Senior Engineer, Electrical Maintenance

Job description / Role

About the Job
- Direct and supervises the activities of assigned personnel in the unit.
- Performs supervisory functions and exercises financial authority at the level established by Management for the position.
- Supervises the implementation of predictive, preventive, corrective, modification and major shutdown maintenance programmes participates in the preparation of such programmes.
- Establishes requirements for major repairs or replacement of spare parts, provides advice on actions to be taken on arising problems, and discusses.
- Determines work priorities with other concerned personnel. Includes assessing the economic implications of various maintenance methods and ensuring effective equipment records are kept and updated.
- Establishes level of equipment efficiency through regular review of equipment performance. In coordination with Electrical Section Head
- Finalizes review report and failure analysis reports, highlights reasons for equipment failure and raises or reviews recommendations to rectify such malfunctions.
- Suggests procedures to enhance equipment maintainability, alleviate operational anomalies and rationalize maintenance cost.
- Directs troubleshooting of chronic problems associated with plant machinery. Provides guidance to subordinates to ensure that work is carried out in accordance with correct engineering and safety standards, and follows up on such work unsatisfactory completion.
- Ensures the preparation of engineering technical reports.
- Confirms that all necessary engineering details are precisely included in appropriate standard formats.
- Comments on equipment modification or new equipment installation proposals.
- Prepares specifications and assists in the preparation of drawings by development engineering section.
- Reviews bids submitted by contractors or detailed estimates provided by development engineers for coverage and technical contents.
- Provides technical supervision over the execution of development contracts.
- Review regular reports submitted by contractors, provides overall assessment of their performance and alerts them of arising discrepancies or areas requiring improvement. Reviews contractors invoices prior to payment.
- Review annual requirements prepared by subordinates for spare parts and materials for equipment overhauls.
- Advises on levels by predicting wear and tear and other factors affecting during the operating period.
- Liases with stores personnel on detailed stock set ups for electrical plant, equipment and amends per field requirements.
- Participates in the preparation of preliminary budget estimates for capital and operating requirements in so far as his unit is concerned.
- Provides justifications for new investment proposals. Assists supervisor in controlling the approved budgets.
- Reviews technical evaluation of bids pertaining to direct budget purchase requisitions.
- Review all T.Q.M. proposal and comments on them.
- Participates in the preparation of and implements detailed maintenance procedures and practices.
- Ensures that activities are carried out safely and with due regard at all times to hazards, particularly in the plant. Recommends alternative maintenance frequencies based on past history of breakdowns, equipment performance data or as a result of regular condition monitoring surveys.
- Carry out necessary DAA and HSE requirements related to this issue.
- Assists in preparing training programs for National employees undergoing on the job training by identifying specific training needs.
- Provides training, guidance and counselling to trainees, developees and other subordinates with a clear objective of career development.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering
- At least 10 years' experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide range of Power Generators, electrical equipment and associated control panels, preferably in an oil/gas or petrochemical industry, including 4 years in a supervisory position.

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.