Us

• Be part of major international energy and offshore developments.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams on complex and technically challenging projects.
• Opportunity to influence the successful transition of world-class projects from construction to operations.
• Dynamic and collaborative project environment with strong professional development opportunities.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.