Senior 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

This newly created function will have an overall responsibility to advance the carbon emission and certification function for Aramco New Energy's business to produce and commercialize clean energy solutions. The role will be instrumental in shaping strategic plans and influence the successful carbon intensity mapping and modelling of clean hydrogen and its derivatives value-chains.

The function will advise best practices to adopt, that would enhance the carbon intensity program and for tracing greenhouse gas emissions across the hydrogen and ammonia value-chains. Additionally, the function will ensure adopting best-in-class capabilities and methodologies on carbon capture technologies to optimally position Aramco's products within various target markets and segments.

The role requires regular alignment with internal stakeholders including Armco New Energies departments with functions such as asset, technology and business development; as well corporates organization including Environmental Protection, Technology Oversight and others, to ensure a common understanding and consistent assessment of carbon management initiatives for the Hydrogen business. The role will provide expertise with technical insight to support the asset, business, industry and policy management teams. The role will be Aramco Hydrogen technical authority on the carbon assessment and management for its products, collaborating with best available resources when and as needed.

Key Responsibilities

Develop product life cycle analysis (LCA) with economic and cost benefit assessment
Establish carbon intensity (CI) internal standards with economic impact mechanisms
Develop the CI program strategies to optimize monitoring and assessment of CO2 emissions across the product value-chains
Track to understand existing, developing and anticipated regulatory changes, governing energy emissions, clean hydrogen with its derivatives and GHG reporting
Ensure understanding of various levers such as the carbon tax (CBAM, ETS etc.); carbon credit trading, including for voluntary market and offset programs
Engage and develop direct working relationships with relevant regulatory agencies including Saudi Ministry of Energy and other related authorities in the Kingdom as well as within relevant jurisdictions
Harmonize activities with Aramco New Energies and the corporate objectives related to decarbonization and sustainability
Mentor and develop junior engineers/ professionals, through knowledge transfer and other technical resources on capabilities to serve current and future business needs
Author and/ or contribute in developing publications and materials relevant to carbon intensity, certifications and related technical areas
Represent company interests at relevant local and international public engagements, conferences, tradeshows and workshops, specifically on technical matters related to clean hydrogen and ammonia business
Participate in technical engagement, taskforces, roundtables discussions with relevant Saudi related industry stakeholders.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Degree (advanced degrees such as MSc. or PhD. are preferred, but not required) in areas of environmental science, sustainability engineering, carbon management or in related fields
15 years of experience in environmental related roles preferably in the energy sectors, with exposure to emissions tracking, economic assement management and reporting mechanisms
Working knowledge in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction, sustainability, climate change, carbon management and related fields
Experience in, or have a good understanding of the Climate Action Initiatives and related to policies being adopted, standards and procedures including disclosures and reporting protocols
Relevant experience and knowledge of life-cycle analysis (LCA) standards and modelling
Life-cycle analysis certified practitioner (LCA AP) or equivalent certifications in related fields is strongly desired
Strong analytical quantitative and qualitative skills are critical and are required for this role
Must have excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation and interpersonal skills.

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.