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Projects & TAR Manager

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Projects and TAR Manager to lead the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of brownfield projects and turnarounds across Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. This role will play a key part in maintaining asset integrity, optimising production, and preparing for decommissioning activities, while ensuring full compliance with HSE and regulatory standards. This role oversees execution of all turnarounds, brownfield projects for this late life asset, managing a team that covers all these disciplines and includes Commissioning.

The Projects & TAR Manager is a member of the LT General Manager, Operations of Viaro. They will require excellent engagement skills to align multiple stakeholders. The successful incumbent will need to work effectively across teams including HSSE, Supply Chain, Operations, Subsurface and Wells.
Leadership

Provide technical leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.

Supervise and mentor a team of engineers and third-party contractors, ensuring high performance and development.

Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.

Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to Projects and TAR.

Guide the development of discipline engineers through a combination of experiential learning, mentoring, and formal training

Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.

Accountabilities

End-to-end delivery of safe projects, modifications and Turnarounds according to strict time, quality and cost management, with assurance in place

Management of projects pre DG3 to uphold asset integrity and minimise scheduled deferment

Lead and manage the planning, execution, and close-out of all brownfield projects and TARs across terminal and offshore facilities.

Develop integrated TAR and project schedules aligned with production, integrity, and decommissioning strategies.

Manage budgets, contracts, and resources to deliver projects and TARs on time and within budget.

Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, and HSE teams to ensure readiness and minimize operational disruption.

Ensure rigorous management of change (MoC) and project risk assessments.

Drive contractor performance and ensure strong HSSE culture throughout project lifecycle.

Liaise with regulatory bodies (e.g., NSTA, HSE) to ensure full compliance and timely submissions.

Contribute to late life asset strategy development and decommissioning planning.
Implement continuous improvement and lessons learned processes post-TAR/project execution.

Contract Owner for EPC provider

Implement a strong project control framework

Reduce ABEX

Develop project contracting strategy and execution plan and deliver them safely and efficiently.

Work with Operations to drive value from technical integration and efficiencies.

Dimensions

Staff & contractors: approx. TBC

Capex: tbd

TA1 for Projects
A degree in engineering or a related scientific discipline is required. Knowledge and applied background in on/offshore Brownfield projects, subsea and asset/operations experience is a strong preference.
Education level

A degree in engineering or a related scientific discipline is required. Knowledge and applied background in on/offshore Brownfield projects, subsea and asset/operations experience is a strong preference.

Experience

Strategic and total systems thinking is required.

10-15 years of Project Management/Operations experience

Strong track record of project delivery in offshore locations in complex stakeholder & NTR environments

Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex interfaces

Proven track record in delivering TARs and brownfield projects within the oil & gas industry, ideally in late life assets.

Personal characteristics.

Team player comfortable with dealing with a high workload and balancing multiple priorities.

A highly visible safety leader who can communicate the goal zero culture both internally and externally.

Demonstrated commercial acumen and contractor management skills.

Excellent communication, planning, and leadership skills.

Performance focus – commercial mind-set, agility and a focus on delivery/performance

Cost leadership - Role models and promotes spend it like your own

Ability to take responsibility in an organisation – taking charge and learn by doing.

Certifications

Project Management certification (e.g., APM, PMP) is a plus.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Viaro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The senior rotating equipment engineer in the engineering team is part of a highly motivated and autonomous group dedicated to supporting Viaro Energy’s operated assets, which include the Bacton onshore gas terminal and the Leman and Greater Sole Pit offshore assets, in achieving their objectives related to integrity and production reliability.

This role involves taking responsibility for the condition of rotating equipment, both in the short term and long term, thereby directly contributing to the assets’ bottom-line performance. Based in Great Yarmouth, the engineer is expected to visit the offshore locations as well as the Bacton gas terminal. They are tasked with delivering technical solutions as well as providing support and guidance to execution teams, which presents opportunities to apply and develop both technical and leadership skills.
Provides rotating equipment engineering expertise in ensuring the integrity and production of production systems, including:

(1) Design activities, guided by procedures or scarce precedents.

(2) Translating the guidelines and standards into practice, solving common technical challenges and providing technical recommendations which have a perceptible impact on local business performance; actively drives the identification, development and implementation of new technologies and opportunities to optimise field operations,

Resolves technical integrity and reliability issues of the operated rotating equipment, using Company tools and processes,

Provides on-site technical support and contributes to the training and guidance of other professionals in the discipline and field, as required by business circumstances.

May represent the Company externally as a subject matter expert with suppliers, customers and external agencies.

Develops and assists in setting direction of maintenance strategies and maintenance reference plan, confirming and sharing joint accountability for delivering this plan.

Owns, optimizes, deploys and confirms, rotating equipment maintenance plans, change proposals, pro-active technical monitoring plans, spares plans and obsolescence plans.

Will be appointed as a Technical Authority who owns the rotating equipment performance standards, reviews deviations and ensures compliance with the safety case,

Participates in technical audits and reviews, e.g. HAZOP, pre-start-up audits, etc

Co-develops, optimizes and manages specialist contracts for rotating equipment aftermarket services,

Assures quality of discipline related critical documentation and data, incl. SAP master data.

Works collaboratively across Engineering disciplines and Operations and Maintenance to achieve delivery.
Minimally BSc in mechanical engineering or equivalent degree, preferably holding and maintaining UK chartered status and corporate membership of at least one relevant learned institution.
Relevant and demonstrable (hands-on) experience in design, operation, commissioning, start-up, maintenance and condition monitoring of rotating equipment, in particular for the types of equipment operated by Viaro.

Relevant and demonstrable in-depth knowledge of and experience with mechanical (rotating equipment) engineering and systems integrity in the petrochemical or oil and gas industry,

Thorough understanding of technologies and practices in oil and gas and energy industries,

Knowledge of the design and/or field maintenance of aeroderivative and/or industrial turbines in mechanical drive applications,

Affinity with active magnetic bearing systems in rotating equipment is looked at favourably.

Manages the relation with multiple (groups of) internal and external stakeholders on tactical/strategic level and manages opposite interests. Scale and severity of consequences if things go wrong are moderate, requiring careful stakeholder management from an impact and reputation perspective.

Competent in application of RCM assessments, reliability/availability and root cause analysis processes,

Knowledge of and application of rotating equipment engineering standards; working knowledge of mechanical static and piping engineering standards,

Conversant with related documentation and documentation requirements,

Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation and industry standards for rotating equipment.

Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems, preferably SAP,

High degree of personal independence and good verbal/ written communication skills.

Certifications

Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Viaro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Materials & Corrosion Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Material and Corrosion Engineer will define the material of construction, develop and witness the quality controls requirements during fabrication, installation and commissioning of process equipment. During its operational life, you’ll verify the asset integrity by ensuring potential hazards are inspected for, maintained, and that critical elements are functioning to prevent process safety hazards, long downtimes or delays in operational activity.
This role provides exciting opportunities to support the integrity management of equipment in the operational phase, as well as throughout all stages of projects with activities related to offshore/onshore installation.

Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
•   Provide expert guidance on material selection for diverse projects, ensuring compatibility and compliance with industry standards.
•   Analyse and resolve material-related issues throughout the design, construction, and operational phases.
•   Conduct failure analyses and recommend corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
•   Develop and implement effective corrosion control strategies, including coatings, cathodic protection, and material upgrades.
•   Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to incorporate material and corrosion considerations into project designs.
•   Prepare and review technical reports, specifications, and standards related to materials and corrosion.
•   Stay current with advancements in materials science and corrosion engineering.
•   Lead the creation and improvement of metrics, reporting processes, and systems to ensure performance, compliance, and asset integrity in line with business objectives.
•   Coordinate and promote QA/QC programs and policies.
•   Responsible for data collection, assessment and calculation of pipeline corrosion and monitor corrosion trends.
•   Provide and implement recommendations periodically to monitor, inspect, mitigate and minimize control corrosion rates to acceptable levels.
•   Evaluate the effectiveness of the corrosion inhibitors and provide corrective actions.
•   Perform corrosion failure investigations and special corrosion related studies and review corrosion mitigation and monitoring activities in the field to identify the needed system modifications or procedural changes.
•   Initiate and conduct special studies to minimise control corrosion to improve the facilities operation.
•   Provide field technical assistance, assist in design and construction of corrosion control projects.
•   Lead and provide expert advice on maintenance and operation of all corrosion related activities.
•   Develop detailed scopes of work and contract agreements.
•   Conduct field trials for newly recommended chemicals and/or technologies in collaboration with all related parties to select the best-in-class.
•   Provide specialist support and advice to other departments within the organisation; including operations, inspection and engineering
•   Effective planning and prioritisation of materials and corrosion discipline goals, tasks and projects to ensure delivery on time and within budget
•   Keep abreast of new technology, industry trends and practices relevant to the reliability of assets through industry level engagement
•   Technical screening of Management of Change requests, Maintenance Change Requests and Maintenance Deferral requests to support effective management of technical modifications and deviations
•   Effective management of safety actions, verification audit findings, and lessons learned, to ensure they are addressed in a timely manner
•   Undertake regular visits offshore to ensure a high level of awareness of platform status and to maintain a strong relationship with the offshore teams.
•   Develop and review technical specifications, work packs and engineering reports
• The Candidate must have a Bachelor Degree in Chemical, Materials or Metallurgical Engineering with minimum of 10 years of experience in corrosion
monitoring and control activities.
Experience
•   Minimum 10 years’ experience in the oil and gas or related industries
•   In-depth knowledge of material properties, corrosion mechanisms, and mitigation techniques.
•   Experience with relevant industry standards and codes (e.g., NACE, ASTM, ASME).
•   Proficiency with material selection software and corrosion analysis tools.
•   Must be fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance.
•   Familiarity with advanced materials and emerging corrosion control technologies

