Electrical Engineer

, Qatar
**Job Family Group**:
Discipline Engineering
**Worker Type**:
Regular
**Posting Start Date**:
September 17, 2025
**Business unit**:
Integrated Gas and Upstream
**Experience Level**:
Experienced Professionals

**What’s the role**

Pearl GTL is a truly world-class asset in the Shell portfolio, utilizing cutting-edge technology to convert natural Gas into high-quality liquid fuels and products. Employees work in a multicultural environment that actively promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness (DEI), fostering collaboration and respect across all levels. The work culture is challenging and empowering, encouraging efficient processes and ownership of responsibilities. Pearl GTL offers a dynamic setting where innovation and continuous improvement are part of everyday operations.

The Electrical Engineer will be part of the Electrical Engineering Team based in Ras Laffan, reporting to the Lead Electrical Engineer. The role is responsible for ensuring the safety, integrity, and reliability of the Pearl GTL electrical assets in Qatar. The Electrical Section is part of the Pearl GTL Asset organization reporting to the Engineering Manager.

This role requires close collaboration with Maintenance, Turnaround, and Operations teams, as well as other engineering disciplines. To work in an environment that is challenging and encourages efficient work processes, through ownership at all levels, technical competence, continuous improvement, multi-disciplinary team working with delegated leadership.

**What you’ll be doing**

Main responsibilities:

- Able to work as Senior Electrical Authorised Person (SAEP), ensuring electrical safety across all activities at Pearl GTL. Responsibilities include conducting electrical safety audits, performing high-voltage (HV) switching operations, approving temporary electrical installations, verifying high-risk permits as the Electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME), and assessing and authorizing electrical personnel in compliance with Pearl Electrical Safety Rules.
- Provide technical support to the plant maintenance team in executing preventive and corrective maintenance (PM/CM) activities, troubleshooting electrical issues, and conducting root cause analysis of equipment failures to ensure reliability and operational continuity.
- Develop and implement maintenance strategies and Provide integrity assurance for high-voltage (HV) and low-voltage (LV) electrical systems—including power generators, transformers, switchgear (up to 132kV), protection relays, UPS, VSDS, process heaters, heat tracing systems and motors—through field regular inspection rounds, audits, and review of maintenance execution activities, ensuring equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
- Proactively identify reliability threats, develop effective solutions, and drive implementation to eliminate recurring issues (“bad actors”), resolve design deficiencies, and enhance overall asset performance.
- Develop and review electrical design documents and develop equipment specifications for plant modifications, system upgrades, and new project implementations.
- Manage Pearl GTL’s power generation and distribution systems—up to 132 kV—using Electrical Network Monitoring and Control System (ENMCS) such as ABB 800XA system, including load shedding operations to ensure stable and reliable power supply.
- Interpret and review electrical power system study reports, including load flow, short circuit, arc flash, transient stability, and protection coordination analyses, to ensure power system integrity.
- Provide technical assurance for the Pearl GTL asset management and Management of Change (MoC) processes to ensure compliance with engineering standards and operational integrity.
- Perform quality assurance for electrical installation activities related to obsolescence upgrades and brownfield modification projects and ensuring all electrical systems and equipment are installed in compliance with IEC standards.
- Understand and review equipment specifications, installation practices, and inspection requirements for Ex certified equipment in accordance with IEC standards, ensuring compliance with hazardous area classification drawings and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to obtain specialist technical support, ensuring timely resolution of complex issues

Key deliverables:

- Effectively manage, deliver, and sustain Pearl GTL’s ambitious electrical equipment availability targets by ensuring high standards of integrity, reliability, and performance across all electrical systems.
- Drive safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of daily plant operational requirements, in alignment with Pearl GTL’s strategic vision of “working together to power progress.”
- Technical development and mentorship of Qatari engineers, supporting their advancement through Shell’s graduate development programs, while fostering leadership behaviors aligned with Qatar Shell GTL’s