Geomechanics 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.

Job Purpose

As a recognized Geological expert, undertakes specific assignments that can only be handled satisfactorily by one possessing a high level of technical ability, specialized expertise or extensive background.

Responsibilities

Generally as a member of a team, the incumbent is expected to perform one or more of the following activities, the number and combination depending upon the assignment.

• Serves as consultant to management.
• Acts as a technical expert to assigned professionals as is necessary to satisfactorily perform work assignments.
• Develops ideas, and creates plans and organizes projects or specialized studies in Area Exploration, Technical Services, or in Reservoir Characterization to realize corporate objectives.
• Carries out applied research within his area of specialization to provide new means of solving geological problems.
• Prepares oral and written reports to present the results of studies for review by management.
• Analyzes regional stratigraphic and structural framework to determine Potential and Risk of future prospective regional trends.
• Utilizing inter-disciplinary data, builds integrated earth models to improve visualization, optimize drilling and help Reservoir Simulation and Reserves Groups.
• Attends meetings and conferences related to his specific geological discipline to insure that the most current methods and techniques are applied to the solutions of the problems in Saudi Arabia.
• Assists in training less experienced geologists through discussions and work sessions.
• Performs any or all the duties listed in the Geologist I job description.

Requirements

Education & Experience Requirements
• Bachelors degree in Geology or a related science. Graduate study in a specialized discipline of Geology, a related science or other extended special training is desirable.
• Twelve (12) years of experience, including at least 5 years as a specialist in his discipline. Incumbent must be recognized for his study efforts in his principle discipline by his peer group.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Certificates
• Data not available

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.