Rotating Equipment Engineer

Job description / Role

Job Description

We are seeking a rotating equipment engineer who specializes in compressors and steam turbines to join our rotating equipment division (RED) under equipment consulting services department.

RED is responsible for providing high-level technical consultations/support to all the company operating facilities, joint ventures as well as heavily supporting the company mega projects from the early stage till startup.

As a rotating equipment engineer, your role will be to develop value-adding concepts and technologies to address corporate challenges and enhance its operation. Furthermore, maintaining Saudi Aramco mandatory engineering standards and best practices related to various types of rotating equipment.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Provide technical consultations for equipment including dynamic (e.g., centrifugal), positive displacement (e.g., reciprocating) compressors, gearboxes and steam turbines.
• Involve in specifying and reviewing equipment designs, selections, ratings and specifications for new projects including existing equipment modifications.
• Maintain and improve the company compressors, gearboxes and steam turbines standards.
• Develop/introduce new technologies/innovative ideas to address business challenges and enhance equipment reliability/availability/performance.
• Lead in developing and recommending solutions to solve plant machinery technical issues.
• Provide work direction, technical advice and mentoring to teammates and junior engineers.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will have:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from a recognized and approved program (advanced degree is preferred).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in rotating equipment with more focus on compressors and steam turbines within refineries, chemical plants, gas plants or similar facilities.
• Ability to demonstrate experience in analyzing performance, troubleshooting, selecting, and repairing process gas compressors, steam turbines and gearboxes including auxiliary components such as seals, bearings and lube oil systems.
• Detailed knowledge of international codes and API standards related to rotating equipment with more focus on compressors, steam turbines and gearboxes.
• Category II vibration analyst certification.
• Minimum of two recent engineering reports or case histories on the subject of rotating equipment authored by you. These reports shall include compressors and steam turbines problems.

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.