Protection and Control Engineer - Relocation to Saudi Arabia

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 Power Systems Reliability & Asset Integrity Engineer to join the Reliability & Asset Management Division (R&AMD) under Power Systems Projects & Technical Support Department (PSP&TSD). PSP&TSD provides HV Electrical Equipment Specialized technical support to Power Operations. R&AMD is also responsible for administrating Power Systems engineering studies, equipment life cycle management, reliability assessments, equipment failure analysis, digital transformation, maintenance strategy reviews & enhancement to ensure safe, reliable and efficient power supply to all company’s hydrocarbon production & other support facilities.

Your primary role is to provide support, consultation, guidance and assistance to Power Systems operating areas and projects including engineering analysis and assuring adherence to Reliability & Asset Integrity Management standards.

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

• Develop a Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) model for the electrical substations and distribution network utilizing MTBF, MTTR, bad actors, etc.
• Apply RCM principles to improve maintenance strategies and analyze equipment performance data, including historical, manufacturer, and maintenance information (e.g., FMECA).
• Utilize specialized software to model and simulate system behaviour, predicting potential failures and improve maintenance schedules.
• Develop, manage, update and monitor implementation of short and long-term asset management policy, strategy, initiatives and work plans for power system asset and ensure alignment with overall company Strategic Asset Management Program.
• Manage Power Systems owned Substations by deploying Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) Program.
• Develop and manage single point of failure assessment to sustain Power Supply in case of equipment failure.
• Perform Asset failure trending and analysis hence identifying repetitive failures and perform RCA to avoid reoccurrence.
• Utilize SAP Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to document and track unreliability events and reliability improvements opportunities.
• Supervise the documentation and development of asset inventory for each class of assets, asset condition, level of service and performance, risk signature, maintenance strategies, repair/replacement models, financial forecasts, and tactical and work plans.
• Support the development of asset replacement business case.

You will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. You will have a minimum of 10 years of experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical Industry or Power utility in the field of Power Systems Reliability & Asset Integrity Management working on High Voltage Electrical Equipment. You will be familiar with reliability programs such as (RAM, RCM, RMS, MTBF, Bad actors, etc.) including SAP system or equivalent computerized systems. Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Reliability Engineer (CRE), TapRooT Analyst or 6 Sigma Certification is preferred.

Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer. Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer.

Job posting end date: 12/30/2026.

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.