Electrical Engineer - Maintenance Reliability

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 246,000 - 379,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is seeking an Electrical Engineer - Maintenance Reliability to develop and optimize maintenance programs for electrical and instrument systems. The role focuses on improving asset reliability, plant availability, and safety through reliability-centered maintenance and predictive techniques.

The ideal candidate will have extensive maintenance experience in oil and energy facilities, with strong knowledge of RCA/RCM, FMECA, and major shutdown planning.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in electrical and instrumentation maintenance within oil and gas or similar complex industrial environments.
• Expertise in reliability engineering, maintenance strategy development, and predictive maintenance.
• Experience with shutdown planning, RCA/RCM, and lifecycle optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize maintenance programs for electrical and instrument equipment and systems.
• Apply Reliability Centered Maintenance methodologies to improve plant availability.
• Lead or support Root Cause Analysis for chronic failures.
• Prepare scopes of work for maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting activities.
• Coordinate shutdown scope, sequencing, and execution for major maintenance.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Instrument maintenance

Reliability engineering

RCM

FMECA

Root Cause Analysis

Maintenance optimization

Shutdown planning

AI-enabled predictive maintenance

Technical evaluation

Turnaround planning

Tools

Maintenance tools

Job description

Electrical Engineer - Maintenance Reliability Job Snapshot

Role: Electrical Engineer - Maintenance Reliability

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Electrical-Electronics Engineering

Experience: Relevant electrical and instrument maintenance experience required

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Electrical Engineer - Maintenance Reliability in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity focused on developing, optimizing, and assuring maintenance programs for electrical and instrument systems across operational facilities. The role improves asset reliability, plant availability, technical integrity, and operational safety through reliability-centered maintenance, FMECA, root cause analysis, shutdown planning, predictive maintenance, technology upgrades, and disciplined maintenance execution.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Electrical-Electronics Engineering

