Instrumentation / Control Engineer

Overview

We are seeking an Instrumentation / Control Engineer to join the Central Ghawar Engineering Division (CGED).

The Central Ghawar Engineering Division is responsible for providing support and engineering services to 3 operating divisions in Central Ghawar Producing Department (CGPD).

As an Instrumentation / Control Engineer your primary role is to provide highest quality technical support in the field of instrumentation and process control to support operating plants.

Key Responsibilities

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

1. Prepare comprehensive Instrumentation design packages.
2. Troubleshoot field Instrumentation related problems.
3. Investigate Plant and Equipment trips and providing remedial engineering recommendations.
4. Prepare conceptual design packages and engineering budgetary cost estimates.
5. Provide technical support to Maintenance and Operations with regards to instrumentation, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Virtual Metering System (VMS), and auxiliary control systems.
6. Recommend modifications to improve the performance of field instrumentation and process control.
7. Size control valves, orifice plates, and relief valves using certified sizing software.
8. Review instrumentation engineering design packages and providing meaningful comments and quality assurance assessment.
9. Communicate with equipment vendors and technical consultants to resolve complex issues concerning new technology and upgrades of equipment.
10. Review Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards and participate in Engineering Standards review committees.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
2. Minimum of 10 years experience in instrumentation and control engineering support for hydrocarbon facilities.
3. Demonstrate excellent hands-on experience in Distributed Control Systems (DCS) /Emergency Shutdown (ESD) systems for Yokogawa, Schneider Electric systems.
4. Expert in DCS, ESD and SCADA Systems design, modifications and upgrades.
5. Knowledge in commissioning and troubleshooting of field instrumentation.

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.