Senior Lab Technician

SHELL

Doha, Qatar

Posted
Ref: PP000-18722

Job description / Role

Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Doha, Qatar
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Engineering - Chemical & Petrochemical
Company Industry
Oil & Gas

What's the role

You'll be responsible for laboratory maintenance, preparing solutions and standards, ordering supplies, operating, and maintaining different lab equipment e.g., ICP, GC, HPLC, GC/MS, IR, WDXRF, and others. Maintains lab equipment and conducts minor troubleshooting equipment breakdowns. You will be working in shift 4x4 (12 hours).

What you'll be doing

Responsibilities:

  • Perform the routine work and analysis of daily oil, water, and gas samples
  • Prepare solutions and reagents following standard laboratory formulas and procedures
  • Prepare and maintain laboratory equipment, glassware, and instruments used in the analysis and experiments as appropriate
  • Deal with unknown and non-routine samples
  • Follow up on the lab quality requirements and ISO 17025 accreditation
  • Follow up on safety rules for Shell
  • Maintain lab equipment and conduct minor troubleshooting
  • Perform calibration and verification for lab types of equipment
  • Comply with chemical hazard/radiation safety standards
  • Monitor inventory levels, order materials, and lab accessories
  • Maintain and operate different lab equipment e.g. ICP, HPLC, GC/MS, IR, XRD
  • Perform other tasks and duties required in order to meet the requirements of the role and the aims in lab
  • What you bring

    We are keen to speak to professionals with the following:

  • Master's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or equivalent
  • Age within or less than 38 years with a minimum of 10 years of experience in oil, gas, and water sample analysis
  • Experience in the oil and gas industries is highly recommended
  • Wide knowledge of safety rules and dealing with chemicals
  • Sound knowledge of quality and ISO 17025 accreditation
  • Wide experience in analytical instruments such as GC, GC/MS, ICP, and oil equipment such as distillation, flash point, and viscosity
  • Fluent in English speaking and writing
  • Experience in MS Office, MS Teams, Sample Manager (LIMS), and lab operation software such as Openlab
  • What we offer

    You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

  • Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
  • Benefit from flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working
  • Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world
  • Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
  • Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
  • Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
  • Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes
  • Shell in Qatar

    The State of Qatar has been on a remarkable journey of economic development and growth. At Shell, we are immensely proud to have been invited to be a partner in this exciting journey. Since 2006, Shell has invested over $20 billion in Qatar to build a highly material business. As the largest foreign investor in the country, and working closely with QatarEnergy, we are committed to deliver long term value for Qatar and Shell for decades to come. Today, the scope of Shell's partnership with QatarEnergy covers key elements of the oil and gas business.

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