Specific skills

•   Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
•   Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
•   Leverage technical background and experience as well as inter-personnel skills to ensure a high standard of technical guidance and strategic direction is provided to the organisation.
•   Flexible in terms of working within diverse groups and teams and across several technical disciplines and departments.
•   Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
•   Experience coordinating with senior internal and external stakeholders across departments.
•   Expertise in identifying technical gaps and providing solutions.
•   Ability to communicate highly technical information effectively across various levels of expertise

Certifications

•   Willingness to complete offshore mandatory training, and pass an offshore medical.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Technical Safety Lead

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Technical Safety Lead is responsible for technical assurance and support to for Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. Your principal role will be to provide independent technical advice to help the company ensure that the facilities are designed and operated in a manner where the risks associated with Major Hazards have been reduced to a level which is as low as is reasonably practicable (ALARP). To do this you will lead a small team of technical safety engineers and will need to work closely with a broad cross section of the organisation, including other discipline engineers, appraisal and development engineers, project teams, operations, engineering and maintenance teams.

The Technical Safety Lead is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership

Supervise and mentor a small team of Technical Safety Engineers.

Effective management and prioritisation of the tech safety team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.

Supporting modifications, day-to-day operational issues and projects.

Technical Safety

Your principal role will be to provide independent technical advice to help the company ensure that the facilities are designed and operated in a manner where the risks associated with Major Hazards have been reduced to a level which is as low as is reasonably practicable (ALARP). To do this you will need to work closely with a broad cross section of the organisation, including other discipline engineers, appraisal and development engineers, project teams, operations, engineering and maintenance teams.

The role requires regular interface with the safety regulator in the UK in support of safety case management, inspections, combined operations activities etc.

You will work in a small team responsible for the management and maintenance of 21 x Installation Safety Cases, 1 x COMAH Safety Report and the associated safety studies. This will involve assessing the effects of engineering and operational changes through studies including HAZIDs/HAZOPs, fire and explosion analyses, and Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) etc. You will take a lead role in identifying any measures that can be implemented to reduce the risks further.

You will be responsible for managing and delivering safety engineering support for activities performed by specialist consultants or contractors

You will be responsible for identifying Safety & Environmental Critical Elements (SECE’s) and defining the performance standards required. You will be a barrier owner for multiple performance standards including Temporary Refuge, EER, Lifeboats, Deluge, Fire and Protection systems etc.

Support to Asset

Act as Technical Safety Engineering Technical Authority, providing assurance to the management of change including modifications and projects.

You will play a key role in supporting Operations with ORA’s (Operational Risk Assessment) when SECE’s are impaired or degraded. And you will help the organisation to monitor barrier health and reliability where failure of SECE’s on demand occurs during a test.

In conjunction with the HSE Manager, Engineering Manager and General Manager you will provide input to Asset Integrity & Process Safety Management monitoring and assurance activities.

Provide support to producing facilities by providing input on immediate issues that require discipline input.

Distribute work locally within a small team. This includes (but is not limited to) Operational and Cumulative risk assessments, safety case updates, combined operations safety assessments

Support project departments in delivering new projects through technical reviews
Engineering Degree, preferably in Process or Chemical Engineering. A post graduate qualification in safety engineering or hazard and risk management would be an advantage.
Technical Safety Engineering Technical Authority or able to meet the requirements for a TA.Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.

Fully conversant with relevant industry requirements, standards, and guidance

Working knowledge of UK safety regulations and requirements is a benefit.

Broad understanding of wider engineering process and industry practices.

Previous work experience on upstream (brownfield) projects and operated assets is preferable.

10+ years’ experience in the (upstream) oil & gas industry

Flexible in terms of work location, willing to travel. Regular trips to Bacton gas terminal and offshore production facilities are an essential dimension of the job

Specific skills

Able to interface directly with regulatory bodies (HSEx) on technical safety issues.

Knowledge of Physical Effects Modelling and Quantitative Risk Assessment, experience with FRED and SHEPHERD software is preferred.

Able to facilitate Technical Safety Engineering workshops. These may include HAZID, Bow-Ties, ALARP, SIMOPs, and Facility Layout and Siting. Knowledge of HAZOP and SIL classification.

Able to develop ALARP demonstrations for Technical/Process Safety risks and developing HSE Cases.

Demonstrated experience in leading and initiating engineering reviews such as HAZID, HAZOP/DSR.

Knowledge and expertise of Human Factors would be beneficial.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Decommissioning Manager

Great Yarmouth, London or Aberdeen

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
Viaro Energy is a company committed to sustainable development and responsible operations across the UKCS. Our strategy includes targeted investments in late-life oil and gas assets, some of which are in steep production decline. As we move into the next phase of asset stewardship, we seek an experienced and forward-thinking Decommissioning Manager to lead our decommissioning activities, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant execution of all activities post-Cessation of Production.

The Decommissioning Manager will be responsible for leading and delivering the full lifecycle of decommissioning projects, from the Define phase through execution. This includes delivering the approved Decommissioning Programme (DP), managing regulatory and legislative compliance, identifying innovative contracting strategies and partnerships, and overseeing all Decommissioning & Removal (D&R) related contracts. The role is essential to the company’s responsible asset retirement obligations and will drive value through efficiency, collaboration, and best-practice adoption.
This is an opportunity to shape the company’s decommissioning approach during a transformational period.
Leadership

•   Provide technical Decommissioning leadership support to the Leman Alpha Complex, Bacton Terminal and Greater SolePit.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of engineers ensuring high performance and development.
•   Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.
•   Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.
•   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the Decommissioning discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.
•   Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.
•   Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to reliability, including Viaro Senior Management, partners, the NSTA, HSE, BEIS and the IVB.
•   Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same; including, managing risk in a way that meets or exceeds HES requirements but also achieves, as far as practicable, the business objectives.

Accountabilities
•   Forming and stabilising a new UK-based Decommissioning department, following divestment of the Asset from the Shell portfolio. This is an opportunity to set the culture and define the capabilities required for the Decommissioning function.
•   Oversee all Decommissioning activity for Viaro Energy which includes but not limited to review and challenge scopes for non-operated ventures.
•   Lead and manage the preparation and delivery of an approved Decommissioning Programme (DP) for assets nearing or past CoP.
•   Deliver Define Phase documentation in line with regulatory and internal requirements.
•   Develop detailed decommissioning plans including well Plug and Abandonment (P&A), topside and subsea infrastructure removal, and site remediation.
•   Ensure full alignment with UK legislation (e.g., Petroleum Act 1998) and regulatory guidance (e.g., NSTA/OPRED decommissioning requirements).
•   Maintain effective relationships with key regulators including the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), BEIS, and HSE.
•   Monitor and adapt to evolving decommissioning standards and environmental obligations.
•   Act as Contract Owner for all D&R-related agreements, ensuring robust contract strategy, procurement, and contractor performance management.
•   Identify and develop strategic partnerships, alliances or consortia to enable cost-effective delivery in a resource- and rig-constrained market.
•   Apply market intelligence and lessons learned from peer decommissioning projects to reduce costs and mitigate risks.
•   Coordinate closely with internal stakeholders including Wells, Subsea, HSSE, Finance, Legal, and External Affairs.
•   Represent the company in industry groups and initiatives to promote collaboration and continuous improvement in decommissioning.
•   Lead decommissioning risk assessments and input into company assurance processes.
• Degree qualified in a recognised engineering or science related discipline, preferably holding and maintaining UK chartered status and corporate membership of at least one relevant learned institution.
•   Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the oil & gas sector, with 5+ years in decommissioning or late-life asset management.
•   Demonstrated experience in delivering complex decommissioning projects in the UKCS or similar basins.
•   Strong understanding of UKCS regulatory frameworks, decommissioning cost structures, and contracting strategies.
•   Proven leadership, stakeholder engagement, and contract management skills.
•   Experience in Well P&A planning and execution.
•   Familiarity with industry consortia, collaborative delivery models, and new technology solutions in decommissioning.
•   Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional accreditation.
•   Exposure to ESG and sustainability issues in decommissioning.
•   Experience leading a team and driving strong results.

