Senior Technical Specialist jobs

ABL – an Aqualis Group company - is a leading global independent energy and marine consultant working in energy and oceans to de-risk and drive the energy transition across the renewables, maritime, and oil and gas sectors, offering the deepest pool of expertise across marine and engineering disciplines in more than 300 locations globally.

The Senior Technical Consultant is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the Business Line's operations within the region. The role drives strategic development, supports key management decisions, and ensures the effective execution of both strategic and tactical business plans to achieve organisational objectives, operational excellence, and sustainable growth. The Senior Technical Consultant is accountable for the successful delivery of projects, ensuring work is executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the required quality standards. In addition, the role leads business development activities, including identifying new opportunities, building and maintaining client relationships, supporting proposal and tender submissions, and contributing to regional revenue growth and market expansion.

What will you be doing?

• Provide leadership and management oversight for the Business Line within the region.
• Develop and execute strategic and tactical business plans aligned with organisational objectives.
• Lead and support day-to-day operational and management decision-making.
• Drive business growth through the identification, development, and pursuit of new business opportunities.
• Build, maintain, and strengthen client relationships to support long-term business success.
• Lead and contribute to the preparation of proposals, tenders, and commercial submissions.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and HSE requirements are achieved.
• Manage project resources, workload planning, and utilisation to ensure efficient delivery and profitability.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to project teams and consultants.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions to mitigate risks and address issues.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, industry standards, and client requirements.
• Support financial management activities, including forecasting, budgeting, revenue targets, and project profitability.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across regions and business lines to maximise opportunities and deliver integrated solutions.
• Represent the Business Line in client meetings, industry events, and professional networks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery, operational efficiency, and client satisfaction.

What are we looking for?

• Project Management and Data Analytics qualifications.
• 10+ years of experience with CMMS/EAM platforms and maintenance data transition tools, including Effio, NRX, Masterkey, SAP PM, Maximo, Oracle eAM, or equivalent systems.
• 15+ years of combined maintenance, asset management and engineering experience.
• Experience in Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, Mining or Heavy Industry.
• Strong business development background with experience identifying opportunities, developing client relationships, preparing proposals, and securing new work.
• Demonstrated experience delivering full CMMS/EAM implementations and maintenance programme builds, including asset hierarchies, equipment registers, Bills of Materials (BoMs), maintenance strategies, job plans, preventive maintenance programmes, materials management, and data migration.
• Advanced knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platforms, including SAP PM, IBM Maximo, Oracle eAM, Infor EAM, and similar systems.
• Extensive experience with maintenance and asset data transformation tools, including Effio, NRX, Masterkey, and other data migration and validation platforms.
• Proven capability in delivering end-to-end CMMS/EAM implementations and maintenance programme builds, including: Asset Registers, Asset Hierarchies and Functional Locations, Equipment Registers, Bills of Materials (BoMs), Maintenance Strategies, Preventive Maintenance Programmes, Job Plans and Task Lists, Spare Parts and Materials Master Data, Data Migration and System Go-Live Support.
• Strong understanding of maintenance and reliability methodologies, including: Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), Criticality Assessments, Maintenance Optimisation and Asset Lifecycle Management.
• Experience developing and implementing asset management frameworks aligned with ISO 55000 and maintenance data standards such as ISO 14224.
• Ability to perform equipment criticality assessments, maintenance strategy reviews, and maintenance programme optimisation.
• Experience managing large-scale asset, maintenance, and materials data cleansing, validation, standardisation, and migration projects.
• Strong understanding of engineering documentation, including P&IDs, equipment datasheets, vendor documentation, maintenance manuals, and technical drawings.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools, including Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SQL, or equivalent business intelligence platforms.
• Experience supporting brownfield and greenfield projects from design and commissioning through operations and maintenance readiness.
• Strong technical problem-solving capabilities with the ability to develop practical, risk-based solutions for clients operating in asset-intensive industries.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentorship, and quality assurance for project teams delivering asset management, maintenance, CMMS, and data improvement projects.
• A seasoned asset management professional capable of bridging engineering, maintenance and operations.
• Possesses strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a commitment to continuous learning.
• Can support complex governance processes while delivering practical operational outcomes.
• Strong business development background.

Further Information:

You will represent the Business Line across the Americas region through regular travel to client sites, project locations, industry conferences, and business development events, fostering strong stakeholder relationships and supporting regional growth objectives.

You can learn more about our team and what we do here: https://aqualis-group.com/

Applications must be submitted through the link on this page to be considered.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES.