Project Management 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 Project Management Specialist to provide expert advice and guidance in one or more specialized areas of Project Management, including but not limited to project planning, project execution, and project controls.

Project Management Departments manages and executes projects usually from multiple site offices or engineering contractor design offices, geographically scattered throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The increasing complexity and size of Saudi Aramco's capital program requires availability of in-house experts in various specialized knowledge areas within the broad scope of Project Management functions and responsibilities.

As a Project Management Specialist, you will utilize your extensive experience and knowledge to optimize project planning, improve design and construction quality, and to improve project costs and schedules. You will be assigned to support projects that may range in size from tens of millions to several hundred million of dollars. You will use utilize your expertise to help the company achieve best in class performance in the execution of its capital program.

You will be required to perform the following:

• Provide expert advice and guidance in project planning, project execution, and/or project control.
• Assist in resolving project management problems related to his area of expertise, including project planning deficiencies, project quality defects (in engineering, procurement, or construction), schedule slippages, and potential cost over runs.
• Work closely with project engineers and other project professionals to provide work direction and guidance.
• Formulate and implement strategies to improve project planning, cost, schedule, and/or quality.
• Evaluate existing tools and methodologies in his area of expertise and makes recommendations on their implementation at Saudi Aramco.
• Lead internal or external problem-solving teams as directed by management.
• Conduct training courses in his area of expertise.
• Train and mentor developing engineers and other project management professionals.
• Participate in development of standards, guidelines, instructions, policies and procedures on an as-required basis.
• Participate in the reviews and evaluation of the capabilities of engineering and construction (E&C) contractors, suppliers, and project management related service providers.
• Keep abreast of advances in his area of expertise by attending conferences, seminars and through contacts with other industry experts.

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Business, plus significant post graduate participation in technical or PM related seminars. Preferably an MS, MBA or higher degree is desirable, but not required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the project management field.
• Professional certification by AACE, PMI, or the professional engineering boards.
• Must be capable of evaluating and consulting on project problems where precedents are lacking or on problems where a high degree of specialized knowledge is 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.