Certifications

Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Inspection Support

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Inspection Support Engineer plays a vital role in supporting the day-to-day coordination and technical delivery of the inspection program across our gas terminal and offshore assets. Working under the guidance of the Lead Inspection Engineer, this role will assist with inspection planning, data analysis, reporting, contractor interface, and the continuous improvement of asset integrity management practices.
•   Assist in the preparation, coordination, and execution of the annual inspection plans for pressure systems, structures, and pipelines.
•   Support the review and validation of inspection workpacks, procedures, and schedules to ensure alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., PSSR, DCR, SCR).
•   Interface with inspection contractors to track progress, resolve technical queries, and ensure high-quality execution.
•   Collate and validate inspection findings, Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) results, and anomaly data for reporting into the Integrity Management System (IMS).
•   Assist in the evaluation and prioritisation of anomalies, providing input for risk-based assessments and repair scopes.
•   Support preparation of inspection reports, dashboards, and input to statutory and assurance reporting requirements.
•   Provide inspection engineering support across a diverse asset base, including:
•   A major onshore gas terminal with processing and compression infrastructure.
•   Offshore gas platforms, including Normally Unattended Installations (NUIs) requiring innovative inspection logistics and remote support.
•   Assist in planning and coordinating campaign-based inspections during site visits or shutdowns.
•   Support the review and implementation of Inspection & Integrity Management Plans (IIMPs) and Written Schemes of Examination (WSEs).
•   Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives such as the implementation of digital inspection tools, anomaly trending, and lessons learned.
•   Assist in maintaining compliance with internal processes and external regulatory expectations.
Qualifications

• Degree or HNC/HND in Mechanical, Materials, or Integrity-related Engineering discipline.
Experience
•   Minimum 3 years’ experience in inspection, integrity, or asset management within the oil & gas industry.
•   Familiarity with onshore terminal infrastructure and offshore gas platform systems.
•   Knowledge of UK statutory regulations including PSSR, DCR, and the role of the Competent Person.
•   Proficient in interpreting NDT methods and inspection data.
•   Experience with Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) methodologies.
•   Exposure to NUIs or small footprint offshore platforms.
•   Knowledge of corrosion mechanisms in gas systems and pipelines.
•   Familiarity with inspection management systems (e.g. ACET, CMMS, IMS platforms).
•   Strong attention to detail and commitment to safety and compliance.
•   Well-organised and able to manage multiple priorities across onshore and offshore environments.
•   Clear communicator, comfortable working with multi-disciplinary teams and contractors.
•   Problem-solver with a proactive mindset and willingness to learn.

Certifications
Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Viaro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Commercial Manager

London or Aberdeen

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
Reporting to the Chief Operating officer, the Commercial Manager will be responsible for supporting all commercial activities associated with Viaro Energy’s portfolio. This role is to support and contribute to the current profitability and the long-term viability of Viaro Energy’s operations and interests in the UK. Principally through the development and implementation of the overall company strategy, as well as the successful exploitation of commercial opportunities in existing and potential assets, the negotiation of contracts and agreements with third parties.

• The Commercial Manager will lead and deliver the commercial strategy for the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal, aligning with the company’s strategic direction and asset plans. The Commercial Manager will be proactive in the development of the commercial strategy for existing assets, new plays and initiatives, deal generation, negotiations and joint venture relationships. The Commercial Manager will seek and develop added value commercial opportunities to increase asset value through new business and arrangements that extend field life.
• This position will lead a team of commercial advisors
Leadership

•   Provide Commercial leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of Commercial Advisors and a Hydrocarbon Accountant ensuring high performance and development.
•   Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.
•   Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality commercial solutions.
•   Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.
•   Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to commercial activities, including Viaro Senior Management, the NSTA, industry trade associations and working groups and industry consultations.

Accountabilities

•   Accountable for Operated and Non-Operated Joint Venture Management. Responsible for the facilitation of approvals through relationships with partners and engagement with various functions of the business. Work closely with the business functions to ensure that the appropriate commercial arrangements are entered into to support business activities.
•   Seek and develop added value commercial opportunities to increase asset value through new business and arrangements that extend field life.
•   Develop and gain acceptance for a commercial strategy which, if achieved, will support the realisation of agreed profitability and future viability of the UK Asset.
•   Lead negotiations and execute contracts with third parties that will enhance profitability and viability of the Asset.
•   Remain up to date with events and developments in the oil, gas and general energy sectors; assess the implications for Viaro and initiate action to exploit any opportunities.
•   Provide commercial inputs for short and long-term operational and financial plans and present information to the executive management, partners and other stakeholders where relevant.
•   Interface with regulatory bodies including the NSTA (North Sea Transition Authority) and ensure compliance with relevant guidelines.
•   Represent the company in industry groups, government consultations, and cross-operator initiatives relating to late-life assets and decommissioning strategies.
•   Develop and maintain sound working relationships with partners and third parties to maximise the opportunity to implement agreements and contracts which enhance the value and profitability of Viaro’s assets.
•   Supervise administration of all commercial contracts and non-operated JVs.
•   Seek and develop added value commercial opportunities to increase asset value through new business and arrangements that extend field life.
•   Meet with Joint Venture Partners to secure support for planned operations, asset strategic plans, and ensure strong relationships are in place.
•   Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Tax and other relevant departments for the preparation and review of draft agreements and contracts to ensure they meet legal requirements and business needs.
•   Performing due diligence of commercial agreements alongside the broader Viaro management team and the Company’s advisors when assessing acquisition opportunities.
•   Ensure compliance and commerciality with properly negotiated and documented agreements.
• Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business, Economics, Law, Engineering).
Experience
•   A strong commercial orientated background with a minimum of 15 years’ oil and gas industry experience with either a major or independent oil and gas company.
•   Preferably, with Midstream experience.
•   Well versed in all types of transactions and agreements including but not limited to farmins and farmouts, joint operating agreements, purchase and sales agreements, unitisation and unit operating agreements, tie -in and transportation agreements, gas sales agreements, hydrocarbon and Decommissioning Security Agreements.
•   Comprehensive knowledge of the UK energy sector and ability to apply both technical expertise and commercial judgement to maximise the profitability of the assets.
•   Proven negotiator, demonstrating an understanding of key drivers for both infrastructure owners and users in negotiating successful commercial arrangements. You will be able to negotiate in tough situations with multiple parties and stakeholders, win concessions without damaging relationships, be direct, diplomatic but firm, gaining trust with the relevant stakeholders.
•   Extensive understanding of the UK oil and gas industry including its license and regulatory regime, with well established relationships within the regulator and sector to support the identification of opportunities, risks and mitigations

Specific skills

•   Strategic thinker with strong analytical and business acumen.
•   Proactive problem solver
•   Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills across multi-disciplinary teams.
•   Ability to navigate complex JV and regulatory environments.
•   Strong written and verbal communication skills.
•   Proactive, solution-oriented, and commercially pragmatic.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Concept Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Concept Engineer – Decommissioning will play a key role in shaping the early-stage engineering and strategic definition of decommissioning projects. Reporting directly to the Decommissioning Manager, this role will be responsible for evaluating technical options, defining engineering scopes, and contributing to the development of safe, cost-effective decommissioning solutions. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of conceptual design experience, subsea and topside asset familiarity, and a systems-thinking mindset.
•   Develop and assess conceptual decommissioning solutions for late-life assets including well P&A, topside and subsea removal, and site remediation.
•   Define the engineering basis of design for the Decommissioning Programme (DP) and related define-phase deliverables.
•   Work with multi-disciplinary teams to translate regulatory requirements and commercial drivers into pragmatic engineering solutions.
•   Perform screening, selection and trade-off studies to support investment and planning decisions.
•   Collaborate with Wells, Subsea, Facilities, HSSE and Commercial teams to develop integrated decommissioning strategies.
•   Support regulatory submissions and stakeholder engagement by providing technical input and supporting documentation.
•   Engage with external consultants, contractors, and technology providers to evaluate and apply innovative approaches.
•   Contribute to the development of project schedules, cost estimates and risk registers during early project phases.
•   Monitor developments in decommissioning technology, tooling, and methods across the UKCS and internationally.
•   Benchmark approaches from other operators and identify opportunities to adopt best practices and lessons learned.
•   Help evaluate and structure potential collaborative or campaign-based decommissioning models in a constrained rig and services market.
• Degree in Engineering (e.g., Mechanical, Subsea, Petroleum, Structural, or related discipline).
Experience
•   Minimum 5 years’ experience in oil & gas engineering, with a focus on conceptual, front-end, or decommissioning engineering.
•   Working knowledge of UKCS regulatory environment and the key stages of decommissioning projects.
•   Understanding of late-life asset characteristics, offshore infrastructure types, and well P&A interfaces.
•   Strong analytical and systems engineering skills.
•   Exposure to decommissioning define or execute phase projects.
•   Familiarity with regulatory guidelines (e.g. BEIS, NSTA) and Decommissioning Programmes.
•   Knowledge of asset retirement technologies, such as modular lifting, rigless P&A, or subsea recovery tools.
•   Experience with cost estimation and schedule development tools (e.g. Excel, Primavera, or similar).
•   Collaborative, with strong communication and coordination skills.
•   Comfortable working in ambiguity and developing early-stage ideas into defined work scopes.
•   Proactive and inquisitive, with a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
•   Safety-conscious and committed to regulatory compliance and environmental responsibility.

