Title:  Lead Engineer

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manufacturing Performance Expert to join our team in Global Manufacturing Excellence (GME), Saudi Aramco’s Center of Excellence for the global downstream portfolio.

The Technology & Manufacturing Oversight Department (T&MOD) drives organizational success by leading Digitalization & Technology Management, Knowledge Management, and Performance Management programs across Saudi Aramco Global Manufacturing Wholly-Owned and Affiliate facilities (Including refining, petrochemical and NGL facilities). It ensures effective resources management, and fosters collaboration with stakeholders via aligning these programs with Global Manufacturing Excellence (GME) strategy. It also oversees the deployment of other GME programs across the facilities, focusing on strategic alignment and performance enhancement to address challenges and achieve manufacturing excellence.

Your primary role is to enhance downstream assets’ overall performance. You will also be responsible for coordinating with various departments within each asset, collecting and analyzing manufacturing & financial performance data, and providing strategic recommendations to enhance long-term performance and supporting them in reaching their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Act as a central point of contact for asset teams, facilitating communication and information sharing between GME and assigned assets.
• Design standardized methodologies to collect, maintain, analyze, and present assets’ operational and financial performance data.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with assigned asset teams across Saudi Aramco Downstream portfolio assets.
• Monitor and manage or coordinate information requests, assessments and site visits between GME and the Saudi Aramco Downstream portfolio assets.
• Collect, track and provide asset data and performance metrics and collaborate with relevant teams to proactively identify areas for improvement and develop recommendations for enhancement.
• Identify and manage potential risks associated with assigned assets performance.
• Prepare presentations and reports to communicate GME programs/initiatives/strategies to assigned asset teams and senior leadership
• Analyze and evaluate the financial and operational performance of Saudi Aramco’s downstream assets (e.g., CASH OPEX, turnarounds performance, maintenance costs, …etc).
• Benchmark assets’ performance against industry leaders as well as other Saudi Aramco downstream assets, utilizing standard Oil & Gas performance benchmarks (e.g., Solomon benchmarks preferred) and internal performance data.
• Create and maintain models for the reporting of manufacturing and financial results and conduct regular full potential assessments and gap studies of Saudi Aramco’s downstream assets.
• Participate in the development of assets performance dashboards and reporting tools.
• Stay up-to-date with global and regional Downstream industry trends, market conditions, and regulatory changes that may impact assets performance.

Education & Experience Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and knowledge in finance or Business Administration or a related field.
• 10 years of asset management, or a related role within the downstream oil & gas industry
• You have experience in Downstream Oil & Gas business benchmarking and performance management frameworks, such as Solomon or RAM
• You have experience in leading cross-functional initiatives and managing high-level stakeholder relationships.
• You can demonstrate strong understanding of downstream oil & gas operations, including refining and petrochemicals
• You can demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills
• You have experience working with data analysis tools and performance metrics, as well as presentation and reporting tools (e.g., MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint)