Process Engineer - Sulfur Recovery (GME) - Relocate to Saudi Arabia Permanent Expat Family Relo[...] in London

Aramco energizes the world economy. 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 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 Process Engineer with extensive hands-on expertise in Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) and Sour Water Stripper (SWS) processes to join our Operation Engineering Solutions Department (OESD). OESD’s technical team provides high-quality, multidisciplinary support to Global Manufacturing operating facilities (refineries, NGLF, and petrochemical plants) within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and worldwide. Your primary role is to provide process engineering and operations expertise to monitor, optimize, and drive performance improvement programs for refineries’ SRU & SWS, including remote and on-site technical advisory support, benchmarking, and technology knowledge management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct regular performance reviews of existing SRU & SWS facilities and analyze KPIs related to operability, profitability, reliability, and process safety.
• Develop and present quarterly benchmarking reports with actionable improvement recommendations.
• Provide hands-on support in implementing performance improvement initiatives, demonstrating measurable results in closing identified gaps.
• Lead benchmarking and best-practice exchange workshops among Global Manufacturing facilities, facilitating knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Develop and distribute bi-monthly SRU & SWS technical best-practice bulletins, ensuring knowledge dissemination across Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Deliver on-demand remote and field technical advisory support, including troubleshooting, start-up/shutdown activities, capacity test runs, and technology pilot testing and provide detailed service reports for each support activity.
• Collaborate with Global Manufacturing facilities engineers to identify and implement cost optimisation and process improvement initiatives, focusing on low-hanging fruits that require minimal capital investment.
• Conduct internal assessments of SRU & SWS process engineering standards, ensuring alignment with Saudi Aramco engineering standards and supporting their implementation across Global Manufacturing facilities.
• Participate in Business Plan development, coordinating with stakeholders on capital investments for SRU & SWS units and supporting techno-economic evaluations.
• Evaluate and recommend new SRU & SWS technologies and coordinate with relevant departments for assessment and piloting support.
• Actively participate in external benchmarking activities with industry bodies such as Japan Cooperation Council Petroleum (JCCP) and Gulf Downstream Association (GDA).

Qualifications:

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related specialization; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Have at least 15 years of total refinery or gas plants process units experience, with at least 10 years of hands-on experience in handling SRUs and SWS plants.
• Be able to optimize SRU & SWS operations, with specific examples of performance improvements achieved.
• Have in-depth knowledge of SRU/TGTU process licensor technologies.
• Have a proven track record of conducting technical troubleshooting, start-up, shutdown, and capacity test runs for SRU & SWS units.
• Have strong proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools specific to SRU & SWS performance metrics.
• Have strong management and coordination skills, with experience in stakeholder management.
• Have excellent computer and presentation 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. 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.