Protection & Control Engineer

Saudi Aramco; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 31,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramco is seeking a Protection & Control Engineer to join the Technical Services Division. The role focuses on protection system design, relay settings, system modeling, and power system studies to ensure asset integrity and continuous power supply.

You will own and govern ETAP models, support standardization, and provide technical guidance across projects. Strong experience with ETAP, PSCAD, and international standards is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in power system protection and control with system studies and relay settings.
• Experience in protection of transformers, motors, transmission lines and distribution systems.
• Advanced proficiency in ETAP including Load flow, Short-circuit, coordination, Arc flash and transient studies.
• Practical experience using PSCAD for EMT and complex system analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct protection relay settings calculations, coordination reviews, and verification for power systems.
• Lead or support disturbance investigations, relay event analysis, fault reconstruction and root cause analysis.
• Review protection philosophies, relay settings files, and system study reports.
• Develop and maintain ETAP power system models and ensure data integrity across projects.

Skills

Power system protection

Relay settings

ETAP

PSCAD

Power system studies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

PSCAD

Job description

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 a Protection & Control Engineer to join the Technical Services Division.

The Technical Services Division is responsible for providing and managing highly technical and specialized engineering services to support safe, reliable, and efficient operation of Saudi Aramco’s electrical transmission and distribution networks. The Division also provides services in power system protection, control, and advanced system studies to ensure asset integrity, personnel safety, and continuity of power supply.

Your primary role is to provide specialized technical support services related to protection system design, relay settings, system modeling, and power system studies. Your role also includes ownership and governance of power system models, supporting standardization, data integrity, and continuous improvement across projects and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct protection relay settings calculations, coordination reviews, and verification for transmission, distribution, and industrial power systems.
• Lead or support power system disturbance and interruption investigations, including relay event analysis, fault reconstruction, and root cause analysis.
• Provide technical review for protection philosophies, relay settings files, system study reports, and engineering deliverables.
• Review, support development, and update company standards, guidelines, and procedures related to protection, control, and power system studies.
• Perform and validate load flow, short-circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, and transient stability studies using Electrical Transient Analyzer Program (ETAP).
• Perform arc flash hazard analyses and support mitigation strategies in accordance with IEEE, NFPA, and Saudi Aramco standards.
• Conduct transient and electromagnetic studies (e.g., switching transients, motor starting, system response) using ETAP and PSCAD.
• Support commissioning, site testing, troubleshooting, and post-event analysis of protection and control systems.
• Develop, maintain, and govern ETAP power system models, ensuring accuracy, consistency, version control, and alignment across projects, operations, and studies.
• Provide technical consultation to operations and maintenance teams to enhance system reliability, selectivity, and resilience.
• Support digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives related to protection systems, power system modeling, analytics, and engineering workflows.
• Interface with vendors, consultants, and contractors to ensure compliance with Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards and international codes.
• Represent the organization in industry forums, technical committees, and professional working groups related to power system protection and analysis.
• Prepare high-quality technical reports, presentations, and knowledge-sharing materials.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring where required.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate, you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university. An advanced degree is a plus.
• You will have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in power system protection and control, with direct involvement in system studies, relay settings, and operational investigations within oil & gas, utilities, industrial facilities, or equipment manufacturers.
• You will have a background in protection of transformers, motors, transmission lines, and distribution systems.
• You will be able to demonstrate advanced proficiency in ETAP, including model governance and execution of Load flow, Short-circuit, rotation coordination, Arc flash analysis, and Transient and dynamic studies.
• You will have practical experience using PSCAD for electromagnetic transient (EMT) and complex system behavior analysis.
• You will have knowledge of ANSI and IEC protection philosophies, relay technologies, and control schemes.
• You will be familiar with IEEE, IEC, NFPA, and Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards (SAES).
• You will have capability in power system event analysis, fault investigations, and root cause analysis.
• You will have strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.
• Professional Engineering (PE) certifications or equivalent is a plus.

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

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.