Working in Qatar, Mesaieed

Mesaieed is currently a predominantly industrial city. There are big plans in place for expansion and to build facilities for the local community, which is mainly made up of expats.

The industrial city is run pretty much by Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) who control all the existing community services and also the on-going projects including housing, waste disposal, park and recreation facilities.

Some of the existing employers for working in Qatar, Mesaieed are:

QAPCO which was established in 1974 as a joint multinational venture to utilise the associated and non-associated Ethane gas from petroleum production in line with the industrialization plan of the State Qatar.

Qatar Fertilizer Company (QAFCO) was established in 1969 as a joint venture between the Government of Qatar and a number of multinational firms to utilize Qatar's abundant gas resources for producing ammonia and urea fertilizer.

Qatar Steel Company, founded in 1974, [formerly known as QASCO], is the first integrated steel manufacturing plant in the whole Arabian Gulf. Steel production commenced in 1979 and later in 1997, the company became wholly owned by the Government of Qatar.

Qatar Chemical Company (Q-Chem) is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC. QP owns 51% of Q-Chem with the remaining 49% owned by Chevron Phillips.

Qatar's largest shipping company, with 18 ships of over 0.8 million DWT, comprising 96% of the Qatar's shipping fleet. Developing to become one of the world’s largest owners/operators of LNG tankers in the World.

There are many more companies that are already based here or have future plans to build and provide jobs in Mesaieed

Building and road works are extensive, and there are plans for an extension to the current shopping facilities and it surrounding parks.

Currently the majority of residents work at the power stations & aluminium smelter. The smelter is running, although not to full capacity and the power station being commissioned by Qatalum has been running, but has had its fair share of issues.

The community has its own schools, medical centre etc; again these are under the control and supervision of MIC who deal with recruitment for these services.