Job Title: SR. OPERATIONS READINESS ASSURANCE ENGINEER
Duration: Yearly renewable contract
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This opportunity sits within Operations Readiness & Assurance and focuses on supporting project delivery through to safe startup and steady-state operations. The role will help ensure offshore production systems are safe, operable, maintainable, and fully prepared for transition from project execution into operations. This position offers broad exposure to operational readiness, risk assurance, commissioning, start-up, asset integrity, and cross-functional stakeholder interface management.
Required Education
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline, preferably Marine or Mechanical, or equivalent
Required Experience
- Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in FPSO operations, asset assurance, or project execution
- Experience in operational readiness, commissioning, or asset integrity management for offshore oil and gas facilities
- Experience interfacing with EPCIC contractors and supporting project-to-operations transition activities
Required Skills
- Strong knowledge of EPC/EPCIC execution, operations governance, O&M operator interfaces, and marine, flag, and class requirements
- Strong planning, coordination, and interface management skills
- Excellent understanding of operations, maintenance, and HSE practices
- Experience supporting HAZID, HAZOP, SIMOPS, TRA, and operational risk reviews
- Ability to assess risks, support mitigation activities, and track actions through to closure
- Experience verifying readiness of production, marine, utility, and support systems
- Ability to support handover, acceptance, documentation readiness, punch-list closure, and management of change during transition phases
- Experience supporting emergency response readiness, drills, exercises, and resilience planning
- Fluent English
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced project environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Certificate of Competency (CoC): Class 2 Second Engineer >3000 kW Unlimited or minimum Class 4 Watchkeeping Engineer >750 kW Unlimited
- Certificate of Competency (CoC): Class 1 Chief Officer >3000 kW Unlimited or minimum Class 3 Watchkeeping Officer >750 kW Unlimited
- Experience working with a major operator client
About Airswift
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.