Certifications

Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Metering & HCA Lead

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Metering & HCA Lead is responsible for overseeing all aspects of measurement, accounting, and verification of hydrocarbons, discharges, and emissions. This includes all fiscal, field, and environmental metering maintenance, Hydrocarbon Accounting and developing hydrocarbon & free CO2e ETS allocation strategies for Viaro's operated and non-operated assets.  The role encompasses metering, allocation, scheduling/dispatching, and audit/verification, and is the contract holder for relevant manpower/service contracts and software support contracts. Responsible for providing independently verified GHG emission data and completing the UK ETS free CO2e allowance claim (worth ~£50mln per annum) by 31st March each year. Providing detailed technical support on regulator queries.

The Metering & HCA Lead is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately. The position is the direct lead for 2 HCA engineers and 5 gas dispatchers as well as management responsibility over the Metering contractors.
Leadership

·   Provide Metering & HCA support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.

·   Supervise and mentor a team of Metering Engineers, Gas Dispatchers and Hydrocarbon Allocation Engineers, ensuring high performance and development.

·   Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.

·   Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.

·   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the electrical discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.

·   Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.

·   Delivering strategic oversight to the reliability discipline across the asset, including ensuring management systems for reliability are in place, suitable and being complied with.

· Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to metering and HCA, including Viaro Senior Management, the NSTA, HSE, BEIS, 3rd Parties (NG, SEAL JV, Ineos, ABAAA, Perenco, BBLC)

·   Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same.

Accountabilities

·   Team lead for all Metering Maintenance PM, CM and strategies.

· Driving metering digitisation thus reducing HSSE risk (breaking containment), increasing productivity and response times

·   Hydrocarbon, Sales and Revenue Accounting for Viaro’s operated and non-operated assets

·   Providing independently verified GHG data

·   Execution of audits for metering, HCA, allocation, environmental plus audit contract holders

·   EC HALE & SURE system custodian and management of change

·   Development of allocation algorithms and ETS free CO2e allowance procedures and obtaining acceptance from external stakeholders

·   HSSE Ensuring AMS PHEA, F2 SOX. World Class Closure. Providing independently verified UK-ETS CO2e data, future EU-Methane and UK CBAM GHG data, and technical support.  

·   Metering and hydrocarbon accounting audit execution.

·   Working in conjunction with the environmental specialist for Environmental permits, measurement, data reporting & independent verification.

·   Working in conjunction with commercial, finance, mechanical and process departments, liaise with OPRED, SEPA, NSTA regulators and other external stakeholders (partners, HMRC etc)

·   Assurance of metering projects including Operational Readiness activities

HSSE

·   Visibly demonstrate Safety Leadership and set clear expectations through the organisation

·   Ensure Metering Maintenance support is provided to the operated assets organisation to meet the mandatory laws and regulatory requirement

Technical Assurance

·   Raising MoC’s, threats and opportunities

·   Approve mis-measurements and dispensations for operated assets and third parties.

·   Obtain “Satisfactory Verifiers Opinion” Statement for UK ETS and future EU Methane & UK CBAM data.

Contract Management

Contract Holder for: -

·   Metering Maintenance Contract (Tyco), ACV £10mln. 10 technicians, 3 engineers plus ad-hoc support staff

·   Metering Audits (Kelton) – ACV £1.4mln

Input to ERM CVS GHG independent (regulator sets scope) verification  
Degree level qualified in a recognised engineering or science related discipline
Experience

·   10 plus years experience in metering and allocation roles.

·   Broad experience in Metering and HCA matters, particularly keeping alignment on working practices for GHG

·   Significant Stakeholder Management experience including interacting with relevant UK regulators

·   Technical Skills

·   People leadership skills

·   Metering

·   Awareness of Hydrocarbon Processing techniques for allocation engineering
Maintenance Processes

·   GHG legislation requirements

Specific skills

·   Influencing others

·   Commercial Mindset

·   Learner Mindset & Psychological Safety

Certifications

·   Willingness to complete offshore mandatory training, and pass an offshore medical.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
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Lead Instrument and Control Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Instrument & Control Engineer will provide technical guidance and strategic direction for matters relating to Instrument & Control across Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. This position will oversee the design, build and installation of new control, F&G and ESD systems and instrumentation and the inspection, repair and maintenance of existing control, F&G and ESD systems and instrumentation.

The Lead also has supervisory responsibility for the instrumentation and control systems engineering team. As such the Lead will be expected to review key deliverables of their team and coach your colleagues on the most complex and impactful topics. The Lead Instrument & Control is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. As such, the Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership

·   Provide technical leadership support to the Leman Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.

· Supervise and mentor a team of instrumentation and control systems engineers, ensuring high performance and development.

·   Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.

·   Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.

·   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the electrical, instrument and control disciplines conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.

·   Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.

·   Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.

·   Delivering strategic oversight to the instrument and control discipline across the assets, including ensuring management systems for reliability are in place, suitable and being complied with.

·   Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to reliability, including Viaro Senior Management, the NSTA, HSE, BEIS and the IVB.

·   Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same; including, managing risk in a way that meets or exceeds HSE requirements but also achieves, as far as practicable, the business objectives.

·   Focal point for projects & handover to ensure that what is delivered is in alignment with run/maintain requirements.

·   Contract owner for Instrumentation contracts.

·   Extensive Knowledge of Functional Safety and the application of IEC 61511 to projects and operations.

·   PCD Integrity requirements & knowledge (IEC 62443 Cyber Risk assessments and HSEx OG86 V2).

Safety

·   Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.

·   Drive and ensure compliance with the essential UKCS regulatory requirements process safety standards, emissions regulations, environmental standards and company policies.

·   Ensure design integrity through fit for purpose application of guidelines, otherwise consciously deviate and ensures deviations are raised to document the risk assessment.

Support to Assets

·   Primary focal point for instrument & control systems across Solepit Clipper, Leman Alpha Complex and Bacton Gas Terminal.

·   Identify, report and manage I&C threats across the assets.

·   Strategic oversight of control and instrumentation systems, including obsolescence and reliability management. 

·   Ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the instrument and control discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, guidance and corporate requirements.

· Provide specialist support and advice to other departments within the organisation; including but not limited to, Technical Services, HSE, IT, F&A, Commercial, and Drilling.

·   Effective planning and prioritisation of instrument and control system discipline goals, tasks and projects to ensure delivery on time and within budget.

·   Keep abreast of new technology, industry trends and practices relevant to the reliability of assets through industry level engagement

·   Technical screening of Management of Change requests (MoC & TMoC), Maintenance Change Requests and Maintenance Deferral requests to support effective management of technical modifications and deviations

·   Effective management of audit and inspection actions to ensure safety actions, verification audit findings, and lessons learned are addressed in a timely manner

·   Undertake regular visits offshore to ensure a high level of awareness of platform status and to maintain a strong relationship with the offshore teams. Target at least 1 visit per annum to each operated asset

·   Develop and review technical specifications, work packs and engineering reports.
Degree qualified in a recognised engineering or science related discipline, preferably holding and maintaining UK chartered status and corporate membership of at least one relevant learned institution
Experience

·   Minimum 10 years of discipline specific experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, petro-chemical, power generation or heavy industry

·   Experience in a supervisory role preferred 

·   Experience in planning and delivery of technical projects and brownfield modifications.

·   Experience interacting with UK regulators an advantage.

Specific skills

·   Fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance 

·   Detailed knowledge and experience with design and operation of instrumentation and control systems, including but not limited to, DCS, ESD, F&G, and process instrumentation for use in hazardous area environments 

·   Leverage technical background and experience as well as inter-personnel skills to ensure a high standard of technical guidance and strategic direction is provided to the organisation.

·   Flexible in terms of working within diverse groups and teams and across several technical disciplines and departments.

·   Strong oral and written communication skills and capable of building strong relationships and influencing others in all positions, including management.

·   Must possess strong analytical skills, be self-motivated and performance driven.

Personal characteristics

·   Must be fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance.

·   Must be willing and able to travel offshore as required
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
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Lead Production Chemist

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Production (Process) Chemist will be the subject matter expert and technical authority on production chemistry for Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. In addition, they will lead a team initially including a chemical management advisor with the possibility of further expansion. The role includes the identification, selection and optimisation of all downhole, topsides and subsea chemical applications, the fulfilment of all sampling and analysis requirements and the provision of full lifecycle production chemistry support from project appraisal to decommissioning.

The Lead Production Chemist is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership

·   Provides chemistry expertise to maintain and/or improve flow and technical integrity and product quality, throughout the entire production system and expertise in designing stimulation fluids, through relevant manages the risks related to the deployment of chemicals.

