Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance

Job description / Role

Job Summary

Works in the Maintenance Department under the supervision of the Head of Mechanical Maintenance. The job holder works closely with the Mechanical Supervisors and Technicians to ensure the plant routines are carried out efficiently and to high quality standards. Steam and gas turbines, desalination and MED plants maintenance experience is required.

Key Accountabilities

• Guide the team of mechanical engineers in the daily maintenance activities and preparation of the Turn-Around maintenance program.
• Plan, execute, and monitor the routine and annual maintenance program for mechanical equipment as per the required scope, time, cost, and quality.
• Supervise the implementation of predictive, preventive, corrective, modification, and major shutdown maintenance programs and participate in the preparation of such programs.
• Establish mechanical maintenance scope of work, bill of quantity, material specifications, engineering standards, and completion time schedule for maintenance contracts.
• Diagnose the reasons for a mechanical breakdown to identify and correct problems using root cause failure analysis and issue a technical failure report that includes recommendations to the maintenance crew.
• Prepare plan, scope of work, and contracts for gas turbines (4 nos 170 MW and 1 no 35 MW), combustion inspection (CI), hot gas path inspection (HGPI), and major overhauling based on equivalent running hours.
• Participate in preparing gas turbine maintenance scope of work and preparing action plans including spare part control to optimize maintenance costs.
• Prepare plan, scope of work, and contracts for steam turbines (2 nos 40 MW), minor and major overhauling, including spares and special tool preparations.
• Review the requirement of tools for maintenance on the room and prepare purchase order study specifications to procure general and special tools along with lifting tackles and mobile equipment per international standards, and maintain the tools in good condition with valid test certificates as per HSE policy.
• Follow up on the construction of the Waste Heat Recovery Project (WHRP) and review SPIR and manuals.
• Prepare risk assessments for the maintenance activities, conduct toolbox talks, and ensure strict adherence to safety regulations during the job.
• Provide input for the preparation of the department budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver section objectives.
• Coordinate training programs for employees and EPEs, impart on-the-job training, and identify gaps and needs for off-job training assignments.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• At least 5 years of experience in installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operation of a wide range of heavy rotating (gas and steam turbines, etc.) and stationary equipment (desalination, boilers, MED plants, etc.), preferably in the oil and gas or petrochemical industry and/or power generation plants with at least five years of experience in a management function.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.