Electrical Capital Planning 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 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.

Key Responsibilities

We are seeking an Electrical Capital Planning Engineer to join our Capital Planning Division (CPD) within our Power Systems Planning Department. CPD administers the planning of capital projects sponsored by Power Systems Admin Area and interfaces with utilities to initiate agreements on bulk power supply for Saudi Aramco projects.

Your primary role is to conduct and support the techno-economic evaluation and development of business cases for capital projects sponsored by Power Systems. In addition, you will develop long term master plans to assess the existing electrical systems configuration and then address potential new installations, upgrades, expansions, replacements, retrofits, or demolitions of Power Systems assets across different operating areas of Saudi Aramco.

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

• Interface with utilities to initiate agreements on bulk power supply and cogeneration interconnection for Saudi Aramco projects.
• Evaluate utility prepared bulk power supply plans and cogeneration interconnection plans to make sure that the plans meet Saudi Aramco requirements.
• Interface with various corporate organizations like Facilities Planning, Project Management, Law and Proponent to review and finalize bulk power supply and cogeneration interconnection agreements for Saudi Aramco projects.
• Develop long term master plans to address new installations, upgrades, expansions, replacements, retrofits, or demolitions of Power Systems assets in different operating areas of Saudi Aramco.
• Conduct techno-economic analysis and thoroughly evaluate different project alternatives to recommend best investment decisions with maximum attainable Net Present Value (NPV).
• Scrutinize technical studies to align with Saudi Aramco project proposal procedures. Such studies include equipment reliability, condition assessment, obsolescence, standard compliance, etc.
• Interface with various corporate organizations like Facilities Planning and Corporate Finance.
• Mentoring, developing, and providing expert guidance for young workforce.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate you must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. A Master Degree is desirable.
• You should have a minimum of 10 years' experience in a multinational business within the power sector.
• Essential strong background in capital planning for power infrastructure projects ranging from generation, transmission, or distribution either with utility or end-users.
• Essential professional experience with computerized power system analysis tools such as Electrical Transient Analyzer Program (ETAP).

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.