Operational Excellence Specialist

Saudi Aramco; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Aramco is seeking an Operational Excellence (OE) Professional to join the OECOE within Engineering Services. The role focuses on data analytics to support OEMS deployment and sustained OE performance, reporting to management with actionable insights.

Responsibilities include coordinating OE programs, PDCA-driven improvements, risk mitigation, and delivering OE trainings. Work location is in Saudi Arabia and involves full-time engagement with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering is required.
• MBA is required.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in oil, gas or petrochemical industry, or PM experience in quality management and operational excellence.
• Certified in OE/quality management (e.g., EFQM, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt) is essential.
• Fluent English written and spoken with strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong MS Office skills; Power BI and Minitab are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Engage with OE teams to achieve operational excellence per Aramco standards and policies.
• Support OE internal assessments and develop action plans for improvements.
• Conduct OE gap analyses using PDCA and track progress of actions.
• Develop OE action plans to close gaps and monitor implementation.
• Identify risks hindering OE deployment and contribute to risk mitigation.
• Participate in due diligence assessments and prepare assessment reports and recommendations.
• Assist in OE training delivery and knowledge sharing activities.
• Support process optimization and strategy development workshops.

Skills

English proficiency

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering

MBA

Tools

Power BI

Minitab

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Title: Operational Excellence Specialist

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

Engineering Services are seeking an Operational Excellence (OE) Professional to join our Operational Excellence Center of Excellence (OECOE) within Engineering Services.

OECOE are responsible for supporting implementation of OE management system across Aramco organization via developing annual schedule, conduct data analytics to identify issues and provide solution and ensure high quality reports to customer.

Your primary role to conduct data analytics to get insights that supports OEMS proper deployment and sustained excellence performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with OE teams in achieving overall operational excellence in compliance with Saudi Aramco standards, policies and regulations, objectives and targets.
• Support OE internal assessments, writes assessment reports, and develops action plans and recommendations and related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
• Support operational excellence gap analysis based on the Plan, Do, Check and Adjust (PDCA) quality cycle, and related activities.
• Support the development of OE action plans to close OE gaps and follows up on implementation progress.
• Participate in the Identification of risks hindering OE active deployment and in developing risk mitigation measures to improve overall department OE performance, and engages in OE performance dialogues.
• Participate in OE integrated or “Due Diligence” corporate assessments, writing assessment reports, development of recommendations and action plans related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
• Engage in identifying and controlling of hazards, as well as developing and following up on recommendations as applicable.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of OE performance presentations to management as required, and maintains department OE manual and procedures, benchmarks, best practices, and OE knowledge sharing activities.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of operational excellence training courses.
• Support process optimization (Continuous Improvement) and strategy development workshops.

Minimum Requirements

• You must hold a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering.
• You will also hold a Master Degree in Business Administration.
• You will have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry. Or Project management experience in quality management and operational excellence.

• Operational excellence/quality management assessment international certification (e.g., EFQM, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, etc.) is essential.

• Ability to communicate fluently in English both in writing and orally, and strong communication skills in delivering (training/presentations/report writing) is also required.

• Strong Computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Power BI and Minitab are desirable.

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 Posting Duration

Job Posting Start Date: 1/18/2026

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.