Senior Manufacturing Knowledge Engineer – Maintenance

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world’s largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity 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.

Overview

We seek a Senior Manufacturing Knowledge Engineer with Maintenance background to join Global Manufacturing Excellence. Your primary role is to facilitate refining global portfolio Communities of Practice (CoPs) or Networks concepts, and codify expertise from top performing assets as part of the Global Manufacturing Excellence (GME) organizations. As a key member of the relevant maintenance engineering Knowledge Management networks, you will strengthen manufacturing capabilities across the downstream refining portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

You are expected to be able to perform the following:

1. Produce KM SOPs to guide KM efforts within the organization and assist implementation of the KM structure, practices, and governance model.
2. Provide leadership and technical advisory for the assigned CoPs/Networks and expert forums to share lessons at scale.
3. Publish CoPs/Networks minutes and recommendations.
4. Manage the outcome of the assigned CoPs/Networks including the actions and AFIs monitoring.
5. Conduct site visits and workshops to capture tacit knowledge.
6. Develop structured processes and tools to document best practices for the CoPs/Networks.
7. Contribute to the design and content of GME Knowledge Hub platforms.
8. Assist with training programs and ensure adoption of expertise.
9. Track metrics that demonstrate knowledge impact on KPIs.

Minimum Requirements

As the successful candidate you will hold Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or similar. An advanced degree is preferred.

You will have a minimum of ten years of experience in assets or maintenance management in the refining business along with the associated Maintenance solutions, Turnaround and Reliability management systems in order to be able to manage the related CoPs/Networks.

Knowledge Management Professional Certification (KMP) from the (KMPro) is preferred.

Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) from the (PMI) is preferred.

You will have Expertise in 2+ key manufacturing domains such as operations, maintenance, HSE.

You will have Experience leading multi-site continuous improvement projects.

You will be able to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge engineering methodologies and digital tools.

You will be able to demonstrate strong communication, collaboration and change management skills.

You will have the ability to distill technical expertise for multi-disciplinary audiences.

Fluency in multiple languages is a plus given global responsibilities.

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.

Job ID: 13915

Tagged as: Maintenance Support Shared Services Dept