aramco

Distillation Process Engineer- Relocate to Saudi Arabia

LocationHouston, TX
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job


Candidate must relocate to Saudi Arabia.


Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities 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

We are seeking a Downstream Process Engineer with experience in Crude Distillation and treating processes (mainly Atmospheric distillation, Vacuum distillation, MEROX, etc …) to join our Ras Tanura Refinery Engineering Department (RTRED).

RTRED are responsible for supporting and overseeing the performances of facility assets.

Your primary role is to provide exceptional process engineering support, monitoring plant performance, capture optimization opportunities and value-creation programs for the operation of crude Distillation and Treating Units in order to operate safely, reliably, and economically as well as achieve target goals while realizing company strategic imperatives.


Key Responsibilities

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

Perform in-depth plant monitoring and optimize performance of CDU/VDU units by overseeing the unit’s operation and economics losses. You will issue detailed reports to recommend changes supported by simulation models’ result to optimize unit operation.
Lead unit operations troubleshooting and investigating off-specification products and plant trips/ upsets and manage the required deliverables.
Support operations during turnaround and unplanned shutdowns and startups by understanding the unit operating conditions and transient effects to recommend operations improvements
Perform specific tasks such as, but not limited to catalyst forecast/ evaluation, test runs, de-bottlenecking studies, due-diligence assessment, enhancement studies, HAZOP studies.
Act as a lead in process safety management overseeing HAZOP, PSR, SIL, PSSR, QRA, and Alarm Rationalization. Lead HAZOP/Process Safety Reviews of plant operations as well as new modifications.
Manage long and short-term projects by proposing major projects to improve safety, reliability and profitability. Prepare design request, budget justifications and detailed implementation plans for economically justifiable projects. Also, develop detailed engineering design packages for in-house process-oriented projects and follow up on implementation.
Review in-details and revise standard work procedures like new operating procedures, instructions, RIMs, alarm and ESD check list, MOC, HAZOP, JSA, Relive valves, plant drawings.
Familiar to carryout process simulation using various software packages.


Minimum Requirements

You must hold a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering. An advanced degree is preferred.
You should have a minimum of 15 years of total refinery process unit experience (process engineering and operations) with at least 10 years’ experience in handling crude distillation units.
Exposure to different licensor technologies for Hydrocarbon treating is a plus as well as familiarity with Honeywell UOP or Axens licensed units.
Certified PHA/HAZOP leader.


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.

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