Process Engineer - Sulfur Recovery-Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Permanent Expat Relocation

aramco; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 965,000 - 1,501,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Expat relocation package

Job summary

Aramco seeks a seasoned Process Engineer with extensive SRU/SWS experience to join the Operation Engineering Solutions Department in Saudi Arabia. You will monitor, optimize and drive performance improvements for SRU & SWS units across global facilities, providing remote and on-site advisory support, benchmarking and technology evaluation.

The role requires relocation under an expat package, with responsibilities including performance reviews, benchmarking reports, workshops, and knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 15 years refinery or gas plant experience.
• At least 10 years hands-on SRU/SWS experience.
• Strong knowledge of SRU/TGTU licensor technologies.
• Proven troubleshooting, start-up and capacity test experience.
• Excellent data analysis and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular performance reviews of SRU and SWS facilities.
• Develop quarterly benchmarking reports with actionable recommendations.
• Provide remote and field technical advisory support.
• Lead knowledge sharing workshops across Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Create bi-monthly SRU & SWS technical best practices bulletins.
• Support capital investments and techno-economic evaluations.
• Evaluate and pilot new SRU/SWS technologies.
• Collaborate to implement cost optimization initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with Aramco engineering standards.
• Coordinate with external benchmarking bodies (JCCP, GDA).

Skills

SRU/SWS expertise

Performance benchmarking

Data analysis

Technical advisory

Troubleshooting

Start-up/shutdown

Capacity testing

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Process simulators

Data visualization tools

Job description

This position requires full relocation to Saudi Arabia. It is a permanent full time Expat Relocation Package.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Process Engineer with extensive hands-on expertise in Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) and Sour Water Stripper (SWS) processes to join our Operation Engineering Solutions Department (OESD).

OESD's technical team is responsible for providing high-quality, multi-disciplinary support to Global Manufacturing operating facilities (Refineries, NGLF, and petrochemical plants) within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and globally.

Your primary role is to provide in-depth process engineering and operations expertise to monitor, optimize, and drive performance improvement programs for refineries' SRU & SWS, including remote and on-site technical advisory support, benchmarking, and technology knowledge management.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Conduct regular performance reviews of existing SRU & SWS facilities and analyze KPIs related to operability, profitability, reliability, and process safety.
• Develop and present quarterly benchmarking reports with actionable improvement recommendations.
• Provide hands-on support in implementing performance improvement initiatives, demonstrating measurable results in closing identified gaps.
• Lead benchmarking and best practices exchange workshops among Global Manufacturing facilities, facilitating knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Develop and distribute bi-monthly SRU & SWS technical best practices bulletins, ensuring knowledge dissemination across Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Deliver on-demand remote and field technical advisory support, including troubleshooting, start-up/shutdown activities, capacity test runs, and technology pilot testing and provide detailed service reports for each support activity.
• Collaborate with Global Manufacturing facilities engineers to identify and implement cost optimization and process improvement initiatives, focusing on "low-hanging fruits" that require minimal capital investment.
• Conduct internal assessments of SRU & SWS process engineering standards, ensuring alignment with Saudi Aramco engineering standards and supporting their implementation across Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Participate in Business Plan development, coordinating with stakeholders on capital investments for SRU & SWS units and supporting techno-economic evaluations.
• Evaluate and recommend new SRU & SWS technologies and coordinate with relevant departments for assessment and piloting support.
• Actively participate in external benchmarking activities with industry bodies such as Japan Cooperation Council Petroleum (JCCP) and Gulf Downstream Association (GDA).
• You will hold a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related specialization. An advanced degree is preferred.
• A minimum of 15 years of total refinery or gas plants process units experience, with at least 10 years of hands-on experience in handling SRUs/TGTU/SWS plants.
• You will be able to optimize SRU & SWS operations, with specific examples of performance improvements achieved.
• You will have in-depth knowledge of SRU/TGTU process licensor technologies.
• You will have a proven track record of conducting technical troubleshooting, start-up, shutdown, and capacity test runs for SRU & SWS units.
• You will have strong proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools specific to SRU & SWS performance metrics.
• You will have strong management and coordination skills, with experience in stakeholder management
• You will also have excellent computer and presentation skills.

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.

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.