Offshore Facilities Maintenance Lead (Industrial Systems)

About the Role

Keep a complex manufacturing site and active construction yard running safely and smoothly. As our Offshore Facilities Maintenance Lead, you will guide a small team, coordinate outside contractors, and be the hands-on expert for heavy-duty diagnostics, preventive upkeep, and fast repairs across high-voltage electrical systems, plumbing, HVAC, and specialized production equipment.

A Day in the Life

Start of shift: You brief the crew on priorities, communicate company updates, and align on safety expectations. You review CMMS schedules, inventory levels, and open work orders, then assign and track tasks.

Mid-morning: You troubleshoot an automated machine fault, check motor controls on a 3‑phase circuit, and verify PLC-driven equipment is back on line. You inspect welding stations and abrasive blasting systems, performing heavy-duty maintenance to keep production on schedule.

Afternoon: You walk the utilities: commercial HVAC units, electrical distribution, and site plumbing. You test and service fire suppression and detection systems. You meet with production and manufacturing engineers to refine a process and plan infrastructure improvements. Throughout, you document everything in the CMMS in alignment with ISO 9000 quality requirements.

End of day: You review performance, recognize top contributors, coach where needed, and coordinate with your supervisor to discuss issues, solutions, and department goals.

What You’ll Own

• Leadership & Communication: Keep the team informed on plans, shift targets, and new policies. Recommend wage increases, awards, or promotions for top performers; address underperformance through clear expectations, coaching, warnings, or formal discipline as required. Align frequently with your supervisor on problems, fixes, and objectives.
• Contractor & Project Oversight: Direct a mix of third-party onsite contractors to safely execute major repairs and structural upgrades.
• Production Equipment Support: Diagnose and repair automated and manual machinery; provide specialized maintenance for industrial welding equipment and abrasive blasting units.
• Facilities & Utilities: Maintain commercial HVAC, site electrical distribution, and general plumbing to peak efficiency.
• Safety Systems: Test, maintain, and repair fire suppression/detection and other mechanical safety devices.
• Rapid Response & PM: Execute emergency fixes and daily preventive maintenance across any machine or infrastructure asset.
• Tools & Instrumentation: Use hand/power tools and electrical measuring instruments with mastery to diagnose and resolve issues.
• Yard & Construction Support: Inspect, maintain, and coordinate minor repairs on staging-area machinery and construction yard assets.
• Digital Tracking: Manage maintenance logs, spare parts, and work orders using a CMMS, following ISO 9000 Quality System practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of facilities maintenance in manufacturing, heavy industrial, or construction environments.
• Leadership: Prior experience as a lead, crew leader, or foreman directing contractors and internal teams.
• Software: Proficient with PCs and Windows; strong database experience preferred.
• Soft Skills: Excellent multitasking, communication, and organization in a fast-paced fabrication setting.
• Language: Basic command of English (written and verbal) to read industrial blueprints and document safety logs.
• Technical: Advanced expertise preferred in 3‑phase electrical systems, motor controls, hydraulics, and pneumatics; able to interpret complex blueprints, schematics, and equipment manuals.

Working & Environmental Conditions

• Environment: Safety-sensitive role primarily in a temperature-controlled manufacturing/industrial setting with occasional outdoor work and periods in non-climate-controlled spaces.
• Protective Equipment: Wear required PPE (safety shoes, hard hats, bump caps, safety glasses, hearing protection, safety harnesses) and respirators as needed.
• Heights & Fall Protection: Work from step and A-frame ladders and on elevated structures up to ~20 feet using proper lift and fall protection equipment.
• Physical Agility: Maintain balance and agility while walking, standing, crouching, and climbing; frequent bending and reaching.
• Endurance & Upper Extremities: Continuous standing/walking; frequent work with arms above shoulders and at full extension.
• Lifting & Tools: Frequently lift up to 50 lbs and on occasion 60+ lbs; frequent use of hand and power tools.
• Vision & Coordination: Strong hand–eye coordination; close/distance/color/peripheral/depth vision and focus adjustment.

This job description outlines the essential functions of the job and does not contain a comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.