Production Engineer - Utilities

Schema; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Schema is seeking a Chemical Engineer to provide process and engineering support across production units in Saudi Arabia. The role emphasizes improving process capability, efficiency, and quality while maintaining cost discipline and adherence to EHS standards.

You will lead cost control efforts, support plant turnarounds, and work with licensing and technical teams to implement changes. Strong problem solving and collaboration skills are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and process expertise to improve efficiency and quality within production budget.
• Identify debottlenecks and profit opportunities with licensing and technical support groups.
• Manage chemical, catalyst, and additives processes including BOMs, consumption trends and delivery schedules.
• Support plant commissioning and turnaround activities.
• Lead MOC process for unit changes and update SOPs accordingly.
• Prepare operating and capital expense budgets; liaise between project engineering and operations.
• Monitor monthly costs to ensure budgeted projections are followed.
• Coordinate shutdowns and startups with TA planning for operational tasks.
• Determine product specifications with stakeholders and address customer complaints with root-cix and corrective actions.
• Participate in HAZOP/LOPA reviews and support safety and quality policies.

Skills

Process optimization

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Job Purpose:

Provides technical support on process control and automation to optimize process capability, efficiency, yield and quality, in compliance with the organization's EHS system requirements. Monitors and optimizes key plant parameters, including production quality and utility efficiencies. Develops, tracks and reports Key Performance Indicators to unit management. Responsible for managing small changes in the unit, including minor projects.

Key Responsibilities

Performs the process and activities, may include but not limited to:

• Provides engineering and process expertise to execute established targets and objectives, improve process capability, efficiency, yield and quality, within production budget.
• Identifies debottlenecks and profit opportunities in coordination with licensing and technical support groups.
• Responsible for the chemical, catalyst, and additives management process, creating annual consumption projections, updating BOMs, tracking consumption trends, and outlining delivery schedules to maintain minimum inventories.
• Supports projects during plant commissioning and turnaround activities.
• Supports troubleshooting activities arising from changes in process operations or new production plant projects.
• Recommends changes and improvements to Standard Operating Procedures and work methods for specific production areas and/or processes.
• Leads the MOC process for changes in the unit, participates and supports other disciplines in executing MOC's related to his unit.
• Prepares operating and capital expense budget, provides support for capital projects as a liaison between plant project engineering and operations.
• Monitors cost and cost allocations on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with budgeted projections.
• Coordinates with T/A planning to assist in developing shutdown and startup activities related to operational tasks to support T/A objectives.
• Determines product specifications, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to meet customers requirements and standards. Responds to customer complaints, providing detailed responses regarding root cause and corrective action and inputting all information to CFS.
• Participates in HAZOP/LOPA review.
• Strictly follows established environmental, health, safety and quality policies and procedures in order to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/services and a responsible environmental attitude.
• Undertakes accountabilities in the operational excellence process as set out in the schedule of responsibilities.
• Contributes to the processes of continuous improvement for the area assigned.
• Performs any other relevant task as directed by Manager Operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Academic Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Should have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.