With this card on a ship if on turn 1 before I take any damage can I use and engineer command to move shields to the side arcs?

So my first commands to first move shields to sides and then my second command to gain back the shields I moved?

You could. It could be an inefficient way of doing things. It all depends on your repair points.

A CR90 for example could move a shield to each flank turn one or you could just over repair (I.e. boost the 2 Shields to 3) the port shield because that’s where the action will take place.

A nebulon could over repair the port and move a rear shield to starboard with the last repair point.

A Liberty could just over repair both side shields with its 4 repair points.