Location: Basrah
Job Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
2025-05-08
About vacancy
mselect is looking to hire a Mechanical Technician for an international oil and gas operator in Basrah, Iraq. Candidates must have a minimum of 8 years working experience of repair & maintenance of rotating mechanical equipment’s. Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.
Job Purpose
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
Rotation
14/14 or 7/7
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
Job Purpose
- To ensure that the performance and availability of mechanical equipment meets the standards required to achieve safety, production and environmental targets
- To execute all activities safely and efficiently to agreed work plans, safety management system requirements and best working practices
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out planned maintenance in accordance with the requirements of the planned maintenance system
- Carrying out unplanned maintenance as required
- Minimizing downtime and contributing to the achievement of production targets
- Preparing technical reports
- Fault finding and rectification for mechanical equipment
- Carry out mechanical isolations, and work-site inspections
Requirements
- Recognized Mechanical Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent training scheme
- Flange make up assessment
- 8 years working experience of repair & maintenance of rotating mechanical equipment – various pumps, compressors, DG sets, mechanical seals, alignment of Oil & gas process facilities such as CPF and field production
- Knowledge of hydrocarbon production systems and associated hazards
- Good knowledge of heavy-duty rotating equipment
- Knowledge of rotating equipment condition monitoring techniques
- Understanding of fire and gas detection and ESD systems
- Fully familiar with the permit to work system and isolation procedures
- MS Office: Excel (intermediate), Word (Intermediate), Power Point (Intermediate)
- English – upper intermediate (verbal & written)
- Communication skills
- Able to carry out all activities safely and efficiently to agreed work plans, safety management system requirements and best working practices as required by supervisor
- Able to complete work history/reports to the required standard as outlined by supervisor
- Must have the necessary competencies in mechanical discipline to carry out routine, corrective, breakdown and condition maintenance
- Able to carry out fault finding and installation, isolation and re-instatement of offshore equipment
- Ability to carry out work-site inspections
- Able to read, interpret and mark up mechanical technical schematic drawings to as built status
Rotation
14/14 or 7/7
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
