Control System Technician

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 currently seeking an experienced Control system Technician to join the Western Area Pipelines Department (WAPD)

This department focuses on transporting oil, gas and refined products throughout the west of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The candidate primary role will be performing all technical support for all field instrumentation and control systems and subsystems at WAPD facilities.

The successful candidate responsibilities will include the following:

• Perform necessary maintenance on assigned equipment, replacing parts as required under supervision.
• Conduct troubleshooting, problem resolutions, maintain systems and software for the following:

a. SCADA Control System (Siemens CS7 & PCS7 Telecontrol).
b. PLC (Siemens, Allen-Bradley, ABB, Emerson, Yokogawa, GE).

c. DCS (Yokogawa, ABB, Honeywell, Siemens)

d. ESD (ICS Triplex, Triconex, Siemens S7-400H-FS, Prosafe-RS).
e. Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) (Bristol Babcock, Emerson, Yokogawa Stardom, ABB)
f.  Fire Control System.
g. Metering and Proving Control System and Skid.
h. Vibration Monitoring System (GE-Bentley-Nevada 3500).
i. Radar Tank Gauging (RTG).

i. Gas Compressor Control systems; GE Mark Vie; Safety System: GE Mark VieS; Over Speed Protection System: Torquetronic 800; PROMEL Fire and Gas System)

• Perform skilled maintenance, Maintain and repair field instrumentation and basic supervisory equipment, such as vibration monitoring equipment, using standard test equipment and basic diagnostics.
• Repair, Maintain and review control system, ESD (Electrostatic discharge), fire & gas operating philosophies and cause and effect charts.
• Participate in HAZOP studies and provide support for management of change (MOC) if required.
• Review and participate in conceptual design packages and engineering budgetary cost estimates.
• Participate in factory acceptance tests and site acceptance tests for instrument items as well as equipment package control systems.

• The Candidate must have Bachelor degree in control system or Electrical Engineering from preferred university.
• A minimum 8 to 10 years of control system experience, preferably in the oil industry or similar process industry.
• The candidate experience shall be clearly recognizable to handle and perform project and maintenance assignments.
• Has the required field technical experience related to PLC/DCS/SCADA, control systems, ESD, fire and gas detection systems, CGT/power generator and compressors control systems, Leak Detection Systems (LDS) and metering control systems and other instruments. etc.; Gas Compressor Control systems; GE Mark Vie; Safety System: GE Mark VIES; Over Speed Protection System: Torquetronic 800; PROMEL Fire and Gas System.
• Demonstrate good grasping hardware interfacing and instrumentation troubleshoot techniques, SCADA and DCS, control systems, simulation and control applications, and software scripting and security configuration, troubleshoots.
• Solve low to complex technical problems. Specify hardware, software and application functionality of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) & SCADA.
• Experience in Investigation, root cause analysis, and resolving availability in all SCADA, control systems and ensure that all problems resolved in a timely manner.
• Mainly be vigilant to contribute disaster recoveries and formulations of preventive and early warning actions.
• Contribute to compliance assessment and Saudi Aramco Standards for all jobs.

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.