Rotating Equipment Maintenance Engineer

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Al Ruways Industrial City; On-site; AED 335,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

The Rotating Equipment Maintenance Engineer at ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi leads maintenance, troubleshooting, and reliability initiatives for critical rotating equipment. You will ensure availability, safety, and compliance with ADNOC standards while planning maintenance, spares, and shutdown support.

Ideal candidates bring 8 years in rotating equipment engineering in oil and gas, deep knowledge of pumps, compressors, turbines, and mechanical seals, and strong problem-solving skills for root-cause

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years in engineering and maintenance of rotating equipment.
• Oil and gas experience preferred.
• Extensive experience with rotating equipment design, maintenance and operation.
• Familiarity with design codes, standards, and reliability methods.

Responsibilities

• Supervise installation, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, overhaul and modification activities for rotating equipment.
• Ensure maintenance activities are performed safely, efficiently and to standards.
• Review preventive maintenance plans and schedules for rotating equipment.
• Supervise preventive, corrective, breakdown and shutdown maintenance programmes.
• Provide guidance on chronic equipment problems and recommend corrective actions to improve reliability.
• Review major repairs, overhauls and spare parts replacement to ensure performance.

Skills

Rotating equipment maintenance

Mechanical engineering

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Shutdown maintenance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Rotating Equipment Maintenance Engineer Job Snapshot Role: Rotating Equipment Maintenance Engineer Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Maintenance Experience: 8 years in rotating equipment engineering and maintenance Job Type: Full-time Job Details Country: United Arab Emirates City: Abu Dhabi Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Maintenance Salary: 30000-42000 monthly (Market estimated) Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Summary

The Rotating Equipment Maintenance Engineer will provide technical expertise in maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, overhaul, shutdown support, and reliability improvement for rotating equipment in Abu Dhabi's Oil and Energy sector. The role focuses on ensuring high availability, reliability, integrity, and safe performance of critical plant production equipment through effective maintenance planning, technical support, risk assessment, root cause analysis, spare parts control, and compliance with ADNOC standards and international engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise installation, maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, overhaul, and modification activities for rotating equipment across the plant.
• Ensure rotating equipment maintenance activities are performed safely, efficiently, and in line with approved engineering standards.
• Review preventive maintenance plans and schedules for rotating equipment and prepare task lists and maintenance programs.
• Supervise execution of preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, breakdown repair, and shutdown maintenance programs.
• Provide technical guidance on chronic equipment problems and recommend corrective actions to improve equipment reliability.
• Review requirements for major repairs, overhauls, and spare parts replacement to ensure equipment integrity and performance.
• Participate in risk assessment exercises and prepare recommendations, controls, and mitigation actions.
• Ensure availability of required spare parts and coordinate follow-up for new material orders.
• Create proposals for stocking spare parts for new equipment and manage item change requests.
• Control spare parts inventory and support removal of obsolete or unwanted inventory from stock.
• Prepare new maintenance procedures, method statements, and technical work instructions for rotating equipment activities.
• Schedule long-term maintenance activities in line with plant shutdown plans and operational requirements.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities with other departments and sections to optimize manpower utilization.
• Support planning and control of major and minor shutdown activities, including related expenditure monitoring.
• Provide technical support for development, implementation, and commissioning of new projects involving rotating equipment.
• Review mechanical design specifications to optimize costs and ensure compliance with applicable standards and best practices.
• Prepare plant change requests and study proposed changes for safe and practical implementation.
• Develop implementation plans and schedules for approved plant change requests.
• Participate in HAZOP reviews and SIL validation meetings related to rotating equipment and plant systems.
• Conduct studies on frequent failures of major rotating equipment and provide practical reliability improvement recommendations.
• Participate in root cause analysis for incidents involving rotating equipment and provide findings, corrective actions, and technical recommendations.
• Plan, supervise, and coordinate activities in the assigned maintenance area to achieve functional objectives.
• Train and develop assigned staff to improve technical skills, maintenance capability, and job performance.
• Provide input for functional budgets and support implementation of approved budgets and work plans.
• Investigate and highlight significant budget or performance variances to support effective cost control.
• Implement approved policies, systems, processes, standards, and procedures in line with company and international standards.
• Contribute to approved performance objectives under the company performance framework.
• Design and implement tools and techniques to improve maintenance quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Identify internal process improvements based on best industry practices and international maintenance standards.
• Ensure compliance with HSE procedures, safe working practices, and relevant company requirements.
• Maintain accurate records related to inspections, maintenance activities, failure analysis, repairs, spare parts, and technical recommendations.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in engineering and maintenance of rotating equipment within a large industrial organization.
• Previous oil and gas industry experience is preferred.
• Extensive experience in rotating equipment design, engineering, construction, maintenance, and operation.
• Strong knowledge of pumps, compressors, turbines, motors, gearboxes, fans, blowers, mechanical seals, couplings, and related rotating machinery.
• Familiarity with international design codes, engineering standards, maintenance practices, and rotating equipment reliability methods.
• Ability to prepare design, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and handover specification packages for rotating equipment.
• Experience reviewing preventive maintenance plans, shutdown schedules, major repair requirements, and overhaul plans.
• Strong knowledge of troubleshooting, root cause analysis, chronic failure investigation, risk assessment, HAZOP, and SIL validation.
• Familiarity with major rotating equipment manufacturers, including their capabilities, limitations, service models, and technical requirements.
• Proven ability to conduct technical and commercial negotiations with rotating equipment manufacturers, vendors, and service providers.
• Knowledge of HSE procedures, safe maintenance practices, and plant safety requirements.
• Strong planning, organizing, scheduling, coordination, checking, examining, and recording skills.
• Ability to coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, procurement, contractors, and project teams.
• Strong communication, reporting, problem-solving, supervision, and team development skills.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work with ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi's major Oil and Energy sector.
• Technical role focused on high-value rotating equipment reliability, plant availability, and production continuity.
• Exposure to maintenance planning, shutdown execution, commissioning, risk assessment, and reliability improvement projects.
• Career development opportunity in mechanical maintenance, rotating equipment engineering, technical assurance, and plant performance.
• Professional environment focused on safety, engineering excellence, international standards, and continuous improvement.
• Market estimated salary package aligned with rotating equipment maintenance engineering roles in Abu Dhabi.

About the Company

ADNOC Group is one of the world's leading energy producers and a key contributor to Abu Dhabi's growth and diversification. The group operates across the hydrocarbon value chain, including exploration, production, storage, refining, distribution, and petrochemical development. With a strong focus on safety, innovation, operational excellence, and long-term value creation, ADNOC continues to support the UAE's energy sector and future industrial development.

Skills Set

• Rotating equipment maintenance
• Mechanical engineering
• Rotating equipment troubleshooting
• Equipment overhaul
• Preventive maintenance
• Corrective maintenance
• Shutdown maintenance
• Equipment reliability
• Root cause analysis
• Failure analysis
• Pumps
• Compressors
• Turbines
• Gearboxes
• Mechanical seals
• Couplings
• Maintenance planning
• Spare parts control
• Inventory optimization
• Plant change requests
• Method statements
• Risk assessment
• HAZOP
• SIL validation
• Commissioning support
• Pre-commissioning support
• International engineering standards
• Technical specifications
• Vendor coordination
• Contractor supervision
• Technical negotiation
• HSE procedures
• Oil and gas maintenance
• ADNOC standards
• Cost control
• Team supervision
• Continuous improvement