Senior Process Engineer

Wood

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Posted on: 21 Nov 2025

JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Any Nationality
Salary: Not Specified
Gender: Not Specified
Arabic Fluency: Not Specified
Job Function: Engineering - Chemical & Petrochemical
Company Industry: Oil & Gas

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is recruiting for a TPE IV Senior Process Engineer to join its technically challenging and interesting projects.

Responsibilities

What we can offer

  • Medical insurance - Ensures specialist care is available to you and eligible family members residing in country. Pre-existing medical conditions are covered. No limit on number of children covered under the policy; however, age and coverage limits apply in line with KSA CCHI rules. Option to select higher medical cover payable at employee's own expense.
  • Employee assistance programme - Allows you to feel comfortable knowing that you or your immediate family members can confidentially discuss any work or personal issues that are an inevitable part of life. The program helps support your mental, physical, social, and financial well-being.
  • GOSI (Social insurance) - Payable to KSA employees, social insurance contributions are paid by the company in line with government legislation to cover occupational hazards.
  • End of service gratuity - In line with KSA Labour Law, all employees are eligible for an end of service benefit.
  • Examination leave - Upon company approval to enroll in an education institute or to continue within such institution, employees have the right to fully paid leave to sit for an examination of an unrepeated year. Leave duration is based on the days of actual examination and must be applied for no less than fifteen days prior to exam.
  • Professional memberships - One professional membership, registration, subscription, certification, and/or license cost per annum for all active Wood employees. The membership must be relevant to the role you are currently employed in or be part of a development plan. Reimbursement should be claimed via the expenses procedure system, with supporting evidence.
  • Inspire awards - Our annual awards programme is all about recognising and celebrating our inspirational colleagues - those designing the future, upholding our values, and playing a pivotal role in delivering our strategy. Employees can recognise those who inspire them and make their day by nominating them for their hard work, innovation, and tenacity.
  • Long service award - Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating long service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication, and many years' service of our employees at 5 year service milestones.
  • Career development champions - Prioritizes structured growth through goal setting and resource utilization. Employees use tools for planning and feedback, with managers actively coaching and mentoring to support advancement. Continuous learning and development are emphasized to help employees achieve their career goals effectively.

Typical responsibilities

  • Produces basic engineering deliverables such as philosophies, reports, specifications, data sheets, technical requisitions, and others.
  • Performs a variety of conventional engineering tasks in line with company practices, procedures, and programs.
  • Solves problems using a variety of standard methods, applying standard techniques involving only minor innovations of methodology to provide solutions to problems with a limited number of variables.
  • Participates with drafters, technicians, and others to contribute to project completion.
  • Coordinates work with other engineers and operating groups to facilitate participation of various organizational units.
  • Performs tests and researches problems through various sources of technical information.
  • Designs or modifies components and determines the intent of a specification or instruction.
  • Makes recommendations on the acceptability of materials supplied and work completed by contractors.
  • Responsible for studies of limited scope requiring application of prescribed methods.
  • Problems involve existing technology and applications, but may involve non-recurring problems.
  • Demonstrates judgement in determining the methods to apply to assigned tasks.
  • Makes limited changes to meet location conditions, new situations, or to improve safety, economy, efficiency, or applicability.
  • Note-taking and active participation in design reviews.
  • Reviews vendor documents under supervision and guidance.
  • Establishes and maintains effective working relationships and communicates across the project or contract interfaces.
  • Engages with inter-discipline community and promotes discipline including networking and knowledge sharing.
  • Builds internal relationships with others outside of own work group or team, particularly with internal customers.
  • Consults with other local and divisional sources as required.
  • Begins to initiate information exchanges, participates as a team member, and communicates information to appropriate parties at the appropriate time.

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge, or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

  • Saudi national preferred.
  • BS in Chemical Engineering with 10 - 15 years of relevant experience in the field.
  • Basic knowledge of developing H&MB, PFDs, P&IDs, MSDs.
  • Ability to perform hydraulic calculations and various equipment sizing.
  • Basic knowledge in relief and blowdown calculations.
  • Ability in developing process simulation.

Desirable:

  • Process modelling software (e.g., METSIM, SysCAD) experience is considered an asset.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

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