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Operations and Asset Manager
About this role
Sisa Method seeks an Operations and Asset Manager for a client developing the Ajaokuta Mini LNG project in Kogi State. The role involves building the operating model and asset management system alongside construction to move from installation to commissioning and first gas, including maintenance, procedures, spares, staffing, training and handover requirements. The position requires defining the operating organisation, staffing and training, creating procedural frameworks for start-up and normal operation, and managing asset registers and maintenance plans. It targets candidates with extensive operations or maintenance experience in gas processing, LNG, power or process plants and experience with project readiness or start-up. The employer focuses on execution discipline, evidence-based reporting and clear communication aligned with core values such as accountability and teamwork.
What you would do
- Develop the Operations Readiness Plan with owners, deliverables and gate criteria through to stable operation
- Define the operating organisation, staffing, competency matrix, shift model and training requirements
- Develop operating philosophy and procedures for start-up, normal operation, shutdown, emergency shutdown and isolation
- Build the asset register, criticality assessment, maintenance strategy, job plans and critical spares lists
- Coordinate preservation, tagging, inspection and storage of received equipment with Logistics and OEM instructions
- Participate in system walkdowns and review vendor manuals, alarm/trip lists and handover dossiers
- Set reliability and performance measures, inventory controls and statutory inspection registers
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical or instrumentation engineering
- 7+ years of operations or maintenance experience in gas processing, LNG, power or process plants
- Experience in operational readiness, commissioning or start-up of new facilities
- Knowledge of maintenance management systems (CMMS), asset integrity and statutory inspection requirements
- Ability to write operating and maintenance procedures
- Strong coordination skills across projects, vendors and HSE teams
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