Polyolefin Operations 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.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Polyolefin Operations Engineer to join the In-Kingdom Liquids to Chemicals Business & Project Development Department. The In-Kingdom Liquids to Chemicals Business & Project Development Department is driving the development of the In-Kingdom Liquids to Chemicals capital program and the delivery of capital program requirements from the initiation phase and execution phase till hand-over of the facility. The division is responsible for the activities of Sharp+ Project Development under the Liquid to Chemicals Program (LTC) and drives the development of project assessment.

The Polyolefin Operations Engineer is responsible for overseeing the development of the technical scope of work for Invitation to Bid documents, facility design basis, and technical interface basis (e.g., process rates & qualities to other units, utilities load, plot requirements). In addition, it is expected to coordinate remote support for additional process specialists as needed to support technology selection and technical basis-setting.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Develop chemical process yields, qualities, Opex, and mass balances for process configurations of petrochemical units.
• Review engineering documents from licensors and contractors during the pre-FEED, FEED, and EPC phases of the project.
• Develop petrochemical unit's ORMP, flawless project delivery, start-up, operation philosophy, and operation general instruction.
• Provide technical support for petrochemical units, particularly for the Polyolefin plant's operation readiness, pre-commissioning, and commissioning.
• Provide technical support to the operating team for the safe and efficient operation of the Polyolefin plants.
• Optimize the plant operations for enhanced productivity and reliability.
• Develop petrochemical unit's control logic, cause and effect.
• Participate in petrochemical unit's process optimization and synergy between refinery and petrochemicals.
• Review and update petrochemicals unit's redline drawings.
• Research new technologies, regulations, and other factors that may affect the business model.
• Strong experience in refinery-chemicals integration strategies, competitiveness, and benchmarking.
• Analyze the market and identify opportunities for business growth.
• Conduct research on competitors to identify opportunities for new products.
• Provide technical input to LP and economics modeling and capital efficiency.
• Establish new client relationships and maintain existing ones in order to generate revenue.
• Deliver the tools, templates, and systems to ensure the safe, passionate, and flawless delivery of the project.
• Ensure scope, risk, and interfaces are captured, manage interfaces between internal and external parties, and document them.

Minimum Requirements

• You will hold a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering; an advanced degree is preferred.
• You will have 12 years of experience with a focus on petrochemicals, specifically in the engineering design or operation of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plants (polyolefin plants).
• You will have 3 years of experience in linear programming (LP) and economics modeling.

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.