Hydroprocessing Catalyst Specialist

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.

We are seeking a Hydroprocessing Catalyst Specialist to join our Catalyst Center of Excellence (CCoE).

CCoE is responsible for developing innovative catalysts to improve refining performance.

Your primary role is to conduct R&D research to develop and deploy novel catalyst formulations for petroleum refining and specifically, hydroprocessing technologies, by working closely with team members and external collaborators.

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

• Plan, coordinate and lead catalyst R&D projects related to refining applications, more specifically hydrocracking and hydrotreating catalysts technologies, including:  idea generation, conceptualization, general planning of projects and tasks, interacting with stakeholders from Engineering and other key stakeholders.
• Conduct R&D activities related to the development of new hydrocracking and hydrotreating catalysts, and improve existing ones.
• Plan and execute lab activities and experiments to test and validate developed catalyst formulations.
• Engage with multi-disciplinary teams to optimize the features of developed materials based on targeted performance metrics of the catalytic application being addressed.
• Work closely with process engineers to understand requirements for new catalyst development.
• Assess technical and business opportunities and identify potential areas for research and development, establishing strategy and tactics to achieve technical and business goals.
• Utilize advanced and routine material and catalyst characterization tools and analytical techniques to gain insights about structure and activity relationships, and feed into superior catalyst design and optimization.
• Manage laboratory activities and develop safe lab protocols to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.

• You must hold a Master Degree in Chemical Engineering or Chemistry. PhD holders are preferred.
• You should have a minimum of 10 years industrial experience, at least 3 of which is preferred to have been within an R&D organization.  
• Research experience in hydrotreating and hydrocracking catalysts, as well as expertise in the technology challenges are required.

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.