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Job Title
Air Quality Specialist

Division
Environmental Engineering Div

Position Description
Saudi Aramco’s Environmental Protection Department seeks an experienced Air Quality Specialist. The main function of the department is to enhance Saudi Aramco environmental performance through providing technical environmental consultations, assuring compliance with environmental regulations and enhancing environmental awareness in the company and the community.

Minimum Requirements
- B.S. degree in Chemical, Civil, Environmental Engineering or a related field. Master degree in the same disciplines is preferred.
- Ten years of experience in the air quality field.
- Knowledge of U.S. EPA air quality regulations.
- Knowledge of control technology analyses, such as BACT and MACT.

Duties & Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Validate and report ambient air quality and meteorological data.
- Evaluate air emissions and determine required control technologies.
- Implement existing regulations and review new and proposed regulations.
- Mentor young Saudi engineers in all aspects of air quality.
- Ensure that all company and joint venture projects meet the environmental regulations.
- Develop scope of various air quality studies, including Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
- Work independently or in teams to support air quality assignments, such as air emission inventories and dispersion modeling, using EPA approved air models, i.e., CALMET, CALPUFF, CALPOST, AERMOD and ISCST3.
- Conduct seminars and meetings to resolve technical problems with other departments and organizations.

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
E14-70025949