·   Supervise and mentor a team including a chemical management advisor and a lab & chemistry engineer. 

·   Supervises and co-ordinates onshore contractors to ensure compliance with the chemical injection and sampling programmes for Viaro Energy and third party subsea tie-backs.

·   Contract owner and key focal point for all chemical supply and chemistry services related contracts. Leads regular contract review meetings. Approves relevant SAP invoices to ensure accurate and timely payment.

·   Develops relationships within the wider production chemistry community to ensure awareness of industry best practice and technologies.

·   The management and reporting of accurate and auditable chemical usage and oil discharge data to comply with BEIS regulatory requirements.

·   The identification of chemistry and flow assurance related risks and opportunities and the development of appropriate management strategy

Production Chemistry and Process Optimisation

·   Provide expert technical support on production chemistry, including scale and salt control, corrosion inhibition, hydrate management, and emulsion treatment.

·   Oversee and optimise the chemical injection strategy for offshore assets, ensuring effective performance and cost efficiency.

·   Conduct root cause investigations into production chemistry issues such as fouling, integrity failures, and loss of separation efficiency.

·   Work closely with process engineers, flow assurance specialists, and production teams to troubleshoot and optimise system performance.

·   Manage laboratory testing programs, ensuring offshore and onshore analysis aligns with operational requirements.

Support to Assest

·   Works closely with the Production Engineering and Well Services teams to identify, design and optimise downhole chemical treatments to control inorganic scale, salt deposition, liquid loading and other well related flow assurance threats. Maintains well chemistry files.

·   Works closely with the Integrity and Pipeline teams to assess corrosion threats and identify appropriate control measures participates in the co-ordinates all microbiological monitoring.

·   Supports the offshore operations and onshore Process Engineering teams in the optimisation of production and utility systems to maximise production whilst meeting export and discharge specifications.

·   Provides chemicals & chemistry input into Field Development Plans, Basis and Front-End Design Engineering of production facilities and acts as assurer, actively managing risks whilst displaying a focus on simplicity and focus on the end goal.

·   The Lead Production Chemist is expected to be versatile in coaching others and will be the technical coach of a few staff including with a variety of degrees of experience, knowledge, and background.

·   The Lead Production Chemist will manage chemical suppliers, assure the quality of the technical work and supply of chemicals, as contract holder.

·   Provides timely input into regulatory chemical approval processes. Understand, and where possible, influence legislative requirements. Ensure compliance with regulatory Health, Safety and Environmental guidelines, standards, and policy.

·   Provides engineering solutions, using interpretation and decision making, to solve problems in unique expertise areas (scale treatment, H2S, scavenging, foam lifting, hydrate inhibition, corrosion management).

·   The delivery of an effective, safe and environmentally responsible production chemical treatment strategy (downhole, topsides and pipeline) to prevent production chemistry and flow assurance related losses
MSc / PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering or equivalent
Experience

·   Good knowledge of O&G production business and risks Extensive knowledge of chemical hazards and regulatory aspects

·   Good technical knowledge of related disciplines (surface and subsurface) and abily to act as an integrator whilst being a technical expert.

·   Expertise across all production chemistry areas, with particular focus on scale control, corrosion control, produced water clean-up and downhole treatment of gas wells as well as glycol regeneration, desalination and the operation of an effluent waste-water treatment plant

·   A good working knowledge of best practice chemical testing and selection protocols

·   Good understanding of offshore production and utility systems

·   Good understanding of UK Regulations (OCR, OPPC, EU ETS)

·   Understanding principles around sampling and analysis method

·   Ability to manage key contracts for chemical sample analysis/lab work and chemicals management

Specific skills

·   Conceptual thinking based on a broad range of potential business solutions, some of which being chemistry solutions.

·   Setting the priorities on the most value adding activities based on his/hers in depth and broad knowledge of chemistry in the business.

·   Experient in decision making, clear communication, with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize between conflicting high risk high value priorities.

Personal characteristics.

·   Excellent leadership, influencing and business skills, and experienced in coaching, developing and leading teams of other production chemists.

·   Curious for innovation and deployment of new technology

·   Willingness to travel offshore on an ad hoc basis
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Great Yarmouth with regular visits to Bacton as required? Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
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Leman Asset Manager

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Leman Asset Manager holds single accountability for safe, efficient and competitive gas production in this late-life South North Sea asset. You will be a key leader in the OneGas West asset, reporting to the General Manager Operations. The Leman and Corvette Pipeline User Group (CPUG) comprises a manned compression/production installation (Leman Alpha) and associated normally unmanned installations (NUIs) that are tied back to the Leman Alpha complex. Gas from the production unit is partially treated and exported to the Bacton Gas Terminal.

The Asset Manager must motivate their team to deliver business plan targets and value to end of system life. The team is a frontline operations and maintenance organisation that reports directly to the Asset Manager. This position will be dedicated to the Leman Asset, with a long-term commitment to providing Asset Management excellence across the broader group.
Leadership

Provide technical leadership support to the Leman and CPUG.

Supervise and mentor a team, ensuring high performance and development.

Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.

Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.

Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to asset conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.

Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.

Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.

Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to reliability, including Viaro Energy Senior Management, the NSTA, HSE, BEIS and the IVB.

Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same; including, managing risk in a way that meets or exceeds HES requirements but also achieves, as far as practicable, the business objectives.

Accountabilities

Goal Zero, both for personal safety and for process safety. The Asset Manager is expected to be the role model and drive a healthy HSSE culture: caring for people, discussing risks, being curious how work gets done, welcoming bad news without blame, role modelling a learner mindset and demonstrating visible safety leadership.

Duty holder representative for Leman Alpha and the associated NUIs, with legal duties associated to UK employer/resource/environmental and other legislation.

Safety, asset integrity, environmental, production and financial performance.

Drive a high-performance culture in the PU, with an engaged workforce empowered and motivated to maximise productivity.

Uphold staff development, coaching and succession planning for staff in the direct reporting line.

Ensure Turnarounds are delivered on time and budget, as well as select small modification projects. Any scope must have costs strictly managed and maximise short-term cash for this Lean asset, by sustaining and optimising production.

Collaborate effectively with the Asset Managers for the other offshore PU, Clipper Solepit, and the Bacton terminal, as well as the walk-to-work execution team supporting the NUIs, to ensure the highest value choices are made for asset integrity and production for the collective of OGW.

Collaborate effectively with the OGW Technical functions through the Agile model to ensure resources are matched with the highest priority threats & opportunities to improve and protect value for Leman.

Manage external stakeholders including third party customers, the community and the UK H&S Exec, NSTA etc on license to operate and legal issues

Key Challenges

This is a mature asset. Managing asset integrity and operational excellence with a strict focus on Opex is key for license to operate and the future of the business.

Addressing corrective maintenance backlog, in particular fabric maintenance and structural integrity, in a disciplined and cost-conscious manner.

Given the duality of cost and operational pressure the successful applicant will need to make tough choices and focus on what is essential for medium to long term operational robustness of the plant.
Production Operations, Maintenance or process engineering background preferred, with at least a BSc degree or equivalent.
Experience

Proven safety leadership skills and understanding of the HSSE Control Framework.

A responsive and energized leader who communicates clearly to help others deliver.

Experience with Emergency Response and Safety Cases is desirable.

People-focused, with leadership of community skills and understanding of organizational change.

Specific skills

Leverage technical background and experience as well as inter-personnel skills to ensure a high standard of technical guidance and strategic direction is provided to the organisation.

Flexible in terms of working within diverse groups and teams and across several technical disciplines and departments.

Strong oral and written communication skills and capable of building strong relationships and influencing others in all positions, including management.

Must possess strong analytical skills, be self-motivated and performance driven. Personal characteristics

Must be fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance.

Good knowledge of modern reliability techniques. Knowledge of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

The role is based at Great Yarmouth and requires offshore travel to support the performance unit
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Lead Inspection Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Inspection Engineer will lead a team of engineers and provide technical guidance and strategic direction for matters relating to inspection across Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. The Inspection Lead is a key member of the Infrastructure Integrity Team with the purpose to ensure technical integrity & legal compliance of pressure equipment. The role supports the Inspection team via developing, maintaining and improving an independent quality system, processes and associated IT-tools and technologies.

The Lead Inspection Engineer is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership
•   Provide technical leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of inspection and materials & corrosion engineers ensuring high performance and development.
•   Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.
•   Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.
•   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the inspection discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.
•   Develop and implement inspection strategies to optimise equipment performance and minimise downtime.
•   Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.
•   Delivering strategic oversight to the inspection discipline across the assets.
•   Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to inspection and integrity, including Viaro Senior Management, NSTA, HSE, BEIS and the IVB.
•   Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same; including managing risk in a way that meets or exceeds HES requirements but also achieves, as far as practicable, the business objectives.