Salary: 22000-34000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Electrical Engineer provides specialist maintenance and reliability support for electrical and instrument equipment that is critical to safe and continuous plant operations. The position develops structured maintenance strategies, evaluates equipment performance, resolves chronic technical problems, and ensures maintenance activities are executed to appropriate technical and safety standards. The role also supports modernization of obsolete systems, major shutdown preparation, project commissioning, critical spare parts planning, and adoption of predictive and AI-enabled maintenance technologies. Effective performance contributes directly to reduced downtime, stronger equipment integrity, improved production availability, and optimized lifecycle maintenance cost.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize maintenance programs for electrical and instrument equipment and systems.
• Apply Reliability Centered Maintenance methodologies to improve plant availability and equipment performance.
• Use Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis to identify maintenance priorities and reliability risks.
• Review equipment maintenance strategies and adjust preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance requirements where necessary.
• Develop maintenance execution assurance programs for electrical and instrument systems.
• Monitor maintenance performance and implement corrective improvement plans when required.
• Identify recurring equipment failures and lead structured improvement initiatives.
• Prepare scopes of work for specialist maintenance, troubleshooting, modification, and overhaul activities.
• Conduct technical evaluations of contractors, vendors, service proposals, and maintenance solutions.
• Support establishment of contracts and service orders required for maintenance execution.
• Prepare and review method statements for major maintenance and troubleshooting activities.
• Manage execution of major planned maintenance activities affecting electrical and instrument equipment.
• Review existing maintenance practices and identify opportunities to improve productivity, reliability, and equipment performance.
• Introduce modern maintenance methodologies and technologies where technically and economically justified.
• Lead or support Root Cause Analysis for chronic electrical and instrumentation failures.
• Develop corrective actions addressing underlying causes of recurring equipment problems.
• Provide specialist input for upgrading obsolete electrical and instrument systems.
• Assess existing equipment obsolescence, operational risk, maintainability, and replacement requirements.
• Prepare technical scopes for electrical and instrument system upgrades and modifications.
• Coordinate execution of upgrade and modification works within operating facilities.
• Ensure replacement systems meet applicable technical, operational, safety, and reliability requirements.
• Identify critical tools, test equipment, and spare parts required for safe and reliable plant operation.
• Ensure critical spares are identified early enough to support maintenance and production availability.
• Balance spare parts availability against inventory and lifecycle cost considerations.
• Develop major shutdown maintenance programs for electrical and instrument equipment.
• Integrate discipline maintenance requirements into overall plant turnaround and shutdown plans.
• Coordinate shutdown scope, sequencing, resources, materials, and execution priorities.
• Provide technical support to new projects during development, implementation, commissioning, and handover.
• Review project solutions for maintainability, lifecycle cost, reliability, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Support commissioning activities for new electrical and instrument systems.
• Promote adoption of predictive maintenance technologies for power, control, and instrumentation equipment.
• Evaluate and implement AI-enabled maintenance tools where they can improve reliability and fault prediction.
• Use equipment condition and performance information to identify developing failures before operational impact occurs.
• Support plant reliability and Asset Integrity objectives through disciplined maintenance engineering.
• Maintain regular interface with operations and maintenance teams on field equipment performance and technical issues.
• Provide specialist support for field-related Operations and Maintenance activities.
• Contribute to Facilities Reliability initiatives and implementation of technical standards and guidelines.
• Monitor assigned maintenance and reliability KPIs and coordinate actions required to improve performance.
• Plan, supervise, and coordinate activities within the assigned technical area.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to assigned personnel.
• Train and develop staff to improve competency in electrical and instrumentation maintenance.
• Contribute to department and section budget preparation.
• Support implementation of approved budgets and maintenance work plans.
• Investigate significant budget or expenditure variances and support appropriate cost-control actions.
• Implement approved policies, systems, standards, procedures, and maintenance processes.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with company requirements and applicable international standards.
• Comply with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to achievement of approved section performance objectives.
• Develop tools and techniques that improve maintenance quality, execution efficiency, and reliability.
• Benchmark internal processes against recognized ISO standards and industry practices.
• Coordinate with ADNOC Group companies to share maintenance and field management best practices.
• Interface with consultants and contractors supporting projects and maintenance activities.
• Comply with relevant HSE procedures, controls, sustainability requirements, and ADNOC Codes of Practice.
• Provide technical information for management reports, maintenance performance reports, and progress updates.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate should have strong professional experience in electrical and instrumentation maintenance within oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, utilities, power generation, or another complex industrial environment. Practical expertise in maintenance strategy development, reliability engineering, shutdown planning, equipment troubleshooting, system upgrades, commissioning, and maintenance performance assurance is important. Candidates should understand Reliability Centered Maintenance, Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, predictive maintenance, critical spare parts management, and lifecycle maintenance optimization. The position requires technical knowledge of electrical power systems, instrumentation, control equipment, plant maintenance practices, equipment reliability, and maintenance execution in live operating facilities. Experience evaluating obsolete equipment, preparing scopes of work, managing service contracts, coordinating contractors, and implementing electrical and instrument upgrades will be particularly valuable.

Skills Set

• Electrical maintenance
• Instrument maintenance
• Electrical systems
• Instrumentation systems
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• RCM
• FMECA
• Root Cause Analysis
• Predictive maintenance
• Preventive maintenance
• Corrective maintenance
• Maintenance optimization
• Maintenance engineering
• Reliability engineering
• Maintenance performance assurance
• Equipment reliability
• Plant availability
• Asset integrity
• Electrical troubleshooting
• Instrument troubleshooting
• Obsolescence management
• System upgrades
• Equipment modification
• Shutdown maintenance
• Turnaround planning
• Major maintenance planning
• Scope of Work development
• Technical evaluation
• Method statements
• Service orders
• Contractor management
• Critical spare parts
• Maintenance tools
• Commissioning
• Project technical support
• Power systems
• Control systems
• AI-enabled predictive maintenance
• Condition monitoring
• Maintenance KPIs
• Technical standards
• ISO standards
• HSE compliance
• Budget control
• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

This role provides experienced maintenance professionals with the opportunity to influence electrical and instrument reliability across critical Oil and Energy facilities. The position combines maintenance strategy, technical troubleshooting, shutdown planning, system modernization, predictive maintenance, project support, and equipment lifecycle improvement. It is particularly suited to engineers who want to work at the intersection of maintenance, reliability, asset integrity, and digitalization while helping reduce downtime and improve the safety and performance of essential plant systems.

About the Company

ADNOC Group operates large-scale energy assets supported by complex electrical, instrumentation, control, and production systems. Reliable maintenance of these systems is essential to plant availability, operational safety, equipment integrity, and production continuity, making maintenance optimization, modernization, and predictive reliability key elements of long-term asset performance.