Instrument and Control Maintenance Engineer
Posted date [2026-09-30]
(ID: 52755)
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Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market.
Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030. ... |
Job Description and Requirements
Instrument and Control Maintenance EngineerJob Snapshot
Role: Instrument and Control Maintenance Engineer
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Installation-Maintenance-Repair
Experience: Minimum 6 years
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
ADNOC Group is seeking an Instrument and Control Maintenance Engineer in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to plan and supervise maintenance of plant instrumentation and control systems. The role coordinates with operations, mechanical, and electrical teams to maintain equipment reliability, address faults, and complete preventive, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance activities with minimal disruption.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Installation-Maintenance-Repair
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, supervise, and coordinate preventive, breakdown, and shutdown maintenance for plant instrumentation and control systems.
- Support equipment testing, troubleshooting, routine surveillance, and plant start-up activities.
- Work with operations,
mechanical, and electrical teams to align maintenance schedules and resolve technical issues.
- Provide field support for critical repairs to minimize equipment downtime.
- Assess workloads and backlogs, allocate personnel, and arrange tools, spare parts, materials, and consumables.
- Investigate equipment failures and unplanned shutdowns through root cause analysis and recommend reliability improvements.
- Contribute to major maintenance, upgrade, and obsolescence planning within the division\'s five-year rolling business plans.
- Support project development, technical specifications, implementation, and commissioning activities within the assigned scope.
- Participate in technical bid evaluations, material inspections, and contractor performance monitoring.
- Supervise assigned employees, coordinate activities, and support technical training and development.
- Contribute to departmental budgets, monitor significant variances, and provide inputs for management reports.
- Apply approved maintenance procedures, legal requirements, ISO-aligned improvements, and ADNOC HSE and sustainability standards.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor\'s degree in Instrumentation and Control or Electronics, or an equivalent professional qualification.
- At least 6 years of instrumentation and control engineering and maintenance experience in a large industrial organization.
- Experience in the oil and gas industry is preferred.
- Professional certifications as applicable.
- Ability to coordinate maintenance teams, investigate equipment failures, and support reliable plant operations.
Technical Skills
Instrumentation and control maintenance, preventive and shutdown planning, equipment troubleshooting, root cause analysis, resource allocation, technical specifications, commissioning support, contractor coordination, equipment reliability, budget inputs, and HSE compliance.
Working Conditions
The role involves minimal physical effort and is primarily performed in an air-conditioned environment. Occasional site visits may involve exposure to heat, humidity, and dust.
- Provide field support for critical repairs to minimize equipment downtime.
- Assess workloads and backlogs, allocate personnel, and arrange tools, spare parts, materials, and consumables.
- Investigate equipment failures and unplanned shutdowns through root cause analysis and recommend reliability improvements.
- Contribute to major maintenance, upgrade, and obsolescence planning within the division\'s five-year rolling business plans.
- Support project development, technical specifications, implementation, and commissioning activities within the assigned scope.
- Participate in technical bid evaluations, material inspections, and contractor performance monitoring.
- Supervise assigned employees, coordinate activities, and support technical training and development.
- Contribute to departmental budgets, monitor significant variances, and provide inputs for management reports.
- Apply approved maintenance procedures, legal requirements, ISO-aligned improvements, and ADNOC HSE and sustainability standards.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor\'s degree in Instrumentation and Control or Electronics, or an equivalent professional qualification.
- At least 6 years of instrumentation and control engineering and maintenance experience in a large industrial organization.
- Experience in the oil and gas industry is preferred.
- Professional certifications as applicable.
- Ability to coordinate maintenance teams, investigate equipment failures, and support reliable plant operations.
Technical Skills
Instrumentation and control maintenance, preventive and shutdown planning, equipment troubleshooting, root cause analysis, resource allocation, technical specifications, commissioning support, contractor coordination, equipment reliability, budget inputs, and HSE compliance.
Working Conditions
The role involves minimal physical effort and is primarily performed in an air-conditioned environment. Occasional site visits may involve exposure to heat, humidity, and dust.
