Lead Technician

About Petro Rabigh

Petro Rabigh is a leading producer of fuels and plastics essential for modern life. The company's refined products are crucial for the transport industry, while its petrochemicals are utilized across various sectors, including food packaging, clothing, construction materials, medical supplies, and computer components. By enhancing the value of national resources, Petro Rabigh aims to attract diverse new industries, create employment opportunities, and foster sustainable economic and social development.

Role Overview: Lead Technician

The Lead Technician role at Petro Rabigh in Rabigh is a full-time position requiring extensive experience in maintenance. This role focuses on ensuring the reliable operation of electrical power systems across all facilities. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting, testing and commissioning, repairing defects, and identifying alternative solutions to maintain system functionality. The scope of work covers a wide range of electrical equipment, such as LV/HV switchgear, protection systems, SF6 Gas handling, VFD, UPS, battery chargers, battery banks, power cables, transformers and their oil, motors, MOVs, generators, and heaters.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose equipment, locate faulty components, determine necessary repairs, and identify required spare parts for effective work planning.
• Execute all preventive and predictive maintenance programs for electrical equipment, including thermography, transformer oil analysis, and partial discharge testing.
• Assist in monitoring, facilitating, and controlling contractor works under OPEX/Service Contracts.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and drive the implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Evaluate and identify potential improvement opportunities to enhance the reliability of electrical equipment and plant operations.
• Recommend new modifications to improve existing facilities, striving for continuous improvement and suggesting innovative ideas for better results.
• Develop and deliver technical reports, lessons learned sessions, and technical analyses to department management as required.
• Provide training on various technical topics and generate guidelines for using electrical testing equipment, delivering necessary training classes.
• Perform electrical equipment testing for breakers, transformers, cables, and motors.
• Follow all PRC safety standards and guidelines.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in VFD software tools for programming, configuration, and diagnostics across various types such as TMEIC, Toshiba, ABB, and Siemens.
• Experience with UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) equipment, including successful troubleshooting and repairs.
• Experience with Protective Relaying Systems, Electric Metering/Measuring Devices, Intelligent Electrical Devices (IEDs), and Power Monitoring and Control systems. This includes the ability to download protection settings, evaluate settings and events, test all protection functions, and safely upload protection settings.
• High experience in diagnostics and repair methods for electrical equipment within refining and petrochemical industries.
• High experience in international maintenance standards and best practices.

Qualifications and Attributes

• Diploma in Electrical Discipline.
• 5-10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical skills, results orientation, conceptualization skills, and leadership capabilities.
• Advanced computer literacy, including Office tools and SAP applications.