Fuels & Chemical Engineer (Relocation to Saudi Arabia is Required)

Job Title:

Fuels & Chemical Engineer

Location

: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Overview:

We are seeking Fuels and Chemical Engineer to join our Fuels & Chemicals Facilities Planning Division (F&C FPD) within Facilities Planning.

Facilities Planning is responsible for the development and coordination of the capital program throughout the Company. The Fuels & Chemicals Division comprises of three groups: Downstream Development Group, Refining Group, and Chemicals Group. The activities of F&C FPD span the entire Capital Planning Process including idea/opportunity creation, business case analysis, alternative options development, leading the multi-discipline integrated project teams through the preparation of Design Basis Scoping Papers (Front End Loading), and preparation of expenditure request documentation for presentation to Corporate Management. F&CFPD is also responsible for leading broader master planning activities for the Kingdoms downstream facilities and optimization/review of capital deployed to provide the highest possible benefit as well as leading Technical Due Diligence efforts on potential acquisition targets in the downstream sector.

Your primary role will be to conduct feasibility studies on refineries and petrochemical facilities and develop long-term business strategies related to these facilities.

Duties & Responsibilities:

As a successful candidate you will be responsible for the following:

- Lead integrated project teams to prepare design basis scoping papers to define capital projects involving refineries and petrochemical investments.

- Prepare expenditure request documentation and present it to Corporate Management.

- Interface with Operating Organizations, New Business Development, Engineering, Project Management, and Corporate Staff.

- Perform process/system and economic evaluations of existing and potential new refining and petrochemical facilities.

- Direct evaluations of major refining and petrochemical facilities as performed by others.

- Prepare and make presentations to Corporate Management on refining petrochemical investment opportunities.

- Provide full-time consultation to Saudi Aramco management and other organizations.

- Mentor the training of future Facilities Planning Specialists.

Minimum Requirements:

- You must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. An advanced Degree in Economics is highly preferred.

- You should have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in performing economic evaluations, feasibility studies and preparing requests for budgetary approvals.

- You should also have extensive professional consulting experience in planning and executing engineering studies.

- Applying and analyzing process/system simulation and economics of refinery or petrochemical operations, particularly LP modeling experience is also required.

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.