Electrical Project 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 generation-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 not just to 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 among the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking an Electrical Project Engineer to join the AMIRAL Program.

The Amiral Program is a Joint Venture (JV) between Saudi Aramco and TOTAL, to build, own and operate a world-class integrated petrochemical complex. It consists of a Mixed Feed Cracker with downstream petrochemical units, utilities, and offsite facilities, located in Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, adjacent to the SATORP Refinery. The intent of the Program is to leverage synergies with existing SATORP Refinery, SADARA Complex, and other neighboring facilities and propose downstream derivatives units supported by industrial partners and investors.

As Electrical Project Engineer, your primary role is to ensure that engineering design, procurement, construction, and project completion are done in compliance with the project contract requirements, such as project schedule, cost, HSE, company standards, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Formally design or study electrical modifications to oil and gas processing and handling facilities, residences, and utilities.
• Execute capital projects according to the scope, schedule, and budget.
• Perform preliminary engineering to detail designs, construction, and the final safe turnover to the proponent.
• Manage General Engineering Services (GES) design contractor activities during the development of project proposals, including definition of project work scope and schedule requirements. Development of detailed estimates leading to funding appropriation and approval.
• Develop and prepare contracting plans and strategies for solicitation, evaluation, and award of contracts for detail engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Manage contractor preparation of detailed design drawings, material specifications, procurement, and/or construction bid packages.
• Prepare annual and long-range operating plans and objectives.
• Familiarity with international procedures of project phases, engineering phases, bidding procedures, procurement processes, construction requirements, and up-to-date best practices.
• Review and resolve day-to-day contractors' claims and complaints related to assigned project (Electrical) work during construction and ensure HSE compliance.
• Fully understand contract documents (inclusive of appendices, drawings, and specifications), project execution plans, interface management, change management, construction sequencing, standards, specifications, and project schedules to support the project manager and/or company representative in timely completion of the project.
• Perform change order estimating and assist the Project Manager or Company representative in change order negotiations.
• Project reporting and implementation of company initiatives during project execution.
• Review weekly and monthly reports on the status and progress of the contracts, including project costs and potential changes.
• Provide routine electrical (design and construction) support to facilities such as substations and refinery process plants that include, but are not limited to, refining, Natural Gas Liquids (NGL), and utilities plants.
• Perform electrical system studies, such as system transients, dynamic modeling, load flow, and reliability calculations.
• Prepare electrical design packages and specify materials to add new equipment or modify existing systems.
• Develop and/or review operating and switching procedures for electrical equipment.
• Familiarity with leading equipment manufacturers and vendors.
• Familiarity with NEC, IEEE, IEC, and other international electrical standards, CII best practices, and value practices.
• Use company systems and tools, such as Sharek, CRM, and SAP.
• Uphold engineering ethics and maintain high standards of professional behavior and conduct.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in electrical engineering, especially within petrochemical, oil, and gas industry.
• Strong understanding of power distribution systems, motor control centers, and hazardous area classifications.
• Experience with electrical system studies (load flow, short circuit, arc flash).
• Experience with electrical design tools such as ETAP, SKM, AutoCAD, or similar.
• Professional engineering certification.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, safety-focused mindset, and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in evaluating existing and new engineering designs of substations, switchgear, transmission lines, and MCCs from 480V through 380 KV.
• Experience in applying and analyzing system simulation and modeling of electrical distribution systems using computer software such as ETAP and similar software.

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. 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.