Rotating Equipment Maintenance Team Lead

Rotating Equipment Maintenance Team Lead
Location: Basrah, Iraq
Rotation: 28 Days On / 28 Days Off

Overview An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Rotating Equipment Maintenance Team Lead to provide technical leadership and direction for rotating equipment engineering activities across a large-scale operational environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operation of critical rotating equipment assets while leading a team of engineers and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of rotating equipment engineers and specialist contractors.
• Drive a strong safety culture and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversee condition monitoring and diagnostic programs, including vibration analysis, lubrication monitoring, thermography, and performance surveillance.
• Prioritise engineering activities and allocate resources to support operational and maintenance objectives.
• Develop short and long-term maintenance, reliability, and asset improvement strategies.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards, processes, and best practices.
• Analyse reliability and performance data to identify opportunities for optimisation and improved equipment availability.
• Support equipment lifecycle management, including obsolescence planning and mitigation strategies.
• Prepare performance reports and monitor key engineering and maintenance KPIs.
• Coach, mentor, and develop engineering personnel while identifying and addressing capability gaps.

Requirements

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in rotating equipment maintenance, reliability, and engineering.
• Strong understanding of rotating equipment design, operation, and maintenance practices.
• Demonstrated leadership and stakeholder management experience.
• Significant experience within operating industrial facilities, preferably in oil & gas, energy, water, or process industries.
• Minimum of 18 years' industry experience, including exposure to multicultural operational environments.
• Excellent communication, influencing, planning, and organisational skills.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using data and maintenance systems to drive performance improvements.

Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate will be a proactive engineering leader with a passion for asset reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. They will thrive in a dynamic environment, balancing technical expertise with strong people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.