Process Control & Automation Engineer

Company: Aramco
Location: Aurora
Posted on: May 13, 2025

Job 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.

Job Description

We are seeking a Process Control & Automation Engineer join our Process Automation & Systems Division under our Process and Control Systems Department.

Process and Control Systems Department provides services in the field of process engineering, automation, new energy and digitalization to various entities within Aramco.

As a Process Control & Automation Engineer your role will be utilize your experience in automation systems design, installation and commissioning for Oil & Gas facilities. Provide professional advice regarding operational processes, equipment, technology, facility design and solutions to operational and maintenance issues.

Key Responsibilities:

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Implementation of safety instrumented system (SIS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distributed control system (DCS), Turbo Machinery control.
• Execute process control for hydrocarbon, Gas Plants, NGL Fractionation Plants, Refineries, petrochemicals plants, Pipelines and Distribution facilities
• Originate and carry out engineering studies to determine optimal solutions to complex technical problems, increase revenue, reduce cost and improve process safety.
• Participates in and provide technical expertise for process safety reviews such as HAZOP studies, SIL analysis and Qualitative Risk Assessments.
• Performs cost analyses and Value Engineering studies to recommend cost-effective solutions to technical issues.
• Reviews and evaluates capabilities of vendors and contractors to determine their acceptability to perform major services to Saudi Aramco. Acts a Company representative in technical dealings with vendors, manufactures and design firms.
• Develop and maintain Engineering Standards, Material Specifications, Procedures and Best Practices to enhance company profitability, safety and productivity.
• Evaluate and introduce best practices and new technologies to enable to Company to achieve Best in Class performance in oil and gas business.
• Conduct seminars and technical exchange meetings to promote new technologies and best practices to personnel from other engineering organizations and facilities.
  Minimum Requirements:
  
  As a successful candidate you will hold a:
  • Bachelor degree in Engineering preferably in Chemical or Electrical engineering. A Master's degree or PhD is desired but not required.
  • Minimum 20 years of professional experience as an engineer in charge of technical work and in field of specialty.
  • Experience with the latest technologies in the automation field. With knowledge in DCS or SIS systems.
  • Have participated as lead engineer in major Automation System project and conducted commissioning and startup activities.
  • Previous work with a major international Oil & Gas Company and/or previous employment with one of the automation system suppliers used by Company.
  • Previous participation in HAZOP and / or SIL analysis studies for oil & gas facilities.
  • Design and Implementation of different control schemes (Boiler Control, Motor Control, Burner Management, Compressor Control)
  • Experience with Process Automation network (switches, routers and domain management) and different communication protocols used in process automation field.
  • Experience with turbine and compressor control applications and their control systems.
    
    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.
    
    

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