Decommissioning Lead; Lindsey - Interim

Position: Decommissioning Lead (Lindsey) - Interim (Contract)
Location: North Killingholme

List Recruitment is supporting Phillips 66 with the recruitment of a number of roles in the North Lincolnshire and Jarrow areas.

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Phillips 66 has been operating in the UK for over 65 years and we are as excited about our future as we are proud of our past. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together.

Our company is built on values of safety, honour and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors:
We work for the greater good, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve excellence.

Our employees are the heart of our success, and there is a reason why we continue to attract great talent and it’s not just the excellent benefits package, or the opportunities for personal growth, it’s also the caring and committed culture of the organisation that makes everyone feel like they can bring their authentic self to work and be truly part of our team.

Job Description

The Decommissioning Lead Provides overall leadership, governance, and delivery accountability for the Prax LOR decommissioning programme, ensuring the site is maintained in a safe state, safety‑critical decommissioning activities are prioritised by risk, and decommissioned units / interzonal pipelines are progressed through clearance and handover certification while supporting the broader “future use readiness / preservation”.

Core Responsibilities

* Own and drive the decommissioning priorities, including continuing safety‑critical decommissioning prioritised based on risk, progressing cross‑area (interzonal) line decommissioning based on risk, and supporting utility system rationalisation where required.

* Ensure units are maintained in preservation where required for potential reuse, aligned to the stated objective to leave process units in a safe state and in preservation for future use cases.

* Lead on all safety and environmental activities during decommissioning execution, ensuring full compliance with site standards and procedures, and ensuring high work standards across teams and contractors.

* Ensure decommissioning work is executed in line with defined safe opening / clearance criteria and risk controls (e.g., criteria for safe opening, battery limit blinds, removal of pyrophoric risks).

* Provide leadership and coordination for a decommissioning planning and delivery team, ensuring safe, efficient, timely execution of the decommissioning plan and approved variations.

* Act as focal point for coordination of planned decommissioning activities and maintain open and effective communications with site leadership teams.

* Build an effective decommissioning team and continuously monitor capability, implementing necessary developmental actions.

* Set clear expectations, enforce standards, and coordinate work across staff and contractor groups

* Accountable for facilitation and maintenance of the decommissioning plan and annual budget management for the decommissioning programme.

* Accountable for prioritisation and execution governance of the following decommissioning work streams

* Removal of pyrophoric risks and works that support these activities.

* Catalyst removal works.

* Inter zonal pipeline clearance works.

* Implementation of operational and environmental procedures during execution of decommissioning work.

* Own the handover certification process for decommissioned units/plant/pipelines

* Ensure decommissioning outputs align to the “safe state” requirements reflected in transition/APA preparation materials

Education Requirements/Key Skills

* Demonstrated leadership ability to build an aligned team, provide direction, and drive critical operating tasks to achieve results.

* Strong working knowledge of safe execution expectations and discipline to maintain compliance with procedures and standards during field execution.

* Capability to plan, coordinate, prioritise and execute work in response to…