Job Details

Job Title: Technical Superintendent, Mechanical Systems
Reporting To: Technical Manager Function: Technical Services
Location:  Houston, Texas


ABOUT SEADRILL
Seadrill is one of the world’s most modern offshore Deepwater drilling companies. Using ground-breaking technology, we operate in 15 countries across 5 continents, employing some 5,000 people representing 65 nationalities. Our vision is to Set the Standard in Drilling. It’s an ambitious goal. And every single one of us has a part to play. Help us to keep innovating, improving, and maintaining the highest safety standards, and we’ll give you what you need to be your best too.

Diversity and inclusion are more than words for us. Everyone is welcome—as an inclusive workplace, our people are comfortable bringing their authentic whole selves to work. We continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our people. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we operate in.


JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for the standardization and continuous improvement of equipment maintenance and operating practice across the Seadrill fleet. Provide support to operations, oversight for equipment overhauls and consultation with vendors. Implement and update processes whereby the equipment within the responsibility complies with Seadrill internal requirements and international standards and requirements.

JOB SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Act as company subject matter expert within the assigned product line
• Manage distribution of vendor technical bulletins and provide recommendations on actions to take
• Issue and update standard jobs for product line within equipment discipline
• Issue corporate reports (technical reports, bulletins, and proposals)
• Respond to rig technical issues and downtime events at anytime and support recovery efforts
• Liaise with vendors and review equipment reliability/upgrades
• Ensure best practices and lessons learned are shared from various rigs
• Review management of change cases, maintenance change requests, and improvement proposals from rigs
• Review and maintain the preventative maintenance tasks in the assigned areas of responsibility
• Pursue opportunities and support the development of condition monitoring and condition-based maintenance for equipment in the assigned areas of responsibility
• Participate in technical audits across the fleet, as required
• Ensure Seadrill directives and procedures are reviewed and updated as required to stay in compliance with latest international standards
• Assist various rig and project management teams as required to develop and advise on proposed scopes of work in connection with SPS or other long-term maintenance/upgrade projects

Responsible for/ensure:

•  Follow up on rig downtime related to equipment within product line responsibility
• Feedback on equipment reliability issues in order to improve design with OEMs
• Maintenance tasks are adequate to support the reliability of the equipment
• Clear guidance is provided to the organization to maintain equipment within product line responsibility

SAFETY AT SEADRILL
Our goal is to ensure that ‘nobody gets hurt’ whilst performing their job. Everyone at Seadrill has a part to play in meeting our safety commitment.

Through strong leadership and personal responsibility from all employees, we take a systematic approach to identifying, managing, and preventing the hazards involved in our day-to-day operations. Nothing is more important to us than the health, safety and security of our workforce and the communities in which we operate and behaving responsibly towards our shared environment. We are vigilant, disciplined and always looking out for one another. We have developed and embedded a strong safety culture onshore and offshore, fostered by all employees, who each have a personal responsibility and the authority to put an immediate stop to the job if they believe it to be unsafe. Everyone at Seadrill is accountable for helping to build this culture of care.

SEADRILL BEHAVIORAL FRAMEWORK
In Seadrill, setting the standard is not just about what we deliver, but how we deliver it.

We co-created our Behavioural Framework with our employees, where we identified four key competencies that define our culture and help us to live our values. Our behaviours are embedded in the way we work and support and guide us day to day:

• Drive & Ownership
• Change & Forward Thinking
• Communication & Collaboration
• Service Delivery

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential

•  Min 5 years minimum experience offshore in respective discipline at supervisory level
• High level relevant technical knowledge
• Ability to liaise at high level with drilling units technical teams and unit management
• Flexible to travel offshore or to company office locations as situations dictate
• Has excellent understanding of equipment and systems within area of responsibility
• Fully acquainted with management systems and asset management systems similar to TMS/Maximo/Synergy
• Proficient at technical writing and communications using MS Office products

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements

•  Relevant engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification

JOIN SEADRILL
We value our people and want to retain them. So, we offer a competitive package built around an attractive base salary and a range of benefits tailored to your location.
Join Seadrill. Own the Opportunity.