Subject Matter Expert

**Allow us to introduce ourselves**

At **dss+**, we are a **purpose-driven company** that exists to save lives and create a sustainable future - for our clients, employees, and communities. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and we’re a consultancy with heart.

We implement, working side-by-side with our clients to deliver real, tangible results. We pride ourselves in combining industry experts and on the ground experience with strong people-centric change management capabilities. This creates the perfect blend to support our clients from intent to impact, enabling them to protect what they care for, transform their organisation, and sustain the changes required to make their vision a reality, in a practical actionable way.

Our clients are across a wide range of industries including Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Mining & Metals, Power & Utilities, including Renewables.

**What will you do?**

As an experienced **asset integrity specialist**, your expertise is vital in helping us protect people, assets, and the environment - making you an essential part of our mission.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Leading client teams and driving the execution of consulting engagements in integrated Asset Integrity Management as part of a wider process safety management or transformational engagement. This includes structuring, sequencing, and leading client engagements with direct areas of responsibility including assessment and improvement of asset integrity management practices across the following scopes:

- All sub-elements of asset integrity management e.g., quality assurance, maintenance and reliability strategy and tactics, inspection & test, repair, work management, codes and standards, competence management, reliability engineering, root cause analysis, etc.
- All equipment classes e.g. static equipment, rotating equipment, safety instrumented functions, pipelines, electrical, etc.
- All interfaces with other process safety management elements e.g., process hazard analysis, management of change, pre-start up safety reviews, incident investigation, etc.
- Oversee and perform checks and analyses to develop improved asset reliability at client sites and supporting clients in developing appropriate Work Management practices to enhance the performance of Maintenance and Reliability programs
- Effectively communicating progress and outcome to different client’s stakeholders and proactively identifying issues and risks in relation to the specific delivery activities and liaise with the wider project team to evaluating potential solutions and pursuing the optimal course of actions to minimise adverse impact and maximise project success.
- Acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives and operational/maintenance leaders, facilitating decisions on asset integrity outcomes and proactively identifying issues and risks in relation to the specific delivery activities and liaise with the wider project team to evaluating potential solutions and pursuing the optimal course of actions to minimize adverse impact and maximize project success.
- Contributing to thought leadership on Asset Integrity methodologies and mentoring junior colleagues and participating and contributing to functional and/or industry networks with the aim of developing and sharing best practices.

**Who are you?**

**Your experience and expertise include**:

- Work experience includes leadership positions in asset integrity/maintenance and reliability positions on operating industrial plants, preferably in highly hazardous/heavy manufacturing industries such as oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, or metal processing.
- Experience in developing procedures to define key system requirement, analysis, problem solving, and governance mechanisms and KPIs to monitor the effectiveness of the implementation of Asset Integrity Management across all sub-elements.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and team-working attitude to be able to work in multi-cultural and multidisciplinary teams and effective leadership skills to drive execution in complex environments.
- Knowledgeable on Recognised and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP) i.e. ASME, API, NACE, etc.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical will be an advantage) or equivalent (MSc or MBA preferred).
- ~12+ years of experience in asset integrity, maintenance or engineering.
- Fluent in English (additional languages a plus).
- Willingness to travel extensively.

**A bit more about us**
- We are implementers and change-makers. Our passion lies in helping clients solve their most complex challenges and engaging organisations - from the boardroom to the shop floor - to build resilience and sustain improvements.
- Our industry expertise (in Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Mining & Metals, Power & Utilities), combined with our consulting know-how in risk, operations, and sustainability, helps clients turn pain points into actionable roa