Heater & Refractory Specialist - Relocate to Saudi Arabia

aramco; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Heater & Refractory Specialist to join their Global Manufacturing Excellence Team. This full-time role involves providing technical support for heaters and refractory systems, conducting analyses, and collaborating with engineering experts. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the Oil & Gas sector, particularly in downstream operations. Join a company that values innovation and invests in talent development, offering a challenging yet rewarding environment. This position requires relocation to Saudi Arabia, providing an opportunity to work on world-scale projects in a dynamic setting.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Training and Development Programs

Competitive Salary

Health Insurance

Pension Plan

Qualifications

• 15 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry, focusing on heaters & refractory.
• Deep knowledge of codes and standards applicable to heaters.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analyses related to design and applications engineering for heaters.
• Provide technical support to maintenance organizations and resolve heater issues.

Skills

Heater Design

Refractory Materials

Failure Analysis

Inspection Techniques

Technical Support

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Advanced Degree in Engineering

Tools

ASME Standards

API Standards

Job description

Heater & Refractory Specialist - Relocate to Saudi Arabia

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Heater & Refractory Specialist

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 an experienced Heater & Refractory Engineer to join our Global Manufacturing Excellence Team under Reliability Solutions Department (RSD)

RSD is a multi-disciplinary organization that provides engineering support to Saudi Aramco Global Manufacturing wholly owned and affiliates’ facilities (Refining, NGL Processing, and Petrochemicals). This includes reliability, inspection, corrosion management, static equipment, rotating equipment, electrical equipment, instrumentation and control support.

Your primary role as a Heater & Refractory Engineer is to provide technical support to operating facilities, projects, and the deployment of new technologies pertaining to heaters integrity. You will also conduct technical studies and analyses for heaters. You will work jointly with subject matter experts of various engineering disciplines. In addition, you will coach, and support the training and development of junior engineers within the team.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Conduct simple and complex analyses related to the design, specification, and applications engineering tasks associated with heaters & refractory.
• Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer fired equipment packages suitable for design needs for a reliable, cost-effective, and efficient operation.
• Select and implement appropriate designs for fired equipment.
• Perform field troubleshooting & technical assessment for heaters & refractory.
• Participate in major turnarounds and emergency plant shutdowns providing support to resolve heaters & refractory issues
• Provide technical support to maintenance organizations.
• Calculate remaining life of heater tubes and provide safe and optimized tube replacement schedule.
• Perform investigations of heaters & refractory failures to identify root cause(s) and to prevent reoccurrence of such failures.
• Developing repair procedures as required.
• Review detailed drawings and material specification as requested.
• Participate in HAZOP Studies review.

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar. An advanced degree is preferable.
• 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry’s downstream sector, with a minimum of 10 years working with heaters & refractory
• Able to demonstrate knowledge encompassing fired heaters, refractory, flares, incinerators, boilers, SCRs, and similar systems including auxiliaries, related to Refining, NGL, and petrochemical industries.
• Deep knowledge of various codes and standards including ASME Section VIII Divisions 1 & 2, ASME Section I, API-530, API-535, API-537, API-560, API-579, API-936 and NFPA standards, and others applicable to heaters and refractory.
• Able to demonstrate significant experience in inspection and failure analysis of heaters and refractory
• Deep understanding of remaining life calculations and fitness for service of fired heaters and refractory
• Significant understanding of refractory design, materials, application, and repair

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.

Country/Region: SA

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering, Business Development, and Consulting

• Industries

  Oil and Gas and Engineering Services

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