Project Management Specialist

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 an experienced Project Management Specialist to join Joint Upstream & Downstream Project Managem. Saudi PM Teams are responsible and accountable for the delivery of best in class capital projects. US&DS PM is directly involved in executing and managing assigned projects safely, on schedule, within budget and to the highest standards of integrity and compliance. This will involve engineering design, procurement and construction of various sizes ($), types and complexity of small, medium to multi-billion-dollar mega projects.

Project Management Team manages and executes projects usually from multiple site offices or engineering contractor design offices, geographically scattered throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The PM Specialist is a company-wide recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the field of Project Management. He provides expert advice and guidance in one or more specialized areas of Project Management, including but not limited to project planning, project execution, and project controls. As an SME, he utilizes his extensive experience and knowledge to optimize project planning, improve design and construction quality, and to improve project costs and schedules.

The PM Specialist is an expert in one or more disciplines that directly affect project performance, including but not limited to planning and scheduling, project execution, estimation, cost engineering, geomatics, value engineering, and other Value Improvement Practices.

Duties and responsibilities

You will be required to perform the following tasks:

Provide expert advice and guidance in project planning, project execution, and/or project control.

Assist in resolving project management problems related to his area of expertise, including project planning deficiencies, project quality defects (in engineering, procurement, or construction), schedule slippages, and potential cost over runs.

Work closely with project engineers and other project professionals to provide work direction and guidance.

Formulate and implement strategies to improve project planning, cost, schedule, and/or quality.

Evaluate existing tools and methodologies in his area of expertise and makes recommendations on their implementation at Saudi Aramco.

Lead internal or external problem-solving teams as directed by management.

Conduct training courses in his area of expertise.

Train and mentor developing engineers and other project management professionals.

Participate in development of standards, guidelines, instructions, policies and procedures on an as-required basis.

Participate in the review and evaluation of the capabilities of E&C contractors, suppliers, and project management

Requirements

Minimum requirements

As the successful candidate, you will hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred.

You will also obtain a Professional certification by AACE, PMI, or the professional engineering boards.

You will have Fifteen years' experience in project management field.

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.