Polyolefins Technology Engineer

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities 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 an experienced Polyolefins Technology Engineer with extensive experience with polyolefin operations and technologies to join our Downstream Process Engineering Division under our Process & Control Systems Department.

Our Downstream Process Engineering Division is responsible for developing the company’s polyolefins technologies; provide technical support to the company’s chemical operations. As well as provide support to new project development and evaluation and benchmark the company’s polyolefins operation and assets.

As a Polyolefins Technology Engineer you will be responsible for performing simulation and modeling (for example energy material balances, utilities and catalysts requirement, effluents and specifications, etc.) of polyolefins operation, as well as providing technical support for capital projects at various stages of execution (pre-feasibility, feasibility, basic and detailed engineering).

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

• Maintain and enhance best practices in polyolefins facilities design and operation.
• Assess new and emerging polyolefins technologies and support technology research and development.
• Participate in, and evaluate process of economics of polyolefins projects.
• troubleshooting and problem-solving services and develop technically innovative process solutions with appropriate risk
• Provide troubleshooting and problem-solving services and develop technically innovative process solutions with appropriate risk consideration.
• Develop and actively participate in a knowledge sharing network.
• Evaluate, contrast and compare polyolefin products made with different processes.
• Act as a professional mentor to developing specialists and engineers.

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor in Chemical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline; a MS is a plus.
• Minimum of 20 years of experience in petrochemical industry with minimum of seven years in polyolefins operations, technical support and polyolefins technology management. Minimum of 7 years of experience in petrochemical industry with sufficient knowledge in polyolefins operations, technical support and polyolefins technology management
• Familiarity of different Polyolefin’s technologies (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP), processes (Gas Phase, Slurry Phase) and catalyst systems. Knowledge of various licensors of Polyolefins technologies is a plus.
• A demonstrated ability to interface effectively with internal engineering, R&D and technical service groups.
• Flexibility to travel both domestically and internationally.
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and networking skills.

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.