Accountabilities
•   Ensure the effective operation and development of a quality system in compliance with UK Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations and ISO 17020. The role involves establishing and managing a User Inspection Department (UID) for the asset.
•   The candidate will be responsible for demonstrating the user inspection department's independence, overseeing its operations, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Additionally, the role entails coordinating with the NL-CBI, undergoing audits on the UID's quality system.
•   Monitor and ensure compliance of all inspection personnel in accordance with approved procedures.
•   Process owner for the various inspection work processes and tools
•   Coach/support in the competence and development of inspection personnel
•   Manage and deliver inspection scope and services related to the optimized operation of pressure equipment.
•   Ensure Inspection database including inspection relevant data in SAP or equivalent is maintained
•   Creates annual inspection reports
•   Act as inspection authority for the asset
• Engineering degree in relevant technical discipline or equivalent.
• Chartered Engineer preferred
Experience
•   Min of 15 years’ experience in inspection/ maintenance of pressure equipment in hydrocarbon, petrochemical or process industries
•   Knowledge and experienced application with UK Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations and ISO 17020
•   Experience interacting with UK regulators an advantage

Specific skills

•   Leverage technical background and experience as well as inter-personnel skills to ensure a high standard of technical guidance and strategic direction is provided to the organisation.
•   Flexible in terms of working within diverse groups and teams and across several technical disciplines and departments.
•   Strong oral and written communication skills and capable of building strong relationships and influencing others in all positions, including management.
•   Must possess strong analytical skills, be self-motivated and performance driven. Personal characteristic
•   Must be fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance.

Certifications
Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Based in our Great Yarmouth office with site visits to Bacton and offshore expected.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Supply Chain Manager

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Supply Chain Manager is accountable for ensuring the asset can optimise production by assuring the right materials and services at the right place and time for the right cost. This role requires the ability to effectively define and manage demand, establish and manage competitive, reliable and sustainable supply chains, and create the optimal warehousing solution. The incumbent will need to set up fit for purpose logistical processes for this standalone company, as well as leverage value from existing contracts through strong partnering with business unit and the key suppliers. The Supply Chain Manager reports to the GM Operations and is part of the Leadership Team. The Supply Chain Manager maintains functional alignment with the Contracting & Procurement (C&P) function and ensures compliance with any applicable C&P policies with regards to operational procurement.

This role will provide an ideal opportunity to make a significant impact on the bottom line of this independent company through Supply Chain excellence. The incumbent will ensure on time delivery materials, optimised management of warehousing and excellence in management of logistics (air, marine, road) and operational procurement (i.e. team of operational buyers) for the organisation.
Key Responsibilities

•    Delivering strategic oversight to the supply chain discipline.

•    Supervise and mentor a team of up to ten staff and contractors ensuring high performance and development.

•    Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.

•    Effective supervision and leadership of the team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality supply chain solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.

•    Lead safety investigations where required.

•    Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.

•    Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to supply chain, including Viaro Senior Management.

•    Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same; including, managing risk in a way that meets or exceeds HES requirements but also achieves, as far as practicable, the business objectives.

Accountabilities

•    Safe operations of third-party marine, air and road transport

•    Supervise team of Materials & logistics coordinators, schedulers, warehouse managers and operational buyers

•    Support the end-to-end sourcing & contracting processes for logistics categories, which includes predicting scope; support negotiating of contracts and post-award contract management.

Support operational procurement ensuring timely placement and expediting of Purchase Orders to ensure timely delivery of materials and/or services in line with business requirements

Coordinate and interface with Contracting & Procurement department to ensure operational procurement complies with and supports the organisation’s overall Contracting & Procurement strategy.

•    Ensure supply chain commercial models are robust and optimized, taking full advantage of 40:40:20 (Demand/ Specification/ Price) levers and the key business value drivers.

•    Key supply chain and business interface with Operations to ensure local business needs are met

•    Drive & improve good supply chain commercial outcomes by working effectively with contract holders

•    Manage strategic logistical supplier relationships including the resolution of operational and supplier performance issues.

•    Support the effectively operationalizing process of the logistics contracts.

•    Drive a continuous improvement mindset within the broader team and with the stakeholder community, as well as with suppliers and maintain strong relationships.
- Degree qualified in a recognised or related discipline
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

•    Minimum 10 years’ experience in the oil and gas or related industries with sound knowledge of Supply Chain and associated logistics, operational procurement and warehousing activities.

•    An eager leader, with a solid Supply Chain (logistics) experience gained in an operation OU, who brings a track record of having executed commercial, innovative deals and is keen to make the next step in her/his career. Both strategic as well as operational experience with Air, Marine and Land logistics processes combined with experience in contracts management and operational procurement.

•    Experience leading a team and driving strong results.

Specific Skills

•    Flexible in terms of working within diverse groups and teams and across several technical disciplines and departments.

•    Strong oral and written communication skills and capable of building strong relationships and influencing others in all positions, including management.

•    Must possess strong analytical skills, be self-motivated and performance driven. Personal characteristics

•    Must be fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance.

•    Good knowledge of modern reliability techniques. Knowledge of Computerised Supply Chain Management Systems
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Great Yarmouth office location (preferred). Options for London and Aberdeen
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Lead Electrical Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Electrical Engineer is responsible for ensuring professional standards and work processes within the discipline and meet legal requirements. This role provides technical guidance and strategic direction for matters relating to the electrical equipment and systems for Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. This role will lead a team of two Electrical Engineers and third-party contractors. The electrical engineering team, under direction of the Lead Engineer, provides a critical role in supporting the Leman platform operations, maintenance, and modifications engineering requirements.

The Lead Electrical Engineer is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership

•   Provide technical leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of two Electrical Engineers and three third party contractors, ensuring high performance and development.
•   Effective management and prioritisation of the electrical team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.
•   Effective supervision and leadership of the electrical engineering team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.
•   Foster a safety-first culture, ensuring best practices in electrical safety and asset integrity.
•   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the electrical discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.
•   Develop and implement maintenance and reliability strategies to optimise electrical equipment performance and minimise downtime.
•   Guide the development of discipline engineers through a combination of experiential learning, mentoring, and formal training
•   Strategic oversight of electrical equipment and systems, including obsolescence and reliability management.
•   Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.
•   Contract owner/ holder for some key electrical contracts.

Electrical Safety and Asset Integrity
•   Ensure compliance with UKCS regulatory frameworks (HSE, OGUK, Electricity at Work Regulations, BS IEC 60079, ATEX/DSEAR, etc.).
•   Lead electrical safety initiatives, including high-voltage (HV) and low-voltage (LV) system integrity, earthing, and arc flash studies.
•   Conduct power system studies, including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, and fault analysis.
•   Provide expertise on electrical rotating equipment, generators, transformers, switchgear, and UPS systems.
•   Management of hazardous area (Ex) equipment to ensure compliance with ATEX/DSEAR regulations.
•   Support electrical failure investigations (RCFA), reliability analysis (FMECA), and condition monitoring to enhance asset reliability.

Support to Asset
•   Collaborate with offshore operations, maintenance, and integrity team to provide proactive support and to resolve Electrical issues.
•   Provide specialist support and advice to other departments within the organisation; including but not limited to, Operations, HSE, Projects, IT, F&A, Commercial, and Drilling.
•   Ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the electrical discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.
•   Effective prioritisation of projects and tasks to ensure delivery on time and within budget.
•   Technical screening of permanent and temporary management of change requests to support effective management of technical modifications and deviations.
•   Technical screening of maintenance deferment requests and maintenance change requests to support effective management of maintenance on the Brae field platforms.
•   Effective management of audit and inspection to ensure safety actions, verification audit findings, and lessons learned are addressed in a timely manner.
•   Effective prioritisation of projects and tasks to ensure delivery on time and within budget.
•   Work closely with third-party vendors, OEM’s and contractors to enhance electrical system performance.
•   Develop and review technical specifications, work packs and engineering reports.
• Engineering degree in relevant technical discipline
• Chartered Engineer preferred
Experience
•   Extensive discipline experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, power generation, heavy industry or nuclear industry.
•   Experience in a supervisory role preferred.
•   Experience in planning and delivery of technical projects and brownfield modifications.
•   Experience interacting with UK regulators an advantage.

Specific skills
•   Fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance
•   Detailed knowledge and experience with design and operation of electrical equipment and systems, including but not limited to, power management systems, alternators, switchgear, transformers, motors, heaters, lighting, and trace heating.
•   Detailed understanding of the design, installation and maintenance requirements for electrical equipment in hazardous areas (ATEX Directive).

Personal characteristics
•   Excellent leadership, influencing and business skills, and experienced in coaching, developing and leading teams.
•   Curious for innovation and deployment of new technology
•   Conceptual thinking based on a broad range of potential business solutions
•   Must be willing and able to travel offshore as required

Certifications
Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will deliver expertise, infrastructure engineering solutions and strategic direction advice for matters relating to infrastructure across Viaro Energy’s operated assets, which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. The lead Infrastructure Engineer will lead the Infrastructure Engineering disciplines (Civil, Offshore Structures, Subsea, Pipelines, Fabric Maintenance) comprised by a team of six engineers and two contractors. This role will direct, and coordinate Asset infrastructure projects required to safeguard infrastructure integrity and optimise future asset value including the development and achievement of Asset development and growth goals.

