Crisis and Business Continuity Advisor

Saudi Aramco; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Aramco is seeking a Crisis and Business Continuity Advisor to join the Corporate Emergency Management and Continuity (CEMAC) Organization. You will contribute to governing, developing, executing, maintaining, and exercising business continuity and crisis management plans to ensure resilient operations.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering, 10+ years of relevant experience including leadership in continuity or crisis management, and professional qualifications such as CBCP; strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience; at least 5 years in a leading role in business continuity or crisis management.
• Professional qualification in Crisis Management or Business Continuity Management (e.g., CBCP).
• Strong knowledge of business continuity, crisis management, and ISO 22301.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with advanced digital data analysis.
• Experience with emergency management, safety and health, IT, risk management, governance practices.
• Ability to work with senior management and cross-functional teams; self-motivated; capable in unstructured tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to implement, maintain and enhance business continuity and crisis management.
• Develop and continually improve policies, strategies, plans, and manuals.
• Plan and conduct site reviews of crisis & business continuity maturity.
• Support emergency monitoring room during elevated incidents.
• Coordinate training and executive briefings on crisis management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Digital skills

Risk management

Emergency management

IT knowledge

Project management

Governance practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Advanced degree preferred

CBCP or equivalent

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Crisis and Business Continuity Advisor to join our Corporate Emergency Management and Continuity (CEMAC) Organization.

CEMAC is responsible for implementing, maintaining and enhancing business continuity, crisis management and resilience programs in Saudi Aramco and its group of companies. Its objective is to ensure sustainable resiliency that protects Saudi Aramco's interests, minimizes business disruption, and reduces reputational risks. It also ensures that incidents involving Saudi Aramco interests that have the potential to cause significant loss of life, property, reputation, or business interruptions are managed adequately.

Your primary role is to contribute to the corporate frameworks of governing, developing, executing, maintaining, reviewing, enhancing, exercising, assessing, corporate emergency management and continuity plans addressing industrial (i.e hydrocarbon) and nonindustrial (i.e. non-hydrocarbon) incidents to assure Saudi Aramco’s ability to operate optimally during a crisis.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Provide expert advice to help implement, maintain & enhance business continuity, crisis management and resilience in Company’s operations and ensuring plans and strategies are appropriately managed.
• Develop, maintain, and continually improve business continuity and crisis management policies, strategies, plans, procedures, and manuals.
• Initiate, review and assess proposals related to corporate initiatives for business continuity and crisis management requirements.
• Implement and maintain business continuity and crisis management frameworks, systems, and processes at company and corporate/group level.
• Plan and conduct frequent site visits to review and assess organizations and Affiliates crisis & business continuity compliance and maturity.
• Advance implementation of designated analytical and digital tools to support decision analysis and information gathering related to business continuity, and crisis management.
• Assess effectiveness of assigned risk management programs and risk management frameworks.
• Develop and maintain corporate communication plans for crisis management.
• Establish and test crisis communication protocols with stakeholders, including joint ventures and government agencies.
• Assume assigned responsibilities to facilitate and support Emergency Monitoring Room (EMR) during an elevated incident.
• Conduct training needs assessments for crisis management, including executive training and field training.

Minimum Requirements

• You will hold a Bachelor’s degree in a recognized field of engineering. Advanced degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience (preferably within the Oil and Gas industry). Including 5 years minimum in a leading role in Business Continuity or Crisis Management.
• Professional qualification in Crisis Management or Business Continuity Management such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of business continuity and crisis management best practices, including ISO 22301.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with advanced digital skills to conduct data analysis.
• Experience with emergency management, safety and health, project management, IT, risk management, and continuity of operations procedures, and governance practices.
• Ability to work with senior management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams while maintaining effective working relationships.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision on relatively unstructured tasks.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle crisis situations.

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 Post Duration

Job posting start date: 12/25/2025

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.