Job Description

This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

About the Company

This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Downstream Process Engineer with an experience in Hydrogen/Hydrotreating processes to join Ras Tanura Refinery Engineering Department. Your primary role will be to provide exceptional process engineering support, monitoring plant performance, capture optimization opportunities and value-creation programs for the operation of hydrogen purification and generation units as well as hydrotreating units in order to operate safely, reliably, and economically as well as achieve target goals while realizing company strategic imperatives.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and optimize performance of Hydrogen/Hydrotreating units through in-depth plant monitoring and oversight of unit operation and economics losses.
• Provide detailed reports with simulation models to recommend changes for optimizing unit operation.
• Lead troubleshooting of unit operations and investigate off-spec products and plant trips/upsets, managing required deliverables.
• Support operations during turnaround and unplanned shutdowns/startups by understanding unit operating conditions and recommending improvements.
• Perform catalyst forecast/evaluation, test runs, de-bottlenecking studies, due-diligence assessments, enhancement studies, and HAZOP studies.
• Lead process safety management by overseeing HAZOP, PSR, SIL, PSSR, QRA, and alarm rationalization, conducting HAZOP/process safety reviews of plant operations and modifications.
• Manage long and short-term projects by proposing major projects to improve safety, reliability, and profitability. Prepare design requests, budget justifications, and detailed implementation plans, and develop detailed engineering design packages for in-house process-oriented projects, following up on implementation.
• Review and revise standard work procedures such as new operating procedures, instructions, RIMs, alarm and ESD checklists, MOC, HAZOP, JSA, relieve valves, and plant drawings.
• Ensure effectiveness of environmental and safety awareness by working closely with facility Safety and Environment management to improve safety and achieve highest environmental standards.
• Liaise with vendors and technology licensors for process enhancements and changes, as well as with Engineering Services Department for any technology assessment and piloting support.

• Willing to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
• Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering required, advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 15 years of refinery process units experience, with at least 10 years in Hydrogen/Hydrotreating units
• Exposure to various licensor technologies for Hydrogen/Hydrotreating is essential
• Must be a certified PHA/HAZOP leader
• Familiarity with best practices, design principles, and international engineering standards relevant to process unit operation
• Additional Notes: Exposure to Honeywell UOP or Axens licensed units is preferred.

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