Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer page is loaded## Electrical Engineerlocations : Qatar - Ras Laffantime type : Full timeposted on : Posted 4 Days Agojob requisition id : R , Qatar

• Job Family Group :
• Discipline Engineering
• Worker Type :
• Regular
• Posting Start Date :
• September 17, 2025
• Business unit :
• Integrated Gas and Upstream
• Experience Level :
• Experienced Professionals
• Job Description :
• What’s the role
• Pearl GTL is a truly world-class asset in the Shell portfolio, utilizing cutting-edge technology to convert natural Gas into high-quality liquid fuels and products. Employees work in a multicultural environment that actively promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness (DEI), fostering collaboration and respect across all levels. The work culture is challenging and empowering, encouraging efficient processes and ownership of responsibilities. Pearl GTL offers a dynamic setting where innovation and continuous improvement are part of everyday operations.The Electrical Engineer will be part of the Electrical Engineering Team based in Ras Laffan, reporting to the Lead Electrical Engineer. The role is responsible for ensuring the safety, integrity, and reliability of the Pearl GTL electrical assets in Qatar. The Electrical Section is part of the Pearl GTL Asset organization reporting to the Engineering Manager.This role requires close collaboration with Maintenance, Turnaround, and Operations teams, as well as other engineering disciplines. To work in an environment that is challenging and encourages efficient work processes, through ownership at all levels, technical competence, continuous improvement, multi-disciplinary team working with delegated leadership.
• What you’ll be doing
• Main responsibilities :
• Able to work as Senior Electrical Authorised Person (SAEP), ensuring electrical safety across all activities at Pearl GTL. Responsibilities include conducting electrical safety audits, performing high-voltage (HV) switching operations, approving temporary electrical installations, verifying high-risk permits as the Electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME), and assessing and authorizing electrical personnel in compliance with Pearl Electrical Safety Rules.
• Provide technical support to the plant maintenance team in executing preventive and corrective maintenance (PM / CM) activities, troubleshooting electrical issues, and conducting root cause analysis of equipment failures to ensure reliability and operational continuity.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies and Provide integrity assurance for high-voltage (HV) and low-voltage (LV) electrical systems—including power generators, transformers, switchgear (up to 132kV), protection relays, UPS, VSDS, process heaters, heat tracing systems and motors—through field regular inspection rounds, audits, and review of maintenance execution activities, ensuring equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Proactively identify reliability threats, develop effective solutions, and drive implementation to eliminate recurring issues (“bad actors”), resolve design deficiencies, and enhance overall asset performance.
• Develop and review electrical design documents and develop equipment specifications for plant modifications, system upgrades, and new project implementations.
• Apply advanced diagnostic tools, digital technologies, and predictive maintenance techniques to enhance asset reliability and optimize equipment performance.
• Manage Pearl GTL’s power generation and distribution systems—up to 132 kV—using Electrical Network Monitoring and Control System (ENMCS) such as ABB 800XA system, including load shedding operations to ensure stable and reliable power supply.
• Interpret and review electrical power system study reports, including load flow, short circuit, arc flash, transient stability, and protection coordination analyses, to ensure power system integrity.
• Provide technical assurance for the Pearl GTL asset management and Management of Change (MoC) processes to ensure compliance with engineering standards and operational integrity.
• Perform quality assurance for electrical installation activities related to obsolescence upgrades and brownfield modification projects and ensuring all electrical systems and equipment are installed in compliance with IEC standards.
• Understand and review equipment specifications, installation practices, and inspection requirements for Ex certified equipment in accordance with IEC standards, ensuring compliance with hazardous area classification drawings and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to obtain specialist technical support, ensuring timely resolution of complex issuesKey deliverables :
• Effectively manage, deliver, and sustain Pearl GTL’s ambitious electrical equipment availability targets by ensuring high standards of integrity, reliability, and performance across all electrical systems.
• Drive safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of daily plant operational requirements, in alignment with Pearl GTL’s strategic vision of “working together to power progress.”
• Technical development and mentorship of Qatari engineers, supporting their advancement through Shell’s graduate development programs, while fostering leadership behaviors aligned with Qatar Shell GTL’s values and expectations.
• Demonstrate adaptability and effectiveness in a demanding work environment that requires efficient processes, strong ownership at all levels, technical competence, a continuous improvement mindset, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and integrated leadership
• What you bring
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) with 8+ years of experience in the oil & gas or petrochemical industry.
• Preferred experience includes :
• CompEx or similar Ex certification for working on Ex-certified equipment
• Experience in testing REF542+, REX series numerical relays, and performing and interpretation of PD & Tan Delta measurements
• Proficiency in ABB / Hitachi PCM 600, ABB 800XA, and REF542+ FUPLA software tools
• Fluency in both written and verbal English
• What we offer
• You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote / mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal : to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, .We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn’t

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