Engineering jobs: employment opportunities in Qatar

The oil and gas sector in Qatar offers an exciting and growing area for engineering professionals. It covers different specializations from petroleum to chemical, drilling, and production engineering.

Qatar may have been banking on its oil and gas reserves ever since their discovery, but job seekers from the non-oil sectors should not worry. The Gulf state also provides employment opportunities in varied fields, including power generation and supply, infrastructure, and information technology.

If you are pursuing an engineering career in the country, have a look through our brief guide to the various engineer positions.

1. Chemical Engineer

With one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves, Qatar is definitely a marvel for Chemical Engineers.
The country needs the keen eyes of engineers to model and optimize the upstream. These engineering professionals manage projects related to tanks, pumps, pipelines and separators. They ensure that petroleum and oil materials go directly into gas tanks and that correct chemicals are used to refine crude petroleum into a usable form.

Annual salary: ranges between QAR 125,000 – 1,081,417

2. Software Engineer

The Middle Eastern nation now keeps up with the latest advancements in information and communications technology.

This calls to attention the need for local and foreign Software Engineers. Their expertise in writing code in one or more programming languages is beneficial for diverse businesses in Qatar, including software publishers, financial institutions, insurance providers, tech companies, and computers manufacturers, among others.

Annual salary: ranges between QAR 54,362 – 364,923

3. Electrical Engineer

Qatar’s power generation capacity is projected to increase by nearly 50 percent as the demand soars, according to Qatar Electricity & Water Co. (QEWC).

Since the power industry in the region is flourishing, the employment opportunities for Electrical Engineers who specialize in power generation and supply naturally escalates as well. These skilled workers help a lot in comprehensive consulting, engineering, design, and analysis for electric power and power delivery projects.

Annual salary: ranges between QAR 39,453 – 286,421

4. Civil Engineer

Construction is one of the state’s fastest-growing sector. By the numbers, the infrastructure industry has shown strong growth since 2010.

The growth in 2014 was even stronger—with a total contribution of QR 24.85bn to GDP. So what more in the coming years? Seems like good news for Civil Engineers. They will benefit from Qatar’s initiative of improving its overall infrastructure, which is evident from the futuristic skyscrapers that adorn the city of Doha.

Annual salary: ranges between QAR 40,645 – 353,977

Summing it up

These four engineering positions are four of the most in-demand jobs in Qatar. With time and with the country’s fast-paced development, more fields can be expected to surge.

So if you graduated with a degree in any one of these, try your luck and explore the beauty of working in the Gulf state.

If you are currently looking for an engineering job in any of the above-mentioned fields in Qatar, feel free to comment on the article below. You may also visit www.qatarliving.com/jobs for further details.