QatarEnergy is hiring an Instrument Maintenance Engineer to work in Doha, Qatar. The role supports the PS-3 oil and gas production and processing platform. The engineer will help keep instruments and control systems working reliably, diagnose faults that could disrupt the process, and carry out technical repairs on site.
An instrument maintenance engineer usually plans and carries out the upkeep of measuring and control equipment in a plant, investigates faults, and keeps accurate records of the work completed.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply maintenance policies, procedures and strategies for instrumentation that support the platform’s business and technical targets.
- Diagnose faults in instrument loops that could upset the process, and resolve them in a professional way while using manpower and materials efficiently.
- Complete work orders and checklists, recording actual man-hours, materials used, completion dates and fault codes.
- Give a shift update to the Senior Operations Maintenance Engineer, and raise technical or logistical problems and schedule delays.
- Monitor the work of contractors and oversee DCS and telemetry instrument work carried out on site.
- Explain procedures during the permit to work stage.
- Carry out complex repairs personally, such as checking and replacing interlock and shutdown equipment, repairing printed circuit boards, and calibrating complex instrumentation and control systems.
- Analyse faults in electronic circuits, especially in digital and microprocessor-based instruments, and modify fieldbus, block diagrams and graphics.
- Receive, identify and store incoming materials and spare parts in secure, clearly labelled storage.
- Check delivery manifests against shipment contents, sign delivery notes, and pass copies on. Return incorrect materials to the Doha coordinator with documents and comments.
- Review outstanding preventive and corrective maintenance jobs regularly and reduce the backlog.
- Keep records of completed and ongoing work, requisitions, orders, data sheets, material costs, and repair failure and activity reports.
Requirements
- At least ten years of varied experience installing, maintaining and fault-finding electronic and pneumatic instruments and control systems in the petrochemical industry.
- A bachelor’s degree (BSc) in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Ability to read drawings and P&IDs, and to understand the cause and effect of complex microprocessor and/or pneumatic-based field and package instrumentation control systems.
Source: the official careers page of QatarEnergy, checked on 3 November 2026. Apply only through the employer’s official link in “How to apply”. Genuine employers never ask for money to hire you.
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