Maintenance Engineering Specialist (Relocation to Saudi Arabia is required)

aramco; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 8,951,000 - 14,066,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramco is seeking a Maintenance Engineering Specialist to join the Maintenance Solution Department in Saudi Arabia. This permanent full‑time expat position requires relocation and offers a comprehensive relocation package.

The role focuses on developing maintenance programs, conducting performance benchmarking, and driving cost‑effective improvements across Global Manufacturing facilities. The candidate will analyze maintenance data, manage budgets, and lead planning, scheduling, and KPI reviews

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering; Mechanical preferred.
• 10+ years in Oil & Gas downstream sector.
• Strong maintenance program expertise and hands‑on experience.
• Experience with RAM/RBM and TPM concepts.
• Proven procurement and budgeting experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance processes, strategies, and health assessments per GME and corporate standards.
• Perform data driven analyses to benchmark performance and close gaps.
• Review KPIs and trends to drive improvements and cost control.
• Lead planning, scheduling, and work prioritization for maintenance activities.
• Collaborate with engineering and vendors to design alternatives and reduce downtime.
• Support field maintenance with approved programs (TPRM, reliability models).

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Maintenance planning

Data-driven analysis

Risk-based maintenance

Budgeting & spending control

Leadership & collaboration

Spare parts procurement

Reliability analysis

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor degree in Engineering

Mechanical Engineering degree preferred

Tools

SAP/CMMS

Job description

This position requires full relocation to Saudi Arabia. It is a permanent full time Expat position with an attractive relocation package.

Please note only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Overview:

We are seeking a Maintenance Engineering Specialist to join Maintenance Solution Department (MSD) under Global Manufacturing Excellence.

MSD is responsible for providing specialized and timely maintenance engineering support to Global Manufacturing operating facilities.

The primary role is to provide technical expertise pertaining to the development, launching, and assessment of various maintenance programs, processes, procedures and best practices for Global Manufacturing facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

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

• Develop maintenance processes, maintenance management strategy, work and performance management strategy and conduct Maintenance health assessment in line with GME and corporate requirements. This includes PM and PdM strategies, Organization structures, manpower analysis, cost analysis, etc., and appraise and prepare reports on the effectiveness of such processes.
• Conduct data driven analyses to benchmark maintenance organization’s performance to identify gaps and set sustainable plan to close the gaps. This includes, but not limited to: Spending Analysis, Maintenance Effectiveness, operating costs of existing assets, PM, and PdM, Wrench time analysis, SAP Taxonomy, Planning & Scheduling, Personnel Competency, Budgeting Strategy, Bad Actors, and RAM Modeling.
• Analyze facilities’ maintenance performance to establish reference baseline & issue frequent maintenance benchmarking reports to promote knowledge.
• Review maintenance reporting mechanism and KPIs along with their trends to drive performance and provide recommendations accordingly.
• Analyze maintenance spending in terms of manpower, equipment, materials procurement and outsource strategies.
• Assist the line maintenance organizations in the implementation of approved programs such as TPRM or GM reliability model.
• Develop methods and programs for handling new situations in maintenance fields. This will include prototype pumps, motors, compressors, turbines, valves, instrument systems and computer systems.
• Design, in conjunction with engineering personnel and vendor representatives, alternative parts or systems.
• Represent AMSD on standing Committees, Special Task Groups or Ad Hoc Committees.
• Recommend work which can be economically assigned to contractor organizations and develops scope of work.
• You will hold a Bachelor degree in Engineering from a recognized and approved program. A Mechanical Engineering Degree is preferred.
• You will have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas downstream Sector.
• You will be able to demonstrate high degree of technical competence in the area of maintenance programs and practices.
• You have experience with risk-based processes such as Reliability-Centered Maintenance & Risk Based Maintenance
• You have experience with TotalProductive Maintenance
• You must have strong hands-on experience with Spare Parts and Materials procurement strategies
• You will have Best-in-class Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Work Prioritization experience
• You must have strong Experience with Maintenance budgeting and spending control methodologies.
• You will have Experience in field maintenance methodologies, processes, and procedures.
• You will be able to demonstrate experience with CMMS such as SAP