Corrosion Engineer

Job description / Role

Overview

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 of 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.

Job Description

We are seeking a corrosion (plant/pipeline/asset integrity) engineer to join the Southern Area Asset Integrity Division (SAAID) of SAOP Technical Support Department.

The Southern Area Asset Integrity Division is responsible for providing effective and proactive corrosion management support to safeguard assets while adopting best industry practices and cutting-edge technologies.

The corrosion engineer's primary role is to perform integrity and corrosion analysis studies to assess current challenges and develop a mitigation plan by implementing cost-effective solutions and deploying advanced and proven technologies to prevent or significantly reduce the impact of corrosion.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate, you will be required to perform the following:

• Benchmarking and implementation of strategies that will enhance the long-term reliability and efficiency of our assets.
• Research and deploy emerging technologies related to corrosion mitigation and non-metallic deployment.
• Act as an expert corrosion and asset integrity management resource for corrosion risk assessment and mitigation.
• Develop Pipeline Integrity Plans (PIP) aligned with the organization's integrity performance objectives, assigning responsibilities and timeframes for the responsible stakeholder.
• Review PIP trends and initiate detailed engineering studies accordingly.
• Ensure Integrity Operating Windows (IOW) exceedances are addressed by the relevant process owners and track recommendations.
• Facilitate the investigation of corrosion failure and deploy lessons learned from the root cause analysis to the system to avoid reoccurrence.
• Coordinate the updating of the pipeline integrity risk register and ensure timely review upon occurrence of incidents in the industry or other similar facilities to reflect that in the risk register and identify the applicable pipelines.
• Perform periodical analytical studies of assessment findings to overcome challenging inspection programs.
• Provide consultation on specialized areas related to corrosion control.
• Monitor the corrosion parameters such as pH, O2, bacteria, residual of biocide chemical, and take corrective actions accordingly.
• Review the inspection data and make corrosion control recommendations/reports accordingly.
• Apply corrosion mitigation measures such as cleaning, scraping, chemical injection, corrosion coupons, and coating application to prevent/minimize the corrosion threats.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will hold a:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering from an accredited university. An advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in corrosion engineering, including at least three years as a senior corrosion engineer.
• Practical experience through entry-level positions or corrosion engineering roles in industries such as oil and gas, aerospace, chemical processing, marine, or infrastructure.
• Comprehensive knowledge of corrosion principles, including electrochemistry, material properties, corrosion mechanisms, and corrosion prevention methods.
• Background in various laboratory and field-testing techniques used to assess corrosion behavior, such as accelerated corrosion testing, electrochemical corrosion monitoring, and non-destructive testing methods.
• Familiarity with corrosion prevention and control strategies, including material selection, protective coatings, cathodic protection, corrosion inhibitors, and corrosion monitoring systems is a requirement.
• Understanding of industry standards and codes related to corrosion, such as NACE International standards, ASTM International standards, and API (American Petroleum Institute) standards.
• Awareness of the latest advancements in corrosion science and technologies through professional development courses, certifications, workshops, conferences, and memberships in relevant industry organizations.
• Familiarity with corrosion engineering standards within Saudi Aramco and international standards such as AMPP (NACE), ASME, and ASTM.

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.