Process 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 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.

Overview

The candidate must have relevant documented experience in the gas processing field in one or more of the following specialties: Amine Sweetening, Sulfur Recovery, Dehydration, NGL recovery, Water Treatment, or Steam/Power generation. Alternatively, the candidate must have relevant documented experience in an environmental engineering related field, such as waste water treatment, waste handling and management, environmental compliance, carbon capture and sequestration, or tail gas treatment.

The candidate must demonstrate that he had worked in a gas processing facility for a minimum of 10 years. He must be proficient with process simulation software like Aspen HYSYS, BR&E Promax, or equivalent.

The candidate must be trained or certified in advanced Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methods like HAZOP or LOPA, and trained in advanced Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methods like fault tree analysis or FMEA.

It is preferred that the candidate has a valid recognized professional certificate, such as Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or equivalent.

The candidate is expected to lead investigation, assessment, or project teams, in addition to train and develop young talent. Relevant soft skills include: written and oral communication, problem solving, critical thinking, mentoring, project and time management, and ability to lead teams of different backgrounds and skill levels.

The candidate must have relevant documented experience in the gas processing field in one or more of the following specialties: Amine Sweetening, Sulfur Recovery, Dehydration, NGL recovery, Water Treatment, or Steam/Power generation. Alternatively, the candidate must have relevant documented experience in an environmental engineering related field, such as waste water treatment, waste handling and management, environmental compliance, carbon capture and sequestration, or tail gas treatment.

The candidate must demonstrate that he had worked in a gas processing facility for a minimum of 10 years. He must be proficient with process simulation software like Aspen HYSYS, BR&E Promax, or equivalent.

The candidate must be trained or certified in advanced Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methods like HAZOP or LOPA, and trained in advanced Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methods like fault tree analysis or FMEA.

It is preferred that the candidate has a valid recognized professional certificate, such as Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or equivalent.

The candidate is expected to lead investigation, assessment, or project teams, in addition to train and develop young talent. Relevant soft skills include: written and oral communication, problem solving, critical thinking, mentoring, project and time management, and ability to lead teams of different backgrounds and skill levels.

Responsibilities & Duties

You will be required to perform the following:
- Handle process activities such as studies and design modifications in the operating facilities
- Develop simulation models for assigned operation facilities
- Develop, review and/or validate plant mass balances
- Check plant performance to ensure it is running up to its design
- Look for opportunities to optimize operations and implement them accordingly.
- Use the software simulation programs such as HYSYS and promax.
- Provide technical direction/support to in-Kingdom and out-of-Kingdom design contractors
- Formulate and implement long-term strategies to improve operations and reduce costs
- Lead groups of engineers in the shutdown and start-up phase of existing plants.
- Participate in standards reviews to assure inclusion of requirements that are of practical benefit to field operation and maintenance in regard to safety and efficiency of the plant.
- Provide guidance on standards development through technical committee participation. Interprets standards and recommends changes to reduce costs associated with overly stringent requirements.
- Lead unit performance and capacity tests and prepare testing procedures
- Conduct risk assessment
- Conduct process equipment performance test, for heat exchangers e.g. reboilers, fin-fan coolers, rotating equipment,
- Lead performance test for static equipment e.g. column, separator etc.
- Lead performance test for fired equipment and converters including catalyst performance.
- Lead driers break-through test and issue test result report including desiccant replacement plan.
- Lead propane refrigeration system performance test
- Evaluate the catalyst recovery performance
- Lead solution (DGA / TEG) filtration system performance test. Evaluate DGA/TEG monthly losses
- Issue report covering bottlenecks, deficiencies, and recommendations and follow-up on the implementation
- Lead process and equipment optimization studies
- Lead feasibility studies
- Lead PHA and HAZOP studies
- Initiate and coordinate ESA's
- Develop implementation plan for critical recommendations
- Ensure implementation plan is executed for the system under study and propagated to other applicable systems.
- Lead Health, Safety and Environmental studies
- Lead Energy Optimization / Conservation studies
- Initiate process safety relief audit studies.
- Lead Water conservation studies
- Perform management of change (MOC)
- Verify system operations and performance after implementing the recommendations

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

- As a successful candidate you should have a BS in Chemical Engineering with (10) years of experience in relevant gas processing operation facilities in Oil/Gas Industry, knowledge and experience in software simulation programs such as HYSYS and promax and strong knowledge of engineering practices and economic principles, calculation methods, design details, and aware about the processing codes and standards.
- You should have excellent experience and knowledge in design and modification, reviewing the standards and how to develop and evaluate studies

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.