About QAPCO:
Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) is a leading producer of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and other petrochemical products, contributing to Qatar’s industrial development. We are committed to operational excellence, safety, and sustainability.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Field Operator - Ethylene to join our Operations team. The successful candidate will be responsible for operating and maintaining equipment in the Ethylene plant, ensuring safe and efficient production while complying with QAPCO’s quality and HSE standards.
Key Responsibilities:
🔹 Operate process equipment and troubleshoot issues across multiple areas to meet production targets.
🔹 Monitor equipment performance and ensure compliance with operating procedures.
🔹 Collect and record operational data, identifying and reporting any abnormalities.
🔹 Oversee the loading/unloading of raw materials and products as per HSEQ standards.
🔹 Support maintenance activities, ensuring safe handover and return of equipment.
🔹 Participate in commissioning, start-ups, and emergency response activities.
🔹 Communicate effectively with panel operators and other shift staff to ensure smooth operations.
🔹 Maintain detailed logbooks and process logs.
🔹 Operate a forklift as per production and safety requirements.
Qualifications & Experience:
✔ Education: High School Certificate (or equivalent).
✔ Experience: Minimum of 3 years in a production plant environment within the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry.
✔ Technical Skills:
Work Environment:
Close coordination with Shift Supervisors, Panel Operators, and Senior Operators.
Adherence to strict safety, quality, and operational guidelines.
Collaboration with internal teams, contractors, and service providers.
QAPCO is a Qatar-based company established in 1974 and is a joint venture between Industries Qatar (80%) and Total Petrochemicals (20%). The company is currently one of the largest producers of low density polyethylene (LDPE) in the region besides producing ethylene, sulphur and other petrochemical products. QAPCO is involved in a number of joint ventures that include QATOFIN, QVC, and QPPC, making QAPCO a regional petrochemical powerhouse. LDPE is considered as the most widely used type of plastic, with applications such as food packaging, agricultural films, toys, cables and wires, coating, lamination and many other products broadly used all over the planet. LDPE enriches our everyday life, making it more practical, safer, lighter and better. The LDPE produced by QAPCO is a high quality food-contact safe grade polymer and complies with all local, EU and U.S. FDA standards related to food packaging safety.