Mechanical Technician

Job Description

Carry out installation, inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of mechanical equipment.

Perform preventive and corrective maintenance of pumps, compressors, valves, gearboxes, and other rotating and static equipment.

Assist in dismantling, inspection, repair, alignment, and reassembly of mechanical equipment.

Perform bearing replacement, coupling alignment, seal replacement, lubrication, and equipment servicing.

Identify mechanical faults and carry out necessary repairs according to maintenance procedures.

Read and interpret mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, P&IDs, and technical documents.

Use mechanical measuring and testing tools such as vernier calipers, micrometers, dial gauges, and alignment tools.

Support shutdown, turnaround, commissioning, and equipment maintenance activities.

Follow PTW, LOTO, JSA, toolbox talks, and applicable HSE procedures.

Requirements

Minimum 1-3 years of relevant experience as a Mechanical Technician, preferably in Oil & Gas, refinery, petrochemical, industrial, or shutdown projects.

Diploma / ITI / Technical Certificate in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.

Good hands-on experience in maintenance and troubleshooting of rotating and static equipment.

Experience with pumps, compressors, valves, gearboxes, bearings, mechanical seals, and couplings.

Knowledge of equipment alignment, preventive maintenance, and mechanical repair practices.

Ability to read mechanical drawings, P&IDs, and equipment manuals.

Good understanding of Oil & Gas HSE requirements and safe working procedures.

Valid QID is required.

Relevant Oil & Gas certifications / site approvals will be an advantage.

Immediate joiners are preferred.

Location: Qatar

Requirements
5+ years of hands-on Siemens S7 experience — specifically S7-300 programming, diagnostics, and data block structure via Step 7 Classic or TIA Portal Profibus DP fluency — able to diagnose bus faults, read GSD device profiles, identify slave addresses, and recover from "MP Bus Blackout"-class faults without vendor support WinCC Flexible proficiency — able to navigate and extract tag configuration, alarm classes, and screen logic from an existing compiled WinCC Flexible project OPC UA implementation experience — via any of: Siemens Industrial PC OPC Server, KEPServerEX, open62541, or a Snap7-based Linux gateway solution Industrial networking — OT/IT convergence, unmanaged Profibus topology vs. managed Ethernet, VLAN design, and understanding of where IT security policy collides with OT real-time requirements Ability to independently read and produce electrical schematics, PLC I/O mapping sheets, drive parameter tables, and field device wiring diagrams Comfortable working on an active, high-visibility public-facing site in Qatar — able to obtain Qatar SafePass, site-specific HSE inductions, and work under the relevant site access protocols Fluent English — can write clear technical documentation and communicate directly with European OEM contractors, a remote software development team, and the client's facilities management team