Electrical Engineer (Preventive Maintenance)

Job description / Role

Oil & Gas

Job purpose

Provide technical advice and support to on-shore and offshore rig maintenance personnel. Assist and coordinate the support of maintenance budgeting, control and scheduling activities. Follow up on equipment performance and equipment history as requested.

• Provides technical direction as required to electrical maintenance and installation personnel on onshore, offshore rigs and other locations to ensure adherence to schedules, correct work procedures and that desired design standards are followed. Reviews procedures and their acceptability (having regard for their workability) and periodically reviews such procedures. Submits action for upgrade or removal of the same after obtaining prior approval.
• Visits offshore and onshore rigs to review and assist in ongoing installation and repair work and to participate in, and direct, major and/or complex installation or repair activities. Prepares and submits reports on rig visits to immediate supervisor as and when required indicating where non-compliance with maintenance or installation procedures has occurred.
• Conducts research and studies special technical problems related to installation, maintenance and repair of equipment and plant as required. Prepares related technical reports and advises the immediate supervisor of his findings in order that meaningful decisions can be made in respect of maintenance.

• Monitors maintenance and installation procedures through close liaison with site electrical personnel. Assists in the preparation of monthly preventive maintenance plans reviewing and recommending changes to such plans in light of operational requirements and changing priorities.
• Visits contractor workshops as required to inspect and ensure that contracted maintenance and repair work is carried out in accordance with required specifications and provides technical advice as required.
• Liaises with colleagues and site maintenance personnel on technical aspects relating to the specifications of new machinery to be ordered, or the modification of present equipment, and makes recommendations accordingly.
• Monitors levels of spares required to be maintained in store, having regard for the critical nature of the equipment being maintained and recommends increases or decreases to the level of spares where appropriate.

• Carries out other similar or related duties such as submitting periodic or special reports as requested, identifying and organizing specialized training requirements, e.g. in the particular use of certain vendors' tools or equipment, and making recommendations to improve maintenance and repair services in conjunction with Overhaul Team and the like.
• Comply with all UAE, ADNOC, ADNOC Drilling and client Asset Integrity Management codes of practice.

Generic accountabilities (continue)

Minimum qualification

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

• 6 years' broad maintenance experience, including several years of operational responsibility in the particular discipline, in the oil or petrochemical industry.
• Good knowledge of spoken and written English.

Professional certifications

PMP/CFM certificate (preferable).

Additional details

Job family / sub family: Maintenance Management / Civil and landscaping

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.

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