Job Details

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Purpose:

• Carries out installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of telecommunications systems and equipment. Work covers narrow-band radio equipment, VHF and UHF portable, mobile and fixed base station transceivers, paging transmitters, encoders and paging receivers, navigational radio beacon and aeronautical radio equipment.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Diagnoses faults and makes repairs and functional checks ensuring that equipment meets the original specification standards.
• Maintenance and repair of wide range of Telecommunication equipment in a work shop environment and in the Plant areas. The equipment includes HF, VHF & UHF portable, mobile, base station radio transceivers, on-site paging transmitters and paging receivers. Fault report is made & documented on completion of each repair.
• Carries out installations, inspections and preventive maintenance of the radio antennae and associated coaxial feeders on the 79 metre radio tower and portable, mobile and fixed radios as per the annual maintenance programmes and schedules.
• Carries out installation, preventive maintenance and repair of the navigational radio beacon and aeronautical radio system and the emergency monitoring and multichannel recording system and equipment.
• Performs other related duties such as keeping up-to-date technical records & updating database, preparing store requisition to ensure stocks of critical spare are always & adequately maintained and reporting on completed work.
• Receives and despatches equipment to/from Abu Dhabi and Field.
• Carries out daily radio communications tests of all radios in the DECC and SGL and field programming of the radios and paging receivers.
• Ensures strict compliance to Company Safety Regulations and Procedures. Implements the Company Health, Safety and Environment management system programs & objectives.
• Ensures that the detailed implementation of the scheduled safety programs pertaining to his activities is progressed as per the agreed targets.
• Ensures safe implementation of the telecommunication activities by adopting safe practices.

Communications & Organisational Relationships:

• Daily contacts with radio/pager users in different Departments on Das Island to provide services needed and co-ordinate preventative maintenance schedules of radios.
• Frequent contacts with offshore complexes Telecomms personnel to co-ordinate on Telecomms related issues and exchange of technical information and spare parts.
• Works according to Company's established procedures and technical standards.
• Completed work is subject to check by Supervisor.

Physical Effort:                                                                                       %Time

Sitting (subject to eyestrain when using PC for 40%)                  50%

Standing/walking/climbing stairs                                                        50%

Work Environment:                                                                              %Time

A/C Environment                                                                                     70%

Outdoors (subject to gases, dust & fumes)                                       30%

Minimum Requirements [Knowledge Skills & Experience]:

Completion of secondary education followed by 2 years formal training in Telecommunications or Electronics.

3 years experience in radio telecommunications in oil & gas related industry.

Knowledge of English language both written and spoken.

Holds a valid light driving license.

Preference given to Applicants with Offshore work Experience and who can join immediately

Statements in this job description are intended to reflect, in general, the duties and accountabilities of the job, but are not to be interpreted as totally inclusive

We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to move forward will be contacted.

In order to ensure you are given full consideration for this position, please ensure your candidate application is completely filled out and up to date. The information in the candidate application will be used in the selection process to assess candidacy for this position.