Gas Lead Engineer

Job description / Role

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a lead engineer to join the Gas division of Facilities Planning (GFPD). Facilities planning is responsible for the development and coordination of the capital program throughout the Company. The gas division is responsible for planning for facilities under Southern and Northern area Gas Operations, Unconventional Resources, Global Manufacturing and other Admin Areas to support gas and NGL development programs and Master Plans developments, Pre-FEED, and conducting studies and economic evaluations. Also, it is responsible for developing long-term plans for Gas and NGL Business Master Plans and strategies.

The lead engineer primary role is to conduct feasibility studies on major additions/upgrade to gas processing and NGL facilities. Also, conducting studies on de-carbonization, considering CCS, energy efficiency, other technologies and opportunities that support de-carbonization and circular economy. In addition, preparing Pre-FEED for capital projects that cover gas processing, NGL and unconventional facilities and performing system and economic evaluations of existing and potential new gas processing and NGL facilities.

Duties & Responsibilities
- Conduct feasibility studies on major additions/upgrade to gas processing and NGL facilities.
- Conduct studies on de-carbonization, considering CCS, energy efficiency, other technologies and opportunities that support De-carbonization and circular economy.
- Develop and update the Marginal Abetment Cost Curves for Carbone reduction opportunities.
- Provide support to lead Pre-FEED to define capital projects covering gas processing, NGL and unconventional facilities.
- Perform evaluations required to establish and support long term business strategies related to gas and NGL facilities and de-carbonization.
- Prepare scoping papers to define capital projects covering gas processing, NGL and unconventional facilities.
- Lead Integrated Project Teams during initial front engineering loading (FEL) phases to determine project alternatives and define optimal scope by collaborating with a multidisciplinary team from across the company.
- Interface with operating organizations, engineering services, project management and corporate planning.
- Perform system and economic evaluations of existing and potential new gas processing and NGL facilities.
- Prepare and make presentations to Corporate Management on gas processing and NGL operations issues and investment opportunities.
- Mentor young planning engineers to be Facilities Planning Specialists.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.
- From 10 to 12 years experience in gas processing and NGL operations and capital program planning.
- Experience in performing economic evaluations, feasibility studies and preparing requests for budgetary approvals.
- Experience with professional consultants in planning and executing engineering studies.
- Experience in process/system simulation of gas processing and NGL operations.
- Able to communicate fluently in English both in writing and orally.
- You have experience in Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
- Ability to demonstrate cost management in the form of balancing cost of construction, equipment and operations to create a cost-effective facility design that meets performance requirements.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

About the Company

Saudi Aramco is an integrated global energy enterprise. The company markets and exports crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas liquids and sulfur. It also ships crude oil worldwide through an affiliated company and participates in petroleum refining and marketing activities at home and abroad. Its overseas affiliates are in the United States, Egypt, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Saudi Aramco's subsidiaries span the globe, with offices in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Leiden, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.