Field Operator – Power/Water Desalination Plant

About the role

The Field Operator is responsible for monitoring plant parameters, ensuring safe start‑up and shut‑down, and responding quickly during emergencies. The role works closely with the CCR Operator and Shift Supervisor to maintain optimal plant performance.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor all local parameters, record periodic readings on log sheets and summarize shift activities.
• Inspect equipment and auxiliaries, report abnormalities, and raise work requests for faulty items.
• Perform equipment change‑over according to schedules and coordinate isolation/lining‑up with CCR Operator and Shift Supervisor.
• Maintain tidy housekeeping, clean up after maintenance, and follow SOPs and work instructions.
• Assist in training and familiarisation of new operators.
• Adhere to health, safety, security and environmental procedures, monitoring regulatory parameters and reporting deviations.
• Follow organisational policies, processes and standard operating procedures.
• Carry out any additional duties assigned by the line manager.

Required profile

• Technical Diploma in Engineering.
• 1‑3 years of field operations experience in power, water desalination (RO, MSF, MED) or renewable energy plants.
• Familiarity with plant P&IDs, SOPs, basic control logic and emergency operation procedures.
• Awareness of HSE and quality standards, attention to detail.
• Knowledge of waste identification, classification and disposal.

Required skills

• Interpretation of plant P&IDs.
• Application of Standard Operating Procedures and control logic.
• Execution of emergency operation procedures.
• Environmental monitoring and regulatory reporting.
• Waste classification and disposal procedures.
• Operation of firefighting equipment.