Senior Operator - Process Plant
Key Skills for This Role
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Process operations
- Operate and monitor process units, utilities, and associated equipment according to approved procedures, process flow diagrams, and P&IDs.
- Carry out start-up, normal operation, shutdown, and emergency shutdown activities as directed by the Shift Supervisor.
- Maintain pressure, temperature, flow, level, and composition within defined operating limits and correct deviations.
- Conduct field rounds to identify leaks, vibration, noise, corrosion, or instrument and equipment malfunction; report abnormalities promptly.
DCS operations and control
- Operate the plant from the DCS console and respond systematically to alarms, trends, and process upsets.
- Adjust set points, control loops, and cascade or ratio controls within authorized limits.
- Check control loops, safety instrumented functions, and alarm configurations; report bypasses or defeated protections as procedures require.
- Record operating data and participate in alarm rationalization and trend analysis when requested.
HSE
- Comply with Permit-to-Work, isolation and lockout/tagout, gas-testing, and confined-space requirements.
- Participate in toolbox talks, safety drills, emergency response exercises, and incident investigations.
- Immediately report incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions; promote stop-work authority.
- Observe environmental limits for flaring, emissions, effluent, and waste handling.
Maintenance and equipment integrity
- Prepare, isolate, hand over, and take back equipment for maintenance with Maintenance and Inspection teams.
- Verify permit completeness and work-area safety before and after maintenance.
- Operate and monitor pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, furnaces, separators, and vessels; follow up on defects.
- Perform routine equipment changeovers, sampling, and lubrication checks.
Documentation and teamwork
- Maintain shift logs, operator-rounds sheets, and permit records; hand over plant status, ongoing work, permits, alarms, and safety concerns.
- Report abnormal events and assist with operating procedures and checklists.
- Guide Operators and Assistant Operators, coach junior personnel, and act as shift lead in the Supervisor’s absence when authorized.
- Coordinate with Control Room, Laboratory, Maintenance, Inspection, and Planning teams.
Experience
- Four years of refinery experience is required.
- Four years of chemical or petrochemical plant experience is required.
- Four years of offshore production plant operations experience is required.
Pay
- AED 6,000–8,000 per month.
Work location
- The description states hybrid remote in Abu Dhabi.
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