Downstream Optimization Engineer

Aramco; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Downstream Optimization Engineer to join their Business Optimization Department. This role involves conducting techno-economic analyses to identify optimization opportunities within downstream assets, enhancing profitability, and mentoring junior engineers. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, this company offers a dynamic working environment where your expertise will contribute to global energy solutions. Join a team that values professional development and tackles some of the world's most significant challenges in the energy sector.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in business optimization for chemicals and refining.
• Strong technical and economic background required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct techno-economic analysis of optimization opportunities.
• Evaluate growth project proposals and assist in capital programs.
• Mentor junior engineering talent for career progression.

Skills

Business Optimization

Financial Analysis

Technical Evaluation

Mentoring

Cross-Cultural Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

MBA or relevant advanced degree

Job description

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity 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 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 Downstream Optimization Engineer to join our Business Optimization Department (BMO).

The Business Optimization Department is responsible for Downstream assets’ operation planning, profit and loss, development and coordination of the capital program in line with the Downstream strategy, and value creation through assets and streams optimization and integration.

Your primary role is to conduct techno-economic analysis of potential optimization and growth opportunities of DS assets. Accordingly, you will need to have a strong technical and economic/business background and experience.

Key Responsibilities

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

1. Address and tackle constraints identified in the system through Solomon benchmarking analysis and input from the Sales & Operation Planning Division.
2. Review actual operations Downstream facilities debottlenecks and recommend mitigation measures.
3. Identify and propose value-driven opportunities to enhance overall profitability on individual asset as well as regional levels.
4. Evaluate growth project proposals and JV offtake arrangements.
5. Assist in the development of technical evaluation and economic justification of Capital Programs.
6. Prepare project justifications for presentation to Corporate Management.
7. Perform system and economic evaluations of existing and potential refining and chemicals facilities.
8. Evaluate major refinery and petrochemical process configuration set-up, and conduct refinery and petrochemical complex integration improvement studies.
9. Prepare and make presentations to Corporate Management on refining and chemical facilities issues.
10. Mentor junior engineering talent to aid career progression.

Minimum Requirements

1. As a successful candidate, you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering; MBA or a relevant advanced degree is strongly preferred.
2. Minimum of 12+ years of professional experience in business optimization for major chemicals and refining projects, and a deep understanding of associated operations and integration of assets.
3. Excellent understanding of financial analysis and valuation methodologies, commercial principles and mechanisms related to a transaction, and various types of commercial transactions.
4. Expert in international business and cross-cultural professional practices.

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.