Application Engineer

Alkhorayef Petroleum Company; Dammam; On-site; SAR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading petroleum services firm in Eastern Province, Dammam, seeks an experienced engineer to design and troubleshoot ESP solutions. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and at least 7 years of relevant experience, particularly in application engineering and customer relations management. The role requires a focus on performance optimization and effective communication with clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in ESP oilfield rig and maintenance operations.
• 2+ years in ESP Application Engineering.
• Experience with customer relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Design ESP solutions for wells using SubPump software.
• Analyse and troubleshoot ESP technical problems.
• Monitor daily ESP and well status.

Skills

ESP application knowledge

Troubleshooting

Customer relationship management

Engineering software (subpump)

Cost control

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering/ Electrical or Petroleum

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Designs ESP solutions for wells, using SubPump software, as per client data.
• Analyses and troubleshoots ESP technical problems.
• Minimizes ESP failure and improve its run life.
• Explore enhancement technologies and new Technologies.
• Explores enhancement technologies and new innovations to strengthen performance and deliver added value to clients.
• Follows up on monthly maintenance invoicing, installation report tickets with clients.
• Handles daily, weekly, monthly running ESP status monitoring and sends performance reports/ dashboard reports to clients.
• Monitors consumption levels of ESP systems spare parts to avoid shortages and communicates replenishment requests to Inventory Manager.
• Conducts monthly inventory checks to reconcile discrepancies amongst actual vs. system indicated consumable parts.
• Monitors material costs across operations and works to improve Gross Margin (GM) per field through effective cost control and optimization.
• Visits with clients periodically to understand and respond to their ESP systems application specs/ requirements and coordinates internal efforts to meet such demands.
• Manages and guides field operations staff in all aspects of ESP systems installation, troubleshooting, pre-commissioning and commissioning, and sends commissioning reports to clients, confirming ESP system suitability as per specs.
• Monitors daily ESP and well status, collets monthly well data from ESP monitoring tool and analyse data to check ESP performance.
• Monitors and leverages ESP installation KPIs.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering/ Electrical or Petroleum.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in ESP oilfield rig and maintenance operations is required, including at least 2 years in ESP Application Engineering.
• Previous ESP applications, troubleshooting, installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning experience is required.
• Previous experience with special engineering software for ESP Design and Well Performance Modelling (subpump) is required.
• Previous Customer Relationship Management experience is required.
• Previous Oil and Gas upstream processes’ experience is required.