Title: Sr Engineer
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 are seeking a Power Transformer Specialist – Medium Voltage, High Voltage, and Extra High Voltage to join the Technical Services Division of Power Systems Technical Support Department.
The Technical Services Division is responsible for providing and managing highly technical and specialized engineering services to support the safe and reliable operation of Saudi Aramco electrical power system generation, transmission and distribution networks. The High Voltage Equipment Engineer specializing in Power Transformer, works under the High Voltage Equipment Unit (HVEU). The incumbent provides the specialized technical support for the company with regards to designs, standards, commissioning, maintenance, operation, investigations, etc. with regards to power transformers; ensuring safe and reliable Power Supply.
Duties & Responsibilities
Serves as Subject Matter Expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations. Perform Root Cause Analysis on all critical equipment failures. Perform continuous review of power transformers’ maintenance programs to identify improvements to ensure the HV asset's safe and reliable operation. Provides technical consultation to the maintenance agency as required in identifying and reviewing critical spare parts list of existing equipment. Provides technical consultation to assess the condition of aging power transformers. Provide technical expertise on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating if the equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions. Provides technical engineering input on repair details and offers onsite technical support, especially for critical power transformers. Provides engineering input for power transformer work packages to ensure Saudi Aramco standards and material specifications are followed. Represent the organization in industry and professional organizations, users' group, which address or govern electrical codes and standards. Review and update company standards and be familiar with international standards. Possess strong technical training, speaking, writing, and customer service skills. Able to direct daily work activities with limited supervision and able to work cooperatively in a team environment
Minimum Requirements
As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized and approved program, an advanced degree (Msc) and Professional Engineer certification such as chartership or PE is preferred.
The successful candidate will have a Minimum of 8 years’ Power Transformer Operation and Maintenance experience demonstrated by suitable references primarily related to Power Transformer Design. The candidate must demonstrate distinct experience as transformer specialist, such as contribution in international conferences as Transformer specialist or employment by leading Power Transformer Manufacturer.
The successful candidate will have deep, technical level insight in Transformer construction and design practices covering Distribution and Transmission type transformers related to diagnostic testing, Condition Assessment, aging characteristics / symptoms related to corrosion. The candidate must also be familiar with transformers Factory Acceptance Test in a leading capacity demonstrating depth of compliance with manufacturing standards such as IEC. and participate as member in the relevant CIGRE Working Group.
You will also have the ability to multi-task and manage changing priorities and seek opportunities to improve results and processes proactively, contributing to the goals, safety, and profitability of the company. Additionally, assimilating and quickly applying newly acquired technical information is also necessary.
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.