Control Room Operator - Oil and Gas Operations

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 89,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group seeks a seasoned Control Room Operator to monitor and control centralized oil and gas production from the Control Centre in Dubai. You will manage alarms, optimize plant performance, and coordinate with field teams during startups, outages, and maintenance.

The role requires 2–3 years in oil and gas operations, familiarity with process parameters, and strong emphasis on safety, reliability, and rapid response to process disturbances.

Qualifications

• Technical Diploma/Secondary certificate with vocational cert.
• 2–3 years of relevant operating experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of oil and gas production processes and control room operations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and control continuous plant operations from the Control Centre.
• Track operating conditions across oil, gas, utilities and water injection systems.
• Maintain process parameters within established limits and procedures.
• Identify causes of production restrictions and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with field personnel during parameter changes or abnormalities.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance for surface facilities and wellhead equipment.
• Respond to emergencies following established procedures.

Skills

Control Centre operations

Oil and gas production

Process monitoring

Process control

Emergency response

Education

Diploma or vocational certificate in relevant discipline

Tools

SAP

Job description

Control Room Operator - Oil and Gas Operations Job Snapshot

Role: Control Room Operator - Oil and Gas Operations

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Operations-Plant Management

Experience: 2-3 years

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Control Room Operator - Oil and Gas Operations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity focused on monitoring and controlling oil, gas, utilities, water injection, well pad, and plant operations from a centralized Control Centre. The role maintains safe process parameters, responds rapidly to alarms and plant upsets, coordinates field maintenance and well activities, and supports production targets through reliable plant operation, troubleshooting, shutdown, start-up, and emergency response.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Operations-Plant Management

Salary: 8000-13000

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Control Room Operator maintains continuous oversight of production facilities and well operations, using process information, alarms, operating trends, and field communication to keep facilities within approved operating limits. The position requires timely intervention whenever pressure, flow, temperature, production, injection, equipment, or protection-system conditions deviate from normal parameters. In addition to Control Centre responsibilities, the role coordinates operational and maintenance activities involving wellheads, flow lines, transfer lines, surface facilities, mobile equipment, and well handovers. Effective execution directly supports production availability, hydrocarbon accounting, plant safety, equipment reliability, and rapid recovery following process disturbances.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and control continuous plant operations from the Control Centre.
• Track operating conditions across oil, gas, utility, water injection, and associated production systems.
• Maintain process parameters within established operating limits and approved procedures.
• Identify causes of production restrictions and recommend operational improvements supporting oil, gas, and water injection targets.
• Monitor process alarms, trends, equipment status, and operating abnormalities.
• Take prompt corrective action when process alarms, equipment problems, or plant upsets occur.
• Coordinate with field personnel when operating parameters change or abnormal conditions develop.
• Maintain clear communication between Control Centre and field Production personnel.
• Coordinate daily production information covering the quantity and quality of produced oil and gas.
• Support accurate hydrocarbon accounting through timely exchange and verification of operational production data.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance plans for surface facilities.
• Support wellhead preventive maintenance including cleaning and servicing of X-mass trees, Surface Safety Valves, choke valves, and isolation valves.
• Coordinate flow line maintenance activities affecting field production.
• Support planning and execution of transfer line pigging activities.
• Coordinate track maintenance required to maintain field accessibility and operational support.
• Monitor surface casing repair activities and associated operational interfaces.
• Coordinate handover and acceptance of wells between Production and Drilling teams.
• Track mobile equipment deployed at field locations and maintain utilization records.
• Monitor fire and gas panels and respond appropriately to system alarms.
• Coordinate with Maintenance personnel to rectify failures affecting plant protection systems.
• Initiate maintenance work requests when equipment or instrumentation failures are identified.
• Coordinate maintenance requirements with field operators and the Duty Operations Engineer.
• Follow up active work permits and verify operational requirements throughout maintenance intervention.
• Safely remove equipment and instruments from service before authorized maintenance.
• Verify readiness and return equipment or instruments to service following completed maintenance.
• Apply approved isolation and operational control requirements when equipment is unavailable.
• Respond to emergencies in accordance with established emergency procedures and contingency plans.
• Initiate partial or complete plant shutdown when required to protect personnel, equipment, and facilities.
• Maintain communication with relevant operational teams throughout emergency response activities.
• Restore affected facilities to normal operating conditions safely and systematically after stabilization.
• Coordinate turnaround activities and sequential plant shutdown and start-up requirements.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day plant and well operation problems and support practical corrective solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve plant availability and operational efficiency.
• Comply with approved operating policies, systems, standards, procedures, and instructions.
• Provide on-the-job training supporting Competency Based Training and UAE Nationalization programs.
• Contribute practical improvement ideas for operating procedures and functional processes.
• Perform all assigned duties in accordance with HSE requirements, regulations, and ADNOC Codes of Practice.
• Report HSE non-conformances, incidents, and near misses through approved reporting channels, including SAP where required.
• Stop and report activities considered unsafe or inconsistent with approved HSE requirements.
• Carry out assigned emergency responsibilities in accordance with the facility emergency organization.
• Maintain Control Centre and operational work areas to established housekeeping and hygiene standards.
• Provide operational information for section progress reports.
• Prepare KPI checklists and operational performance information required by management.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate should hold a Technical Diploma in a relevant discipline or a Secondary School Certificate supported by an appropriate vocational trade certificate. Candidates should have 2-3 years of relevant operating experience, preferably within the oil and gas industry. Practical understanding of oil and gas production processes, Control Centre operations, process parameters, alarms, well operations, utilities, water injection, equipment isolation, work permits, and plant start-up and shutdown activities will be important. The position requires the ability to recognize abnormal operating conditions quickly and make safe decisions under established procedures. Candidates should also be comfortable coordinating with field operators, maintenance teams, drilling personnel, and operations engineers. Experience with wellhead equipment, X-mass trees, Surface Safety Valves, choke and isolation valves, flow lines, transfer line pigging, fire and gas systems, and hydrocarbon production monitoring will be valuable.

Skills Set

• Control Centre operations
• Oil and gas production
• Process monitoring
• Process control
• Plant operations
• Well pad operations
• Wellhead operations
• Water injection
• Utility systems
• Production monitoring
• Process troubleshooting
• Process alarms
• Plant upset management
• Emergency response
• Emergency shutdown
• Plant shutdown
• Plant start-up
• Turnaround operations
• Fire and gas systems
• Plant protection systems
• Preventive maintenance coordination
• Surface facility maintenance
• X-mass tree maintenance
• Surface Safety Valves
• Choke valves
• Isolation valves
• Flow line maintenance
• Transfer line pigging
• Well handover
• Drilling interface
• Hydrocarbon accounting
• Work permits
• Equipment isolation
• Maintenance work requests
• SAP
• Production KPIs
• HSE compliance
• Operational reporting

Why Join Us

This opportunity provides developing operations professionals with direct exposure to Control Centre activities, production facilities, well operations, maintenance coordination, and emergency response within a large Oil and Energy environment. The position builds practical experience across oil and gas production, water injection, process control, wellhead systems, shutdown and start-up activities, and field maintenance interfaces. The combination of centralized process monitoring and direct coordination with field operations provides a strong foundation for long-term development in production operations, process facilities, and asset management.

About the Company

ADNOC Group operates major upstream oil and gas assets supported by production facilities, wells, utilities, water injection systems, pipelines, and associated field infrastructure. Safe and reliable operations depend on continuous process monitoring, disciplined operational control, effective maintenance coordination, and rapid response to abnormal conditions to sustain production and protect personnel and assets.