Associate 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.

We are seeking a Field Support Engineer to join our Regional Power Operation Department (RPOD) within our Power Systems Organization.

The Department will deliver electrical energy to customers in the safest, most reliable and economical manner through a competent workforce committed to excellence and customer satisfaction.

Your primary role is to be responsible for provide and manage highly technical and specialized engineering services to support the safe and reliable operation of Saudi Aramco electrical power system generation, transmission and distribution networks.

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

• Provide engineering expertise in support of field Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for all types of substation equipment serving mega-industrial facilities (Refineries, gas and oil processing plants, and power plants).
• Develop maintenance instructions and best practices for substation equipment testing and maintenance.
• Review and update equipment standards and specification, Conduct equipment reliability studies, Lead equipment incident investigation teams.
• Represent Saudi Aramco to investigate equipment failure, participate in qualification of HV equipment vendors, and participate in High Voltage (HV) equipment Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) programs.
• Lead transformers in-house repair, condition assessment for aged equipment, and substation equipment major inspection and overhaul.
• Play key role in critical plants contingency program, substation equipment obsolesce program and Lead initiatives and technologies intended to enhance maintenance and operation practices.
• Mentor young and junior engineers in substation equipment Operations and Maintenance (O&M) specialty as well conduct courses for engineers and technicians.

-As the successful candidate you must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. A Master Degree in Engineering is desirable.

-You should have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in in substation equipment design and application.

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.