The posting
Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer – Rotating Equipment (OP-MA)
Location: Offshore (UAE)
Contract Type: Contract Hire
Salary & Benefits:
- AED 12,000 – 14,000 per month + Offshore Allowance (non-negotiable)
- Air ticket provided as per company policy
- Health insurance provided
- Food & accommodation provided as per company policy
Working Hours & Leave:
- Offshore: 06:30 – 18:30 (7 days a week)
- Leave: 28 days paid leave after 28 days continuous work
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Valid UAE light vehicle driving license preferred
Experience:
- 12+ years in maintenance and inspection of rotating equipment including reciprocating compressors, centrifugal pumps/blowers, gas turbine generators, diesel engines, and auxiliaries in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, or Chemical industries
- Experience in planning, preparation, execution, review, and corrective actions for rotating equipment
Job Description & Responsibilities:
- Supervise major overhauls, time-based inspections, breakdown maintenance, and modification/retrofit works
- Perform preventive maintenance, repair, and overhaul, including replacement of worn or damaged parts
- Arrange test runs, evaluate equipment performance, and provide technical solutions
- Prepare RFQ packages, TBE, and vendor suggestions; review vendor designs and datasheets
- Specify rotating equipment for offshore applications and develop life cycle costs for repairs and replacements
- Develop QA/QC standards for rotating equipment maintenance and prepare technical specifications and datasheets
- Recommend spare parts for rotating equipment
- Familiarity with work permit systems and safe plant working practices
- Ability to read machinery curves, datasheets, and calculate efficiency
- Basic working knowledge of instrumentation installed on machinery, including vibration monitoring, ESD systems, and DCS
- Ability to read P&ID, isometric drawings, equipment cross-sections, and cause-and-effect charts
- Perform basic engineering calculations (flows, power, gas properties)
Other Conditions:
- All employment conditions in line with UAE/Abu Dhabi Labour Law



