Lead Equipment Operator

About the role

Location: Global

Hours: Offshore Contract

As Lead Equipment Operator, your role will be to commission and operate equipment in a competent and professional manner, communicating effectively with the client and Operations Department at all times.

The Lead Equipment Operator will ensure products are operated efficiently, within the allocated scope of works and equipment operational limits. They will ensure all work is carried out in compliance with relevant HSEQ guidelines.

The work our Offshore team do is where everything we do, comes together. From the Manufacturing to Sales, Logistics to Finance, it all comes to fruition when you and your team are operating the equipment based on the project requirements. You’ll be the one responsible for the safe & efficient use of our equipment, and as Lead Operator, both your team, clients and subcontractors will look to you for support, guidance and expertise.

• Adopting and promoting the Motive Offshore Group People Values and ensuring their use is embedded throughout day-to-day tasks and decision making.
• Develop strong working relations with key stake-holders – clients, colleagues etc.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to other Equipment Operators.
• Provide supervision to other Equipment Operators when required.
• To ensure client assistance and satisfaction at all times.
• To liaise and build rapport with the client whilst at the worksite.

• Immediately report all accidents, incidents, near misses or environmental concerns.
• Adhere to and participate in company-wide sustainability policies, procedures and initiatives as they are developed to support our Net Zero objectives.

• Ensures the safe and efficient mobilisation, installation and demobilisation of equipment.
• Ensures equipment is correctly prepared and ready on time to meet Client or Company requirements.
• Stocktake equipment on arrival at worksite, communicating any anomalies and or damage to the client and Company.
• Commission equipment at worksite and perform load test operations as per the clients’ requirements, completing all necessary paperwork.
• Operate equipment as per clients’ instructions, ensuring all daily checks and paperwork are completed.
• Complete required onsite paperwork such as post installation checks & maintenance records.
• Complete DCSR sheets in full, with accurate times and descriptions including any observations, delays, damages, daily activities obtaining signed approval from the client.
• Demobilise equipment at the worksite and prepare for shipping, completing any necessary cargo manifests.
• Trouble shoot equipment breakdowns, investigate and rectify.
• Hand in project paperwork and expenses in a timely manner post project.
• Engage in any other reasonable activity as requested by Management.
• To attend project briefings & de-briefings.
• To attend client inductions/HIRA’s as and when required.
• To complete online client inductions and training as and when required.
• To participate in internal and external training courses where identified.
• Attend client FAT’s when requested.

• Offshore certification Including OGUK survival, applicable medical or seamans health certificate.
• Mechanical / Engineering Trade.
• Relevant years experience operating machinery in offshore industry.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise.

Alongside the benefits below, working with Motive can take you places that you might not have thought possible. Every region we operate in, bring their own wonderful cultures & ways of working. And as a global business, you will become colleagues with people not only in the UK, but also in Taiwan, Singapore, the UAE, Norway, Brazil and in the US.

People are at the heart of everything we do and we’re incredibly proud of the development opportunities that many of our staff have benefitted from.

• 34 days holiday per annum.
• Life Assurance equal to 3 x salary.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Motive Retail Discount/Reward Scheme.
• Electric Car Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Reduced membership of Costco card.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Regular Team Building Events – such as family fun days, BBQs, nights out,…