Lead Engineer

Company profile; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy company is seeking an experienced professional in Power Systems Reliability and Asset Integrity Management for its operations in Saudi Arabia. The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. Responsibilities include developing reliability models and managing high voltage equipment. This position offers a challenging work environment and the opportunity to work on world-scale projects.

Benefits

Investment in talent development

Competitive remuneration

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical Industry, or Power utility.
• Familiarity with reliability programs such as RAM, RCM, RMS, MTBF.
• Certifications like CMRP, CRE, TapRooT Analyst, or Six Sigma are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop a RAM model for electrical substations.
• Manage Power Systems HV Electrical Equipment Life Cycle Management.
• Provide technical guidance for risk and reliability assessments.

Skills

Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) modeling

Risk-based maintenance methodology

Data analysis techniques

High Voltage Electrical Equipment management

Education

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SAP system

Job description

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the worlds 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 Aramcos 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 Kingdoms 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

Conducts special studies and performs engineering analysis, development, design, coordinate and control of assigned projects within any one of the recognized engineering fields. Job requires that incumbents have training, knowledge and ability in his engineering specialty, a working knowledge of related engineering fields, applicable codes and standards.

Duties & Responsibilities

You will be required to perform the following:

• Develop a Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) model for the electrical substations and distribution network.
• Develop and align specific RCM process focused on equipment function (not just design), enabling targeted identification and mitigation of functional failures.
• Develop, manage, update and monitor implementation of short and long-term asset management policy, strategy, initiatives and work plans for power system asset and ensure alignment with overall company Strategic Asset Management Program.
• Manage PS owned Substations by deploying Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) Program.
• Manage Power Systems HV Electrical Equipment Life Cycle Managements Process.
• Evaluate risk-based maintenance methodology based on likelihood and consequences.
• Provide technical guidance and tools in the area of risk and reliability assessment and management to work groups involved with distribution infrastructure replacement, substation infrastructure replacement, and transmission infrastructure replacement.
• Perform Asset failure trending and analysis. Identify repetitive failures and perform RCA to avoid reoccurrence of failures.
• Perform data analysis using techniques (APM, RCA, Six Sigma (6σ) etc..). Calculate and update the asset KPIs. Issue reliability program monthly reports (MTBF, MTTR, bad actors, etc) updating the equipment health progress, and reporting failures and successes.
• Provide technical information for field unreliability events backed up with equipment history & process data intended for area maintenance. Review the PM Defect Reports and evaluate corrective actions. Communicate with venders, suppliers and manufacturers for equipment reliability support.
• Supervise the documentation and development of asset inventory for each class of assets, asset condition, level of service and performance, risk signature, maintenance strategies, repair/replacement models, financial forecasts, and tactical and work plans.

Minimum Requirements

As the successful candidate you need the following:

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Working on High Voltage Electrical Equipment.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical Industry or Power utility in the field of Power Systems Reliability & Asset Integrity Management.
• Familiarity with reliability programs such as (RAM, RCM, RMS, MTBF, Bad actors, etc.) including SAP system or equivalent computerized systems.
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), TapRooT Analyst or 6 Sigma Certification.

Job Posting Duration

Job posting start date: 08/27/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

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 worlds 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.