The Lead will be expected to prioritise and drive key deliverables of the team and coach team members on the most complex and impactful challenges to safeguard infrastructure integrity in a cost-effective manner. The Lead infrastructure Engineer is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. As such, the Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately. The team highly interacts with field operations, maintenance, and project teams, where leadership, teamwork and fostering of effective relationships are key factors to delivering Viaro's ambition.
Leadership

•   Provide technical leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of six engineers, ensuring high performance and development.
•   Effective management and prioritisation of the team’s workload to ensure the requirements of the organisation are met.
•   Effective supervision and team leadership, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.
•   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the electrical discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.
•   Manage assigned projects including development of project scope, preparation of plans and budgets, resourcing of project teams and their management to ensure effective project implementation in accordance with agreed project goals.
•   Maintain a healthy skill pool in the team.

Safety

•   Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.
•   Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, legislation, standards, and industry guidance.
•   Delivering strategic oversight to the infrastructure discipline across the assets, including ensuring management systems for reliability are in place, suitable and being complied with.
•   Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders in matters relating to reliability, including Viaro Senior Management, the NSTA, HSE, BEIS and the IVB.
•   Setting the strongest possible safety performance expectations and hold self and others accountable for same; including, managing risk in a way that meets or exceeds HES requirements but also achieves, as far as practicable, the business objectives.

Support to Assets

•   Primary focal point for reliability across Leman Alpha Complex, Greater Sole Pit and Bacton Terminal, plus 12 normally unmanned installations (NUIs) that are tied back to the Leman Alpha complex.
•   Undertake additional assignments as required across the full scope of Asset activities particularly with respect to growth goals for the Asset.
•   Develop and maintain a process for the effective evaluation of business opportunities which will enhance field performance and field life.
•   Develop plans to optimise the economic value of the Asset – ensure work-scopes are progressed to a sufficient level of definition. Monitor work-scopes against plan. Complete economic evaluations of each work-scope.
•   Provide specialist support and advice to other departments within the organisation; including but not limited to HSE, IT, F&A, Commercial, and Drilling
•   Effective planning and prioritisation of infrastructure discipline goals, tasks and projects to ensure delivery on time and within budget
•   Keep abreast of new technology, industry trends and practices relevant to the reliability of assets through industry level engagement
•   Technical screening of Management of Change requests (MoC & TMoC), Maintenance Change Requests and Maintenance Deferral requests to support effective management of technical modifications and deviations
•   Effective management of audit and inspection actions to ensure safety actions, verification audit findings, and lessons learned are addressed in a timely manner
•   Undertake regular visits offshore to ensure a high level of awareness of platform status and to maintain a strong relationship with the offshore teams. Target at least 1 visit per annum to each operated asset
•   Develop and review technical specifications, work packs and engineering reports
•   Responsible for management of Fabric Maintenance Strategy and in collaboration with the Lead engineer Mechanical
•   Provide infrastructure engineering support to offshore D&R projects.
• Degree qualified in a recognised engineering or science related discipline (e.g. Civil, mechanical or equivalent), preferably holding and maintaining UK chartered status and corporate membership of at least one relevant learned institution
Experience

•   Extensive experience in the oil and gas or related industries with sound knowledge economic evaluation experience and be able to independently conduct reviews of commercial opportunities.
•   Experience leading a team and driving strong results.
•   Experience interacting with UK regulators an advantage

Specific skills
•   Leverage technical background and experience as well as inter-personnel skills to ensure a high standard of technical guidance and strategic direction is provided to the organisation.
•   Flexible in terms of working within diverse groups and teams and across several technical disciplines and departments.
•   Strong oral and written communication skills and capable of building strong relationships and influencing others in all positions, including management.
•   Must possess strong analytical skills, be self-motivated and performance driven. Personal characteristics
•   Must be fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance.
•   Must be willing and able to travel offshore as required

Certifications
Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Lead Mechanical Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Mechanical Engineer is the technical expert for decisions which provide technical guidance, maintenance reliability strategies and direction for matters relating to the mechanical equipment and systems across Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include Bacton, Leman and Greater Sole Pit. This role will lead a team of five Mechanical Engineers ensuring asset integrity, reliability, and performance of mechanical systems across the offshore installations.

This role will lead a team of five Mechanical Engineers. As such the Lead will be expected to review key deliverables of their team and coach your colleagues on the most complex and impactful topics. The Lead Mechanical Engineer is a senior specialist role in Viaro Energy, and will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership

•   Provide technical leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of five Mechanical Engineers, ensuring high performance and development.
•   Effective supervision and leadership of the mechanical engineering team, to ensure compliance with management systems, deliver high quality engineering solutions and high operational excellence across the Assets.
•   Represent Viaro Energy on external industry bodies, ensuring that standards, specifications, guidelines, and strategies pertaining to the mechanical discipline conform to the requirements of relevant industry legislation, standards, and guidance.
•   Develop and implement maintenance and reliability strategies to optimise mechanical equipment performance and minimise downtime.
•   Strategic oversight of mechanical equipment and systems, including obsolescence and reliability management.
•   Lead safety and reliability investigations where required.

Mechanical Safety & Asset Integrity
•   Ensure compliance with UKCS regulatory frameworks (HSE, OGUK, PUWER, PSSR, LOLER, etc.).
•   Lead mechanical safety initiatives, including asset integrity reviews, safety-critical equipment assessments, and risk-based inspections (RBI).
•   Conduct mechanical failure investigations (RCFA), FMECA studies, and condition monitoring assessments to enhance asset reliability.
•   Support maintenance strategies for rotating and static equipment, ensuring offshore assets operate safely and efficiently.
•   Contract Owner for strategic Rotating Equipment and Cranes Aftermarket Services Contracts and Mechanical Engineering Contracts.
•   Drive ownership of equipment care tasks within the discipline and embed a continuous improvement culture to facilitate focus on high-value assets and drive courageous prioritization on low-value assets.
•   Responsible for delivering business-appropriate assurance in the Technical Integrity & Process Safety framework in the operating asset, including Projects & modifications.
•   Key accountability to manage pressure equipment integrity.

Support to Asset
•   Collaborate with offshore operations, maintenance, and integrity team to resolve mechanical issues.
•   Provide specialist support and advice to other departments within the organisation; including but not limited to, Operations, Projects, HES, IT, F&A, Commercial, and Drilling.
•   Effective prioritisation of projects and tasks to ensure delivery on time and within budget
•   Technical screening of permanent and temporary management of change (MoC) requests to support effective management of technical modifications and deviations.
•   Technical screening of maintenance deferment requests and maintenance change requests to support effective management of maintenance on the Leman field platforms.
•   Effective management of audit and inspection actions to ensure safety actions, verification audit findings, and lessons learned are addressed in a timely manner.
•   Guide the development of discipline engineers through a combination of experiential learning, mentoring, and formal training
•   Work closely with third-party vendors, OEM’s and contractors to enhance mechanical system performance
•   Develop and review technical specifications, work packs and engineering reports
• Engineering degree in relevant technical discipline
• Chartered Engineer preferred
Experience

•   Extensive discipline specific experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, power generation or heavy industry
•   Experience in a supervisory role preferred
•   Experience in planning and delivery of technical projects
•   Experience with maintenance and integrity management preferred
•   Experience with technical integrity management and reliability of mechanical static and mechanical rotating equipment.
•   Experience interacting with UK regulators an advantage

Specific skills
•   Fully conversant with relevant industry legislative requirements, standards, and guidance
•   Candidate should have a proven track record in either rotating equipment (compressors, pumps, cranes) or static equipment (piping, valves, equipment) or preferably both.
•   Highly effective communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills

Personal characteristics

•   Excellent leadership, influencing and business skills, and experienced in coaching, developing and leading teams of other production chemists.
•   Curious for innovation and deployment of new technology
•   Conceptual thinking based on a broad range of potential business solutions
•   Must be willing and able to travel offshore as required

Certifications
Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Lead Process Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Lead Process Engineer is responsible for assurance and support to Viaro Energy’s operated assets which include the Bacton onshore gas terminal and the Leman and Greater Sole Pit offshore assets. This role will lead a team of four Process Engineers and is critical in ensuring safe, efficient and optimised process operations across multiple installations and the terminal.

