Senior Utilities Process Engineer – Refinery Expert

Sappi; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 2,668,000 - 4,446,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramco seeks a Process Engineer with extensive hands-on Utilities and Tank Farm experience to join the Operation Engineering Solutions Department. The role focuses on monitoring, optimizing, and driving performance improvements for Utilities, including remote and on-site advisory support and benchmarking across facilities worldwide.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, 15+ years in Utilities with at least 10 years in refinery utilities, water desalination and boilers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related specialization required.
• Minimum 15 years total Utilities unit experience with at least 10 years in refinery utilities.
• Experience in water desalination and boilers for steam generation.
• Ability to optimize various utility systems with proven performance improvements.
• In-depth knowledge of major equipment suppliers and package units for Utilities.
• Proven troubleshooting, start-up/shutdown, and capacity test run experience.
• Strong data analysis and visualization skills for Utilities performance metrics.
• Strong management and coordination skills with stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, optimize, and drive performance improvement programs for Utilities.
• Provide on-demand remote and field technical advisory support and benchmarking.
• Lead benchmarking and best practices exchanges across Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Develop and present quarterly benchmarking reports with actionable improvements.
• Collaborate to identify cost optimization or process improvement initiatives with minimal capital expenditure.
• Coordinate with Central Engineering to deploy new Utilities technologies.
• Support techno-economic evaluations and capital investment planning for Utilities.

Skills

Utilities optimization

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

Aramco seeks a Process Engineer with extensive hands-on Utilities and Tank Farm experience to join the Operation Engineering Solutions Department. The role focuses on monitoring, optimizing, and driving performance improvements for Utilities, including remote and on-site advisory support and benchmarking across facilities worldwide.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, 15+ years in Utilities with at least 10 years in refinery utilities, water desalination and boilers