Mechanical Project Engineer
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Job Description
Position Description:
We are seeking a Project Mechanical Engineer (with sufficient project management background) for the Northern Area Capital Program Management Division (NACPMD).
NACPMD manages and execute projects, usually from multiple site offices or engineering contractor design offices, geographically scattered throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The engineer’s primary role is to ensure that engineering design, procurement, construction, and project completion is done in compliance with the project contract requirements, i.e., project schedule, cost, HSE, and company standards and procedures. The role also involves in some cases to review and study mechanical modifications to oil and gas processing/handling and utilities facilities. Occasionally called upon to design mechanical aspects of new facilities of the types mentioned.
Minimum Requirements:
The successful candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Other advanced engineering degree is preferable. Professional engineering/project management certifications like PMP is desirable but not mandatory.
Minimum of 10 years’ experience with advance knowledge in project management, obtainable usually through a combination of experience and continuing education.
Should have experience in the support of both small and largescale capital projects.
Familiar with International Engineering Codes and Standards.
Must possess strong analytical abilities and project execution skills.
Knowledge base of the latest developments in oil and gas process engineering technology through work experience, conferences, seminars and professional journals.
Job Specification
Duties & Responsibilities:
You are expected to be able to perform the following:
Design or study mechanical modification to oil and gas processing, oil and gas handling and utilities facilities.
Execute capital projects according to the work scope, schedule, and budget.
Responsible for project development and completion: preliminary engineering to detail designs to construction and the final and safe turnover to proponent.
Manage General Engineering Services (GES+) design contractor activities, such as:
- Design development of project proposal, include definition of project work scope and schedule requirements. Development of detailed estimate leading to funding appropriation and approval.
- Detailed Engineering.
Manage contractor preparation of detailed design drawings, material specifications and procurement, and construction bid packages.
Understanding of project execution plan, interface management, change management, construction sequencing, standards specifications and project schedule to support the project manager and/or company representative in the timely completion of project.
Provide input to develop and prepare contracting plan and strategy for solicitation, evaluation, and award of contract for detail engineering, procurement, and construction.
Project Reporting and implementation of company initiatives during project execution.
About us:
Saudi Aramco’s Exploration & Producing (E&P) business line oversees the world’s largest reserves of conventional crude oil, and the fourth-largest reserves of natural gas. The Company’s reserves portfolio include Ghawar, the world’s largest onshore oil field, and Safaniya, the largest offshore field. Company geologists are actively seeking additional reserves in many areas of the Kingdom, offshore in the Gulf and the Red Sea and onshore in the deserts and mountains. Petroleum engineers and earth scientists in E&P work with cutting-edge technology to manage and produce these reserves, including 3D visualization, reservoir simulation and remote geosteering of multilateral wells. The Company’s Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center, or EXPEC, is home to one of the industry’s most powerful computer centers. Research and development into subsurface upstream technology is conducted at the EXPEC Advanced Research Center. For more than two decades in a row, Saudi Aramco has been ranked the No. 1 oil company in the world by Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, a testament to the dedication and professionalism of the men and women of Exploration & Producing.