An £118,000-a-year job is up for grabs at the North Sea industry regulator after a reshuffle of its top team.
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is advertising the head of decommissioning role in Aberdeen.
The successful applicant will lead its team towards “£20 billion cost efficiencies from future decommissioning work”.
Applications for the role are open until 18 December.
It comes as current head of decommissioning, Pauline Innes, has been promoted as director for decom and supply chain.
With the supply chain arm, she takes on the former remit of Stuart Payne, who will take over from Andy Samuel as chief executive of the NSTA in the new year.
Ms Innes was first appointed to the role of head of decommissioning in December 2019.
The NSTA has been scrutinised over its salaries in the past, though the regulator has maintained competitive sums are required to attract top industry talent.
Unlike other parts of the civil service, the majority of the regulator’s funding comes from the private sector.
In 2021-22, £2.7 million of the NSTA’s £31.2 million income came from government grants, with the remainder via levies and fees from the oil and gas industry.
Alongside Ms Innes’ promotion, the regulator is also moving up Jane de Lozey, a former investigator at the Serious Fraud Office, to the board.
Ms de Lozey has been acting as interim director of regulations since October and will now take on the role permanently.
An NSTA spokesperson confirmed Ms Innes has been appointed as director of supply chain and decom and that Ms de Lozey has been appointed director of regulation.
He said Ms Innes “will bring a wealth of talent and experience to this vital role leading the industry”, adding that Ms de Lozey “will lead the NSTA in this crucial part of our work”.
Conversation