Rotating Equipment Technician (Oil & Gas Central Maintenance)
by Shell in Energy (Oil, Gas & Renewables)
The Rotating Equipment Technician is part of the Central Maintenance Team within Shell’s Integrated Gas and Upstream business in Qatar and supports operations at the Pearl GTL Complex in Ras Laffan. The role is responsible for executing preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with the AMS ME Process to ensure the availability, integrity, and reliability of critical rotating equipment and systems. The technician maintains large and small rotating equipment based on approved maintenance strategies, procedures, and work instructions while ensuring compliance with Shell’s Code of Conduct, Permit to Work system, and safety requirements. Responsibilities include diagnosing and resolving complex equipment issues, overhauling rotating machinery, troubleshooting and maintaining dry gas seals, wet seals, white metal bearings, and mechanical transmission assemblies. The role involves performing on-site cold and hot alignment, inspecting gas turbines (CI, HGPI, Major) and steam turbines (Minor and Major), commissioning and testing rotating equipment, and checking shafts, stator/rotor assemblies, and bearing clearances. The technician establishes job plans, cost estimates, and durations, compiles maintenance and integrity activity plans, identifies spare parts requirements, updates re-order quantities, and manages contract services. Additional duties include specifying controls for engineering hazards, modifying plant systems per approved change requests, interpreting technical drawings, OEM manuals, standards, maintaining air systems and hydraulic components, applying correct lubrication types and methods, and using vibration analysers, condition monitoring systems, machining operations, and dynamic balancing techniques. The role directly supports asset integrity, operational excellence, and continuous improvement within Shell’s Pearl GTL Asset organization.
