Delayed Coker Visbreaker Specialist - Refinery Experience Only

Saudi Aramco; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 46,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramco seeks an experienced Delayed Coker/Visbreaker Engineering Specialist to join the Operation Engineering Solutions Department. The role provides in-depth process engineering support for refineries globally, with remote and on-site advisory duties to boost performance and reliability.

The successful candidate will lead benchmarking, implement performance improvements, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize coker/visbreaker units in line with industry standards and safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years in refinery/petrochemical industry with 10+ years in delayed coker/visbreaker.
• Proven optimization of delayed coker/visbreaker operations with measurable results.
• Deep knowledge of delayed coker/visbreaker processes, equipment and systems.
• Strong understanding of ASME, API, NFPA standards for fired equipment.
• Experience in inspection, failure analysis and advanced NDE techniques.
• Proficiency in Aspen Hysys, ANSYS and HTRI; remaining life calculations for heater tubes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct performance reviews of delayed coker/visbreaker facilities and KPI analysis.
• Develop quarterly benchmarking reports with actionable improvements.
• Provide remote and on-site technical advisory support; debottlenecking and revamps.
• Lead best practices exchanges among Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Prepare detailed service reports for each advisory activity.
• Coordinate with process, mechanical, instrumentation, and electrical teams.
• Audit equipment to ensure safety, environmental and quality compliance.
• Evaluate new technologies for delayed coker/visbreaker optimization.

Skills

delayed coker

visbreaker

process engineering

ASME codes

API standards

NDE techniques

Education

Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Aspen Hysys

ANSYS

HTRI

Job description

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Title: Delayed Coker Visbreaker Specialist - Refinery Experience Only

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 Delayed Coker/Visbreaker Engineering Specialist to join the 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' delayed Coker and visbreaker, including both 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 comprehensive performance reviews of existing delayed coker/visbreaker 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 from quarterly benchmarking reports.
• Lead benchmarking and best practices exchange workshops among Global Manufacturing facilities (wholly-owned and affiliates), and facilitate knowledge sharing and continuous improvement in delayed coker/visbreaker technologies.
• Deliver on-demand remote and field technical advisory support, including troubleshooting, optimization, debottlenecking, revamp, and upgrade activities and provide detailed service reports for each support activity.
• Drive performance improvement programs that enhance process safety, optimize manufacturing costs, and increase plant reliability for delayed coker/visbreaker units.
• Develop and implement best practices and standards for delayed coker/visbreaker engineering and maintenance, while ensuring alignment with industry standards and regulations.
• Provide expert technical support to project teams and contractors for delayed coker/visbreaker engineering and procurement activities.
• Coordinate with other disciplines (process, mechanical, instrumentation, and electrical) to ensure optimal performance and integration of delayed coker/visbreaker equipment.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections of delayed coker/visbreaker equipment to ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality regulations and standards.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and innovations for delayed coker/visbreaker improvement and optimization.

Minimum Requirements

• You will hold a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or a related field. An advanced degree is preferred.
• You will have a minimum of 15 years of experience across the refinery and/or petrochemical industry, with at least 10 years of hands-on experience in delayed coker/visbreaker specialty.
• You will be able to optimize delayed coker/visbreaker operations, with specific examples of performance improvements achieved.
• You will have comprehensive knowledge of delayed coker/visbreaker processes, equipment, and systems in refining and petrochemical industries.
• You will have deep understanding of ASME Section VIII Divisions 1 & 2, ASME Section I, API-530, API-535, API-537, API-560, API-579, API-936, and NFPA standards applicable to fired equipment.
• You will have Significant experience in inspection and failure analysis of delayed coker/visbreaker equipment.
• You will have proficiency in basic and advanced NDE techniques related to delayed coker/visbreaker equipment.
• High level of proficiency in using software tools related to delayed coker/visbreaker engineering and design, such as Aspen Hysys, ANSYS, and HTRI.
• You will have knowledge of remaining life calculations for heater tubes and refractory design and repair.
• You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to prepare and present technical reports to various audiences.
• You will also have strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Work Location and Work Schedule

Work location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer

Work schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer

Job Posting Duration

Job posting start date: 01/07/2026

Job posting end date: 12/31/2026

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.