Facilities Engineer (Direct Liquid Cooling) - Relocate To Saudi Arabia in London

Please note that this role is based in Saudi Arabia on a permanent, residential basis.

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.

We are seeking a Facilities Engineer to join the Upstream Digital & Computing Strategy Department (UD&CSD). The Upstream Digital & Computing Strategy Department (UD&CSD) is responsible for the Upstream digital technology strategy and architecture functions to accelerate the Upstream digital transformation. This includes identifying Upstream digital demands, devising an integrated digital roadmap, designing technology architecture, and procuring the required hardware and software technologies. UD&CSD serves as a catalyst for improving the overall organization agility and achieving the corporate digital vision of improving operational efficiency & safety, ensuring reliability & sustainability, and achieving the corporate net‐zero emissions target.

Your primary role will be leading the long‐term facilities planning, capital funding, and execution of large‐scale, high‐density HPC environments, with a primary focus on Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) and advanced thermal systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject‐matter expert in Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) systems for HPC.
• Design and review high‐density cooling architectures, including liquid distribution units, heat exchangers, and facility integration.
• Drive energy efficiency, sustainability, and reliability improvements.
• Partner with operations teams to ensure long‐term reliability, maintainability, and uptime.
• Define standards, procedures, and best practices for HPC facility infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including IT/HPC teams, finance, procurement, and leadership.
• Manage external vendors, consultants, designers, and contractors.
• Review and negotiate technical scopes of work and service agreements.
• Lead end‐to‐end planning, and design of future UDC data center facility projects.
• Work with execution organization to oversee design reviews, construction activities, commissioning, and handover.
• Manage funding approval processes, cost estimates, and financial justifications.
• Work with execution organization to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to required performance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited university.
• 5+ years of experience in data center facilities engineering, with direct experience supporting High‐Performance Computing (HPC) environments.
• Strong hands‐on experience with high‐density cooling solutions, preferably Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC).
• Proven experience in long‐term facilities planning, capital funding, and execution.
• Solid understanding of data center power, cooling, and mechanical systems.
• Experience managing large capital projects from concept through commissioning.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

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.