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About the Role

Aljomaih Energy & Water is seeking a Mechanical Technician to join their team in Ash Shimasiyah, Al Qassim Province. This full-time role involves performing essential mechanical maintenance and repair activities on diverse equipment within a power plant environment. The technician will ensure the safe and efficient operation of mechanical systems through planned maintenance, inspections, troubleshooting, and strict adherence to safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform planned preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance on assigned mechanical equipment.
• Conduct daily inspections, running checks, and maintenance checklists according to approved schedules.
• Monitor equipment condition, reporting abnormalities, non-conformances, and developing defects to the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer.
• Troubleshoot mechanical failures using approved tools, drawings, manuals, and diagnostic techniques to identify causes and perform repairs.
• Execute dismantling, inspection, cleaning, repair, replacement, reassembly, alignment, and functional testing of mechanical equipment and components.
• Replace defective parts such as bearings, seals, gaskets, O-rings, gland packing, couplings, bolts, filters, strainers, belts, and lubrication-system components.
• Perform adjustment, alignment, tightening, lubrication, greasing, oil top-up, oil changing, and cleaning activities as per approved procedures.
• Identify and report corrosion, cracks, leaks, overheating, vibration, abnormal noise, misalignment, loose bolts, damaged insulation, and other equipment defects.
• Ensure the working area is clean, safe, and properly restored post-maintenance.
• Support maintenance, inspection, and repair of various mechanical equipment, including Siemens 9000HL-Class gas turbine auxiliaries, Steam turbine auxiliaries, Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG), various pumps, compressors, blowers, fans, air handling units, and valves.
• Conduct routine inspections and condition assessments of assigned mechanical equipment.
• Utilize approved maintenance and diagnostic tools such as vibration meters, infrared thermometers, laser alignment tools, and torque wrenches.
• Assist in vibration monitoring, alignment checks, bearing inspections, pump performance checks, and various testing procedures.
• Record inspection findings, test readings, equipment condition, identified defects, and completed maintenance work.
• Assist in root cause analysis of equipment failures and support corrective action implementation.
• Monitor repeated failures and recommend repairs, modifications, replacements, or maintenance-plan improvements.
• Support basic welding, fabrication, and workshop repair activities.
• Participate in planned shutdowns, major outages, overhauls, commissioning, warranty works, and emergency repairs.
• Adhere to all applicable safety rules, permit-to-work requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, confined-space-entry requirements, and lifting procedures.
• Verify proper equipment isolation, depressurization, draining, venting, and cooling before commencing work.
• Utilize required personal protective equipment, approved tools, lifting equipment, and safety devices.
• Participate in toolbox talks, risk assessments, safety observations, hazard reporting, audits, and incident investigations.
• Immediately report unsafe conditions, leaks, damaged tools, lifting hazards, near misses, and incidents.
• Follow environmental and waste-management requirements, including proper identification, handling, segregation, and disposal of waste materials.
• Ensure maintenance work complies with approved site procedures, OEM requirements, quality standards, and EHS requirements.
• Accurately complete maintenance checklists, inspection sheets, work completion records, test reports, and defect reports.
• Provide clear feedback to the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer regarding work completed, materials used, defects found, and required follow-up actions.
• Support work-order completion, man-hour recording, and equipment-history updates in the CMMS.
• Review assigned work orders to identify required spare parts, consumables, tools, lifting equipment, and test instruments.
• Check spare parts availability and coordinate with the warehouse storekeeper for material collection and return.
• Maintain mechanical hand tools, power tools, lifting tools, portable test instruments, and workshop equipment in good working condition.
• Report shortages of spare parts, consumables, special tools, and defective equipment to the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer.
• Maintain good housekeeping in workshops, equipment areas, stores, and maintenance locations.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this role should possess a Mechanical Diploma or equivalent. A minimum of 5 to 10 years of mechanical maintenance experience is required, preferably gained within a combined cycle power plant or a heavy industrial facility.

Technical Knowledge

• Knowledge of mechanical systems used in combined cycle power plants.
• Familiarity with gas turbines, steam turbines, HRSG systems, pumps, valves, compressors, fans, blowers, heat exchangers, filters, strainers, and piping systems.
• Understanding of lube oil, hydraulic oil, fuel gas, fuel oil, cooling water, condensate, boiler feedwater, compressed air, and water-treatment systems.
• Knowledge of rotating-equipment maintenance practices, including bearing inspection, lubrication, seal replacement, coupling alignment, and vibration awareness.
• Familiarity with valve maintenance, including gland packing, seat leakage, lapping, and basic valve overhaul activities.
• Understanding of lifting and rigging, torque tightening, mechanical assembly, and use of lifting tools.
• Knowledge of permit-to-work, lockout/tagout, confined-space entry, lifting operations, and general mechanical safety requirements.

Practical Skills

• Ability to use maintenance diagnostic tools such as vibration meters, infrared thermometers, pressure gauges, and tachometers.
• Basic computer skills for CMMS and work-order updates, maintenance records, and reporting.
• Good communication, teamwork, and coordination skills.
• Willingness to work during planned outages, emergency breakdowns, shift duties, and on-call assignments when required.

Collaboration and Work Environment

The Mechanical Technician will work closely with Mechanical Maintenance Engineers, Operations personnel, Electrical and I&C teams, contractors, and OEM representatives. This role involves supporting Operations during equipment isolation, testing, start-up, and return-to-service activities, as well as assisting other departments in troubleshooting and repair. The technician will also support the training and mentoring of junior technicians and participate in continuous-improvement initiatives and safety programs.