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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.
Renewables Department is seeking for a Renewables Power Engineering Specialist, with skills and competency to support the evaluation and development of renewables business cases and capital projects.
The candidate will be working under the Renewable Project Development and Support Division which performs projects’ due diligence, feasibility study, site-specific engineering analysis, specific design reviews, evaluation of energy requirements of residential, commercial, and industrial scales for Saudi Aramco facilities. The candidate will provide Technical evaluation for new energy startups, investment ideas and Pilot Projects. The candidate will Support the Company’s technology and energy ventures investment decisions inputs.
The candidate will have an extensive experience on both grid interactive or standalone solar PV with energy storage systems design - The candidate will develop due diligence, feasibility studies including but not limited to long term master plans to address potential new installations, performance assessment, upgrades, replacements, retrofits, or demolitions existing Renewables systems and assets in different operating areas of Saudi Aramco. Furthermore, economic analysis, standards development and thorough evaluation of different technologies and system design alternatives is a key competency in candidate to recommend best investment decisions with maximum attainable Net Present Value (NPV). All of the aforementioned skills shall be substantiated by a solid knowledge and experience of renewables and electrical engineering discipline.
- Develops long term master plans to develop new cost effective and innovative design strategies and solutions in different operating areas of Saudi Aramco to meet sustainability goals.
- Conducts economic analysis and thoroughly evaluate different project alternatives to recommend best investment decisions with maximum attainable Net Present Value (NPV) for renewable systems.
- Examines technical studies to align with Saudi Aramco project proposal procedures. Such studies include equipment reliability, condition assessment, obsolescence, standard compliance, etc.
- Works with multidisciplinary internal and external organizations to provide technical guidance and recommendations on design details and construction documents as necessary
- Performs in solar resource data analysis for feasibility studies and system design (PR, Yield, Availability, Production etc.).
- Conducts site visits to perform for feasibility study including load profiling studies using power analyzer
- Performs complex power and energy flow simulations to provide cost effective optimum Solar PV and energy storage systems size using load profile studies and operational constraints
- Responsible for understanding the operational requirement, conducting site visits, site feasibility & Renewables systems design and complete execution.
- Provides technical studies and guidance on energy storage technologies in terms cost, reliability, applicability, efficiency.
- Supports project development team to prepare technical scope of work, cost estimation
- Reviews technical proposals, submittals and packages in line with international and Saudi Aramco standards
- Designs both grid interactive or standalone PV systems for industrial applications with different installation configurations (rooftop and ground mounted) including balance of systems design calculations, layouts and schematic diagrams.
- Provides economic analysis (LCOE, NPV) and recommend best investment decisions with maximum attainable Net Present Value (NPV).
- Promotes a learning environment and continuous development. Acts as a mentor to junior engineers.
- Conducts seminars, presents case studies, and writes papers for peer-reviewed journals on engineering studies and projects he/she has overseen.
- Provide Technical evaluation for new energy startups, investment ideas and Pilot Projects. The candidate will Support the Company’s technology and energy ventures investment decisions inputs.
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.