Turnaround Engineer - Relocate to Saudi Arabia

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Turnaround Engineer to join their Maintenance Solution Department. This pivotal role involves managing turnaround processes for refining and petrochemical plants, ensuring quality and safety through best practices and innovative solutions. Candidates will leverage their extensive experience in turnaround management, utilizing advanced planning software and risk management techniques to drive efficiency and effectiveness. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading organization in the global energy sector, where your expertise will play a crucial role in enhancing operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Turnaround Management in Oil & Gas Downstream sector.
• Experience with turnaround planning software and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead turnaround assurance reviews and improve outcomes.
• Motivate teams to implement best practices and enhance quality.

Skills

Turnaround Management

Project Management

Risk Management

Cost Optimization

SAP Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

Prometheus

Primavera P6

ROSER

Job description

Candidates must relocate to Saudi Arabia.

Title: Turnaround Engineer

Job Req ID: 15371

Description:

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 Turnaround Engineer to join the Maintenance Solution Department (MSD) under Global Manufacturing Excellence (GME).

MSD is responsible for providing maintenance technical consultations, towards a best-in-class maintenance organization through conducting selective maintenance assessments, turnaround assurances, and deploying cutting-edge technologies and best practices across the Global Manufacturing portfolio.

The primary role is to provide turnaround management services for refining and petrochemical plants of SAUDI ARAMCO (SA) downstream sector. The services will cover coordination with SA wholly owned assets, affiliates, affiliate management, and other related corporate functions such as the Corporate Maintenance Services Department.

Key Responsibilities

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

1. Assist / Lead turnaround assurance review or cold-eye review of turnaround preparation of different facilities to ensure predictable outcomes and improvements.
2. Review the progress and quality of deliverables during the turnaround lifecycle and all phases, providing convincing recommendations for improvements.
3. Work as an influencer and motivate turnaround planning teams across different facilities to implement best practices, lessons learned, and enhance quality, safety, and competitiveness.
4. Review implementation of stage-gated turnaround processes in different facilities.
5. Assist / Conduct risk management workshops for turnarounds at different facilities.
6. Assist / Conduct scope challenge workshops for turnarounds at different facilities.
7. Assist / Conduct schedule challenge workshops for turnarounds at different facilities.
8. Assist / Review Key Performance Indicators for turnarounds.
9. Stay updated on significant technological developments that can improve turnaround performance.
10. Lead and run a Community of Practice to collect and disseminate best practices and knowledge among all refining and petrochemical assets.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will hold:

1. A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a recognized and approved program. A Mechanical Engineering degree is preferred.
2. At least 12 years of experience in Turnaround Management, including planning and execution in the Oil & Gas Downstream sector (Refining & Petrochemicals).
3. Experience with turnaround planning software such as Prometheus, ROSER, Primavera P6, or other end-to-end solutions for turnaround and outage management.
4. Knowledge and experience in the turnaround stage-gated concept.
5. Experience in conducting turnaround assurance is preferred.
6. Understanding of competitiveness and Solomon indices related to turnaround performance.
7. Experience in turnaround budgeting and cost optimization.
8. Experience in contracting strategy, scope preparation, and technical bid evaluation for turnaround contracts.
9. Experience in managing turnaround materials and resources.
10. Experience in close-out activities such as critique, post-turnaround reports, and lessons learned documentation.
11. Experience in turnaround risk management.
12. Experience in cost benchmarking such as Solomon is preferable.
13. Proficiency in SAP system.
14. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.