Electrical Technician – Maintenance (MERAM – HXM)

About the role

The Electrical Technician will perform preventive, corrective and troubleshooting maintenance on all electrical equipment in the plant, ensuring high availability and reliability of process facilities. This position is based on‑site in Abu Dhabi and reports to the Electrical Maintenance Section.

Key responsibilities

• Isolate and energise low‑voltage (LV) and high‑voltage (HV) motors, UPS, transformers, generators and other circuits following authorised procedures.
• Carry out skilled fault finding, diagnosis and troubleshooting of LV/HV equipment.
• Complete electrical isolation confirmation certificates and maintenance activity sheets.
• Perform routine, predictive and preventive inspections, visual checks and testing of electrical assets.
• Execute new installations, modifications and testing in line with plans and supervisor instructions.
• Identify spare‑part and tool requirements and ensure they are available.
• Update drawings, records and documentation to maintain system availability.
• Provide input for method statements and generate near‑miss reports.

Required profile

• Diploma in Electrical discipline or Secondary School Certificate with a vocational trade certificate in the relevant field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience maintaining electrical equipment in a large industrial plant, preferably oil & gas.
• Ability to work safely with LV/HV systems and follow certification procedures.

Required skills

• Preventive maintenance
• Transformers
• Electrical fault finding
• Maintenance activity sheet survey
• Method statements
• Modification
• Near‑miss reporting
• Installation
• Troubleshooting
• UPS
• Generators
• Testing