ROLE SUMMARY

The Project and Technical Support Manager is responsible for managing non-marine technical projects and providing operational technical support to Company drilling units, with primary focus on above-deck repairs, maintenance, equipment reliability, downtime event management, fault finding, OEM coordination, and corrective action execution.

The role supports rigs in maintaining safe, reliable, and efficient operations by coordinating technical troubleshooting, repairs, maintenance scopes, equipment upgrades, vendor support, spare parts requirements, and project execution. The position acts as a key interface between rig teams, shore-based operations, technical departments, OEMs, technical service providers, procurement, and management.

The Project and Technical Support Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, monitoring, and closing assigned technical projects related to drilling equipment, mechanical systems, electrical systems, control systems, power generation, cranes, pipe handling systems, deck equipment, and other above-deck operational equipment.

The role is also responsible for supporting the management of downtime events, including incident response, failure investigation, root cause analysis, technical recovery plans, OEM engagement, repair execution, lessons learned, and implementation of preventive actions.

Activities may involve offshore travel, vendor visits, shipyard or workshop attendance, and periods of 24-hour standby support during critical operations or equipment downtime events.

JOB SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management Responsibilities;

The Project and Technical Support Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, monitoring, controlling,



and closing out assigned non-marine technical projects for Company drilling units, with an emphasis on above-deck equipment, repairs, maintenance, upgrades, reliability improvements, and operational support projects.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Manage non-marine technical projects including above-deck repairs, equipment overhauls, maintenance campaigns, system upgrades, equipment modifications, reliability improvements, obsolescence replacements, vendor campaigns, corrective maintenance scopes, and operational improvement projects.
- Develop project scopes of work, execution plans, budgets, cost estimates, schedules, procurement requirements, contractor strategies, risk registers, quality requirements, inspection and test plans, reporting requirements, and close-out plans.
- Coordinate assigned projects with internal stakeholders including Operations, Technical, Maintenance, HSE, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Rig Management, shore base teams, and offshore crews.
- Coordinate assigned projects with external stakeholders including OEMs, authorized service providers, repair workshops, engineering contractors, fabrication vendors, inspection companies, testing companies, logistics providers, and client representatives where applicable.
- Prepare, review, and coordinate technical scopes of work for repairs, upgrades, overhauls, inspections, troubleshooting campaigns,



and maintenance projects.
- Support the prioritization of projects and repair scopes based on operational criticality, safety impact, production impact, equipment condition, downtime risk, cost, and rig schedule.
- Review technical proposals, vendor recommendations, method statements, inspection reports, repair procedures, test procedures, commissioning procedures, and completion documentation.
- Coordinate procurement and contracting activities by providing technical specifications, service requirements, spare parts requirements, vendor recommendations, technical evaluations, and contract input.
- Monitor project performance against approved scope, cost, schedule, safety, quality, technical, operational, and compliance requirements.
- Ensure that project risks, issues, changes, deviations, non-conformities, and corrective actions are identified, assessed, escalated, tracked, and closed out.
- Ensure that Management of Change requirements are applied for modifications, upgrades, temporary repairs, equipment substitutions, control system changes, and other changes affecting equipment design, function, operation, safety, or reliability.
- Coordinate logistics and readiness for offshore execution, including personnel mobilization, tools, spare parts, lifting equipment, permits, work packs, SIMOPS considerations, vendor access, and required approvals.
- Support execution of factory acceptance tests, site acceptance tests, commissioning, functional testing, load testing, pressure testing, operational trials, and post-repair performance verification.
- Track and support close-out of project punch lists, inspection findings, equipment deficiencies, repa

📌 Project and Technical Support Manager (Ciudad del Carmen)
🏢 Fontis Energy
📍 Ciudad del Carmen