Steam Turbine Outage Engineer

ASTUTE Technical Recruitment Ltd; Remote; GBP 61,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

A global turbine maintenance service provider seeks Turbine Engineers to join their team for outages across various power stations globally. The role involves significant travel (80% time) and offers a competitive salary ranging from 300,000 AED to 420,000 AED per annum, plus comprehensive relocation support, schooling allowances, and medical insurance. Candidates must have a degree or relevant engineering qualification and substantial experience in turbine services, preferably with OEM providers. This position emphasizes technical expertise and readiness for international assignments.

Benefits

Relocation package

Annual flight allowance

Schooling allowance for up to 2 children

Medical insurance

Corporate credit card

Qualifications

• Significant years of experience in turbine engineering.
• Experience with General Electric Turbines is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Carry out turbine installations and inspections.
• Provide rapid response to emergency service requests.
• Develop comprehensive technical reports for customer records.
• Coordinate and confirm required parts delivery to job sites.

Skills

Experience working for a Turbine OEM provider or an independent service provider

Good technical understanding of steam/gas turbines

Prior experience in a field-based role

Willingness to travel to ‘high-risk’ countries

Education

Degree or HNC/HND in a relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a global turbine maintenance service provider to recruit for both Steam and Gas Turbine Engineers to join their team on a permanent basis in Dubai, UAE. You will be working on outages across various power stations globally and will be travelling 80% of the time.

The vital Steam/Gas Outage Turbine Engineer comes with a salary of 300,000 AED – 420,000 AED per annum + relocation support + schooling allowances for up to two children + visa sponsorships + all travel expenses + medical insurance + other excellent benefits.

If you’re an experienced Turbine Outage Engineer and are looking to work for a leading organisation who invests in training and professional development of their employees, then upload your CV/Resume to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

• Carry out turbine installations, inspections, field services, and aftermarket upgrades, while supervising and directing supervisors and skilled labour throughout the work.
• Plan, execute, and coordinate steam turbine installations and overhaul activities.
• Provide rapid response to emergency service requests, diagnosing issues and restoring equipment operation.
• Offer technical guidance and support to customers and contractors during installations and outage work.
• Complete administrative duties including technical report writing, material ordering, quotation preparation, customer reporting, job status updates, and accurate, timely timesheet submission.
• Approve and sign off on all modifications made during overhaul activities.
• Ensure all work complies with engineering specifications, safety regulations, and company quality standards.
• Diagnose problems and deliver routine maintenance support for customer equipment.
• Develop comprehensive technical reports for customer records and future outage recommendations.
• Coordinate and confirm that all required parts are delivered to the job site as needed.
• When not assigned to field projects, contribute to the company’s market growth through activities such as remote customer support, report reviews, maintenance documentation development, and outage planning.
• Stay current on steam turbine systems, technologies, and applicable corrective actions.

Professional qualifications

• Degree educated or a HNC/HND in a relevant engineering discipline with significant years’ experience.

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

• Experience working for a Turbine OEM provider or an independent service provider for turbines (this is a necessity).
• Ideally have experience working with General Electric Turbines will be an advantage.
• Good technical understanding of steam/gas turbines and associated plant.
• Prior experience in a field-based role as this role will involve a lot of travel which will involve working on international sites.
• Willing to travel to ‘high-risk’ countries when needed.

Salary and benefits of the Turbine Outage Engineer role

• A starting basic salary of 300,000 AED – 420,000 AED per annum.
• Relocation package for those outside UAE.
• Annual flight allowance.
• Schooling allowance for up to 2 children.
• 2 weeks accommodation.
• Visa sponsorship for employee and dependents.
• Medical insurance.
• Travel Insurance.
• Expenses paid on top of salaries.
• Corporate credit card.

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.