This role will lead a team of Process Engineers. As such the Lead will be expected to review key deliverables of their team and coach your colleagues on the most complex and impactful topics. The Lead Process Engineer is a senior specialist role in Vairo Energy will be a recognised subject matter expert in their discipline. The Lead is expected to operate with minimal supervision, using their own initiative and technical judgement to solve problems, make effective decisions, and prioritise workload appropriately.
Leadership
•   Provide technical leadership support to the Leman/CPUG and Greater Solepit Assets and Bacton Gas Terminal.
•   Supervise and mentor a team of four Process Engineers, ensuring high performance and development
•   Drive process optimisation and troubleshooting to improve efficiency, reduce downtime and enhance production
•   Provide input into long-term asset integrity and production enhancement strategies
•   Actively participate and integrate discipline contributions to squad work
•   The incumbent is expected to play a leading role in one of the asset squads but also maintain a close connect and where required influence and provide discipline input and assurance to work managed in other squads in OGW.
•   Lead investigations into process upsets, debottlenecking opportunities and flow assurance issues.
•   Drive compliance with the essential Process Safety Standards and emissions regulations.
•   Ensure design integrity through fit for purpose / risk-based application of design standards and guidelines
•   Drive management of change (MOC) processes to implement modifications safely and efficiently
•   Work closely with third-party vendors, EPPC contractors and regulatory bodies to support asset performance.

Process Safety
•   Drive and ensure compliance with the essential UKCS regulatory requirements process safety standards, emissions regulations, environmental standards and company policies
•   Participate in process safety reviews, including HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and SIL assessments
•   Ensure design integrity through fit for purpose application of guidelines, otherwise consciously deviate and ensures deviations are raised to document the risk assessment.

Support to Assets
•   Collaborate with offshore operations, maintenance and discipline engineers to ensure seamless integration of process solutions.
•   Provide process engineering support to producing facilities. This includes (but is not limited to) troubleshooting to resolve operational problems and restore or increase production; carrying out surveillance to enhance reliability and keeping production at capacity; finding optimization and debottlenecking opportunities to reduce OPEX.
•   Supporting modifications, day-to-day operational issues and projects
•   Develop and review PFDs, P&IDs, process simulations, and mass/energy balances
•   Provide process engineering input in various own squad workflows
•   Provide support to producing facilities by appropriate work distributing. This includes (but is not limited to) troubleshooting to resolve operational problems and restore or increase production; carrying out surveillance to enhance reliability and keeping production at capacity; finding optimisation and debottlenecking opportunities to reduce OPEX, coordinating and leading Annual Facility Review, keeping process simulation models up to date.
•   Support project departments in delivering new projects through technical reviews
•   Effective management of audit and inspection actions to ensure safety actions, verification audit findings, and lessons learned are addressed in a timely manner.
• Degree in Chemical or Process Engineering (or equivalent)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards it
Experience

•   Extensive experience in process engineering support for offshore oil and gas or petrochemical assets
•   Strong background in process safety, flow assurance, and production optimisation
•   Experience leading a team of engineers, with a proven ability to mentor and develop talent
•   Proficiency in process simulation tools (HYSYS, aspen Plus, OLGA, or similar).
•   Knowledge of UKCS regulatory frameworks (HSE, COMAH, EI, OGUK standards, etc).
•   Familiarity with offshore production systems, gas processing and separation technologies
•   Experience interacting with UK regulators an advantage

Personal characteristics

•   Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
•   Must be willing and able to travel offshore as required

Certifications

Willingness to complete and pass offshore training certification e.g. BOSIET, MIST, OEUK Medical etc.
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

Based in the Great Yarmouth office with regular visits to Bacton and occasional offshore travel. Expectation to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on site.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Senior Finance Manager

London, UK

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Senior Finance Manager to join our dynamic corporate finance function in Viaro Energy. This critical leadership role is responsible for driving financial performance, managing external banking and funding relationships, overseeing sophisticated financial models, and ensuring effective collaboration with third-party stakeholders including investors, lenders, and financial institutions.
Lead the development and implementation of the company’s financial strategy, particularly in areas related to capital structuring and long-term funding.

Support strategic decision-making through data-driven financial insights and risk assessments.

Collaborate with the executive team on capital investment planning and project viability assessments.

Manage and maintain strong relationships with commercial banks, investment banks, and financial institutions.

Oversee cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, and optimisation of working capital.

Negotiate and monitor banking facilities, credit lines, and treasury instruments.

Lead initiatives to secure external funding (debt, equity, or hybrid instruments) to support growth, operational needs, and capital projects.

Prepare pitch decks, information memorandums, and investor documentation.

Conduct due diligence and coordinate with legal, compliance, and corporate teams during financing rounds.

Develop and maintain detailed financial models for business forecasting, valuation, M&A analysis, and project finance.

Provide scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to support business planning and investment decisions.

Ensure financial models are aligned with the company’s KPIs, financial policies, and reporting standards.

Act as a key finance liaison with external advisors, rating agencies, consultants, auditors, and investors.

Represent the company in financial negotiations, presentations, and regulatory discussions.

Collaborate with legal and commercial teams to review and structure financial aspects of contracts and agreements.

Ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and regulatory frameworks.

Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting processes.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, economic developments, and capital market conditions.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field (MBA or CPA/CA/CFA preferred).
Minimum 8-10 years of experience in a senior finance role, ideally within the energy, oil and gas, or infrastructure sectors.

Proven experience in financial modelling, debt structuring, and managing institutional funding relationships.

Deep understanding of corporate finance, capital markets, and risk management.

Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills. Deep understanding of corporate finance, capital markets, and risk management.

Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
A leadership role in a fast-paced and evolving energy business.

Opportunities to work on large-scale, high-impact projects with global visibility.

Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives.

Professional development and career growth pathways.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
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Process Engineer

Great Yarmouth

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
The Process Engineer is responsible for assurance and support to the operated assets Onshore (Bacton Gas Plant) and to the gas producing assets in the Southern North Sea of the UK (Onegas West Asset, OGW). With a strong focus on asset integrity and lifecycle extension, the Process Engineer provides technical stewardship across production operations, troubleshooting complex process issues, and identifying opportunities to enhance plant reliability and optimise performance. Reporting to the Lead Process Engineer, this role requires close collaboration with operations, maintenance, and discipline engineering teams to ensure that safety-critical systems perform as intended and that operational risks are effectively managed in line with regulatory and company standards.
Coaching of Junior staff/ Contractors and engineers

Actively participate and integrate discipline contributions to squad work

Supporting modifications, day-to-day operational issues and projects.

The incumbent is expected to play a leading role in one of the asset squads but also maintain a close connect and where required influence and provide discipline input and assurance to work managed in other squads in OGW.

Drive compliance with the essential Process Safety Standards and emissions regulations.

Ensure design integrity through fit for purpose application of guidelines, otherwise consciously deviate and ensures deviations are raised to document the risk assessment.

Provide process engineering input in various own squad workflows

Provide support to producing facilities by appropriate work distributing. This includes (but is not limited to) troubleshooting to resolve operational problems and restore or increase production; carrying out surveillance to enhance reliability and keeping production at capacity; finding optimization and debottlenecking opportunities to reduce OPEX, coordinating and leading Annual Facility Review, keeping process simulation models up to date.

Support project departments in delivering new projects through technical review
Engineering Degree, preferably in Chemical Engineering.
Able to act as an independent Process Engineer.

Experienced in facility optimization work in the context of WRFM, proven record of being able to initiate and drive opportunities.

Demonstrated experience in participation in engineering reviews such as HAZOP and IPF/SRS

Proficient in process simulation: Unisim, Pipesim, HTRI

Understanding of the wider engineering process. Previous work experience on upstream (brownfield) projects and operated assets is preferable.

Experience in the upstream oil & gas industry.

Knowledge of International Engineering guidelines and standards (e.g. API 520 & 521 as well as equipment specific codes)

Knowledge/experience with offshore gas production will be a distinct advantage

Flexible in terms of work location, willing to travel. Regular trips to offshore production facilities are an essential dimension of the job.
A leadership role in a fast-paced and evolving energy business.

Opportunities to work on large-scale, high-impact projects with global visibility.

Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives.

Professional development and career growth pathways.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via the apply button below with your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Viaro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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London, UK

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
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Job Title 2

London, UK

Regular position

Viaro Energy is an independent British energy company run by a team with over six decades of combined experience in the industry. Through our main subsidiary RockRose Energy, Viaro operates in the North Sea and has interests in over 30 fields within the UKCS and the Netherlands. We are committed to supporting the long-term energy security of the UK and our assets account for 9% of daily gas production.
We're seeking a dedicated [Job Title] to join our team. In this role, you will [summary of key responsibilities and tasks]. Your work will directly impact [explain the significance of the role within the company or its impact on the company’s goals].
- [Primary responsibility 1]

- [Primary responsibility 2]

- [Primary responsibility 3]

- [Add more as needed]
- [Primary responsibility 1]

- [Primary responsibility 2]

- [Primary responsibility 3]

- [Add more as needed]
- [Preferred skill or experience 1]

- [Preferred skill or experience 2]

- [Preferred skill or experience 3]

- [Add more as needed]
- Competitive salary and benefits package

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

- A dynamic and supportive work environment

- [Any other perks or benefits unique to your company]
Interested candidates should submit their resume and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role to [application email or instructions] by [application deadline]. Please include [any specific instructions for the application process, such as subject line format or additional documents required].
Viaro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

APPLY

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