Maintenance and Reliability Manager
Working Location: Gabon (West Africa) / 28/28 Rotation
Contract Type: Permanent
Overview
If you have led maintenance teams within live oil and gas operations and enjoy improving reliability, performance, and operational efficiency, this is a strong opportunity to take ownership of maintenance delivery across operational assets.
This role offers a high level of operational involvement, leading maintenance activities, contractor performance, and reliability initiatives within a complex production environment.
Why This Role Stands Out
- Leadership role managing multidisciplinary maintenance teams
- Strong focus on reliability, planning, and operational performance
- Exposure to live production and mature operational assets
- Opportunity to drive maintenance improvements and team development
- Long-term opportunity within a stable operational environment
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise maintenance personnel across operational activities
- Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programmes
- Oversee maintenance planning, scheduling, and workshop coordination
- Support reliability improvement and downtime reduction initiatives
- Manage contractors and third-party service providers
- Monitor maintenance KPIs and drive continuous improvement activities
- Ensure maintenance and integrity information is accurately maintained within CMMS systems
- Support root cause analysis and incident investigations
- Collaborate closely with operations and technical teams to optimise asset performance
- Promote strong HSE standards and safe working practices across all activities
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Engineering or related discipline
- 10+ years experience within oil and gas maintenance operations
- Proven experience leading maintenance teams within live operational environments
- Strong knowledge of reliability engineering and maintenance best practices
- Experience using CMMS systems and maintenance planning tools
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving capability
- Understanding of HSE standards and operational compliance requirements
- Fluent French language skills
- Comfortable working within multicultural and fast-paced environments