# Maintenance Senior Engineer — Alkhorayef Petroleum Company

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Location: Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: mid
Monthly salary: AED 9,800 to 13,720 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-10-07
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## Description

Responsibilities:

• Conduct preventive, predictive, corrective, and routine maintenance on production machinery, utilities, electrical systems, automation equipment, and facility infrastructure to support business continuity.

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical, PLC, HMI, instrumentation, hydraulic, pneumatic, servo, and electromechanical systems to minimize downtime and maintain uninterrupted operations.

• Perform root-cause analysis of equipment failures and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence and protect operational continuity.

• Replace faulty components and carry out lubrication, alignment, adjustment, calibration, and functional testing to restore assets to safe and reliable operating condition.

• Develop and continuously improve maintenance strategies that enhance asset reliability, availability, performance, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and business continuity.

• Maintain equipment reliability and operational continuity by ensuring proper calibration of maintenance tools, identifying and optimizing spare-parts requirements, monitoring critical-stock shortages, and standardizing suitable components.

• Maintain accurate work orders, equipment histories, preventive-maintenance schedules, downtime records, and spare-parts usage in Oracle Fusion CMMS/ERP.

• Support the installation, commissioning, testing, and handover of new equipment, electrical systems, and automation solutions while ensuring seamless integration with ongoing operations.

• Develop, modify, and troubleshoot PLC, HMI, and industrial control systems to improve process stability, productivity, and operational resilience.

• Implement condition monitoring, Industrial IoT, smart-maintenance, ERP/MES integration, and Industry 4.0 initiatives to enable proactive, data-driven maintenance decisions.

• Monitor equipment performance, maintenance KPIs, alarms, downtime trends, and energy consumption to identify risks, improve OEE, and prevent disruptions to production.

• Support CAPEX projects through technical evaluations, design reviews, FAT/SAT, installation, commissioning, and project handover.

• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, IT, and suppliers to resolve technical issues, standardize documentation, and deliver continuous engineering improvements that sustain reliable operations.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automation & Control Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

• Minimum of 4 years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or production environment.

• Professional certifications in PLC Programming, Industrial Automation, Robotics, Industrial Networks, or Project Management are considered an advantage.

• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance to improve equipment reliability, availability, OEE, and business continuity.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electromechanical, and instrumentation systems, including motors, VFDs, sensors, actuators, control panels, and protection devices.

• Practical experience troubleshooting PLC/HMI-controlled equipment, with working knowledge of industrial automation, condition monitoring, Industrial IoT, smart manufacturing, and predictive-maintenance technologies.

• Experience conducting root-cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions, as well as managing maintenance tools, calibration requirements, critical spare parts, inventory optimization, and component standardization.

• Working knowledge of CMMS/ERP systems and the ability to interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, instrumentation diagrams, equipment manuals, and maintenance work instructions; strong analytical, reporting, communication, and teamwork skills.

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