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SalaryThis role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Downstream Process Engineer with experience in Utilities processes (GTGs, STGs, Desalinating water unit, Raw water unit, Power generation, Boilers, Cooling water, Demineralized Water, Boiler feedwater, Waste water treatment facilities and recovery, Nitrogen generation & storage, flares, etc) to join our Global Manufacturing Excellence organization under the Downstream Global Manufacturing Support Department (GMSD). GMSD's technical team is a multi-disciplinary team provides the required high-quality technical support to GM operating facilities (Refineries, NGLF, and petrochemical plants) inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & across the globe. Your primary role will be to provide Process Engineering and operations expertise to monitor, optimize, and drive performance improvement programs for Utilities, including remote and field technical advisory support and benchmarking of utilities. You will drive the performance improvement programs which enhance process safety, optimize manufacturing cost, and increase utilities reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and monitor the performance of existing Utilities using key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure optimum operability, profitability, reliability, and process safety.
- Issue quarterly utilities performance benchmarking reports, analyzing KPIs and providing recommendations for performance improvement.
- Monitor and support facilities in implementing recommendations and closing identified gaps from benchmarking reports.
- Conduct benchmarking and best practices exchange workshops internally among Global Manufacturing facilities.
- Provide on-demand remote and/or field technical advisory support to Global Manufacturing facilities on Utilities operation, including process design, troubleshooting, start-up and shutdown activities, and capacity test runs. Issue service reports for each support activity, detailing the facility's needs, actions taken, results, and lessons learned.
- Propose cost optimization or process improvement initiatives in collaboration with Global Manufacturing facility engineers through operational adjustments or design modifications.
- Conduct internal assessments on Utilities using This Company engineering standard references and endorse any deviations or better standards applied by affiliates for facility management or This Company Central Engineering.
- Act as the overall coordinator for cascading and driving Global Manufacturing and Corporate programs for Utilities in operating facilities, enabling execution and effective monitoring.
- Participate in Business Plan development and coordinate with stakeholders for any capital investments on assigned Utilities, supporting techno-economic evaluations.
- Stay informed about Utilities technology developments in the industry and endorse evaluations and approvals to Central Engineering to facilitate field deployment.
- Support the arrangement and facilitation of technical knowledge exchange workshops with major equipment suppliers for Utilities and Global Manufacturing facilities.
- Participate in hazard operability (HAZOP) and safety integrity level (SIL) studies as required by Utility operating facilities.
- Willingness to relocate to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related specialization is required.
- Minimum of 15 years of total Utilities unit experience, including both Process Engineering and operations.
- At least 10 years of specific experience in handling utilities.
- Exposure to major equipment suppliers/package units for Utilities is preferred.
