Mechanical Technician

1. Mechanical Maintenance and Repair Activities

• Perform planned preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance activities on assigned mechanical equipment.


• Carry out daily inspections, running checks, and maintenance checklists in accordance with approved maintenance schedules.


• Monitor the physical condition of equipment and report abnormalities, non-conformances, and developing defects to the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer.


• Troubleshoot mechanical failures using approved tools, drawings, manuals, and diagnostic techniques to identify the cause and carry out necessary repairs.


• Perform 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 in accordance with 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 after completion of maintenance activities.

v Support maintenance, inspection, and repair of mechanical equipment including, but not limited to:

• Siemens 9000HL-Class gas turbine auxiliaries, including lube oil, hydraulic oil, fuel gas, inlet air, ventilation, and turning gear systems.


• Steam turbine auxiliaries, including lube oil, gland steam, seal oil, condensate, cooling, and turning gear systems.


• Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG), including drums, valves, blowdown systems, expansion joints, and associated auxiliary equipment.


• Pumps, including boiler feedwater pumps, condensate extraction pumps, closed cooling water pumps, service water pumps, fire water pumps, fuel oil pumps, chemical dosing pumps, and drainage pumps.


• Compressors, blowers, fans, air handling units, ventilation fans, and instrument/service air compressor systems.


• Valves, including gate, globe, check, control, safety Valves.


• Water treatment, reverse osmosis, condensate polishing, chemical dosing, wastewater treatment, and other balance-of-plant mechanical equipment.

2. Inspection, Testing, and Troubleshooting

• Conduct routine inspections and condition assessments of assigned mechanical equipment.


• Use approved maintenance and diagnostic tools such as vibration meters, infrared thermometers, laser alignment tools, dial gauges, feeler gauges, torque wrenches, pressure gauges, vernier calipers, and micrometers.


• Assist in vibration monitoring, alignment checks, bearing inspections, pump performance checks, valve testing, pressure testing, leak testing, and functional testing.


• Record inspection findings, test readings, equipment condition, defects identified, and maintenance work completed.


• Assist in identifying the root cause of equipment failures and support implementation of corrective actions.


• Monitor repeated failures and report recommendations for repair, modification, replacement, or maintenance-plan improvement.


• Support basic welding, fabrication, and workshop repair activities.


• Participate in planned shutdowns, major outages, overhauls, commissioning activities, warranty works, and emergency repairs.

3. Safety, Permit-to-Work, and Compliance

• Follow all applicable safety rules, permit-to-work requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, confined-space-entry requirements, lifting procedures, and site safety standards.


• Verify that equipment is properly isolated, depressurized, drained, vented, cooled down, and released for maintenance before starting work.


• Use required personal protective equipment, approved tools, lifting equipment, and safety devices at all times.


• 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.

4. Documentation and CMMS Support

• Complete maintenance checklists, inspection sheets, work completion records, test reports, and defect reports accurately.


• Provide clear feedback to the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer regarding work completed, materials used, defects found, and follow-up actions required.


• Support work-order completion, man-hour recording, and equipment-history updates in the CMMS.

5. Spare Parts, Tools, and Housekeeping

• Review assigned work orders and identify the required spare parts, consumables, tools, lifting equipment, and test instruments before starting work.


• Check availability of spare parts 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.

6. Coordination, Training, and Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with Mechanical Maintenance Engineers, Operations personnel, Electrical and I&C teams, contractors, OEM representatives, and other site personnel.


• Support Operations during equipment isolation, release for maintenance, testing, start-up, and return-to-service activities.


• Assist other departments in troubleshooting and repair activities when required.


• Support training and mentoring of junior technicians,, and newly joined maintenance personnel.

Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives, maintenance improvement programs, 5S activities, and hazard-reporting programs.

Education

• Mechanical Diploma, Mechanical Technology, or an equivalent discipline.


• Mechanical trade certifications is preferred.


• Training in rigging, lifting operations, Forklift operator, and safety courses is an advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of mechanical maintenance experience in a power plant, heavy industrial facility, oil and gas plant, desalination plant, petrochemical plant. Combined cycle power plant experience is preferred.

Technical Knowledge

• Knowledge of mechanical systems used in combined cycle power plants.


• Knowledge of 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 andwork-order updates, maintenance records, and reporting.


• Good working knowledge of written and spoken English.


• Good communication, teamwork, and coordination skills.


• Willingness to work during planned outages, emergency breakdowns, shift duties, and on-call assignments when required