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Job Title
Energy Optimization Engineering Specialist

Division
Process Instrumentation Div

Position Description
We seek an experienced Engineering Specialist with extensive experience in optimization and simulation applications. He should have extensive knowledge to conduct economic studies and cost analysis of systems, to join Process & Control Systems Department/Upstream Process Engineering Division.

The Upstream Process Engineering Division provides engineering expertise in processing of natural gas and light hydrocarbons, production and stabilization of crude oil and simulation of processes. Energy Systems Unit specializes in energy conservation and optimization for both industrial and non-industrial facilities. Its activities are not limited to Saudi Aramco, but also extend to support national level energy efficiency and optimization.

Minimum Requirements
BS in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering with Advance Degree preferred with 10 years of experience in process simulation and optimization applications.

Experience includes the following:

Candidate should have extensive knowledge to conduct economic studies and cost analysis of facilities and systems. Candidate should possess excellent computer skills as well as excellent oral/written presentation skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

The candidate will be able to:

• Audit and review existing facilities to identify improvement opportunities, potential problems, and remedies to existing problems, should work closely with refineries gas plants and oil operating facilities , Engineering organizations.
• Participate in studies and investigations in collaboration with other Saudi Aramco and outside organizations related to new and existing facilities and systems.
• Develop plans for reviewing and incorporating new technologies in Saudi Aramco’s facilities and systems
• Conduct simulations and optimization studies using Saudi Aramco licensed software packages covering process simulation software
• Deliver presentations to an international audience of experts and publishes technical papers
• Mentor Saudi Arab engineers and future energy conservation and optimization specialists
• Possess excellent computer skills as well as excellent oral/written presentation skills

About Us
The Engineering & Project Management (E&PM) business line studies, plans and oversees the construction of the Company’s new facilities, including some of the biggest and most complex projects in the petroleum industry.

Recently, Saudi Aramco completed the largest capital program in its history that included new or expanded oil, gas and petrochemical facilities, raising maximum sustainable crude oil production capacity to 12 million barrels per day and significantly increasing gas production and processing capacities. Among the recently completed projects was the largest crude oil increment in the history of the industry: Khurais, with a production capacity of 1.2 million barrels per day.

More challenges lie ahead, with a slate of new or expanded oil, gas, refining and petrochemical projects in the works. E&PM also manages the Company’s Research & Development Center where scientists investigate topics such as the desulfurization of crude oil, advanced fuel formulations for next generation combustion engines, and reservoir nano-scale robots (Resbots™) for injection into reservoirs to record their properties.

Req Number
E01-70008800