Instrument Engineer

Aramco Overseas Company UK Ltd; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Instrument Engineer to join their dynamic team at a major refinery. This role involves providing expert instrumentation engineering support, including the design, installation, and maintenance of complex systems. The successful candidate will leverage their extensive experience to troubleshoot and optimize instrumentation, ensuring operational excellence. This innovative firm offers an environment rich in professional development opportunities, where employees can tackle significant technical challenges and contribute to world-scale projects. If you are passionate about engineering and ready to make a real impact, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of Instrument Engineering experience in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Strong knowledge of codes and standards like API, BS, ISO, ASME.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for various types of instrumentation systems.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation and control complications using DCS and PLC.
• Participate in HAZOP and Safety Integrated Limit assessments.

Skills

Instrumentation Engineering

Troubleshooting Skills

Analytical Skills

Technical Support

Designing Instrumentation Systems

Education

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering

Tools

DCS

PLC

Vibration Monitoring Systems

Asset Management System

Smart Positioner Software

Job 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 Instrument Engineer to join our Process Control and Instrumentation Unit (PC&IU) within Yanbu Refinery Engineering Division.

Yanbu Refinery is a 250 MBD capacity refinery located in the west coast of Saudi Arabia and responsible for meeting the demand of refined products like Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel in the western region of Saudi Arabia.

Your primary role is to provide instrumentation engineering expertise including designing, developing, installing, managing, troubleshooting and maintaining instrumentation systems, across multiple units within Yanbu Refinery.

Key Responsibilities

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

1. Provide technical support for material and design for all types of instrumentation, level, flow, temperature, pressure, control valves, Emergency Isolation Valves, Motor Operated Valve and Relief Valves utilizing Aramco and applicable international standards.
2. Apply basic operating knowledge of DCS, ESD, PLC Vibration Monitoring Systems (VMS), Compressor Control Systems (CCS) for the troubleshooting of instrumentation and control complications by utilizing trends, loop drawings and I/O cross reference.
3. Apply basic knowledge of H2S, LEL, pH, conductivity, O2 analyzer, CO/CO2 analyzer, fire & gas detectors and gas chromatographs.
4. Work with Process P&IDs, loop drawings and Operation, Engineering and Maintenance manuals.
5. Plant problem troubleshooting, plant optimization, resolving instrumentation and operational issues and improving performance by applying experience and lessons learned.
6. Lead and/or participate in investigation of incidents applying 5Why's technique and/or Tap Root. Produce investigation reports and coordinate investigation related activities with other disciplines.
7. Participate in plant HAZOP and Safety Integrated Limit (SIL) assessment studies and implementation.
8. Participate in Bad Actor Program and identify critical risky instrumentation.
9. Work with smart diagnostic tools like Asset Management System, Smart Positioner software, Guided wave Radar Transmitter tools of various manufacturers and other tools.

Minimum Requirements

1. As the successful candidate you must hold a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, instrumentation and Control Engineering or equivalent.
2. You should have at least 12 years of experience as an Instrument Engineering providing technical support and design within the Oil and gas industry.
3. Instrument related certifications, such as Functional Safety Engineer (TUV) or ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) are a plus.
4. You should be able to demonstrate strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in the field of instrumentation and metering systems.
5. You should have experience in designing Instrumentation systems.
6. You should be able to demonstrate Technical Support Experience and troubleshooting as an Instrument Engineer.
7. You should also have proficiency in the codes and standards within the oil and gas industry, i.e., API, BS, ISO, ASME, ANSI, IEC, ISA, IEEE, etc.
8. You should have Strong written and oral communication skills and proficiency with Microsoft based software (Word, excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

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.

Country/Region: SA