Upstream Gas Facilities Engineer

Aramco
US - Illinois - Chicago
February 1, 2025

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.

Overview

We are seeking an Upstream Gas Facilities Engineer to join the Gas Facility Division.

The Gas Facility Division is responsible for leading Saudi Aramco upstream gas facilities project life cycle (engineering, construction and commissioning) for offshore and onshore gas facilities such as offshore wellhead platform (or onshore drill site), gas compression pipeline network and hydrocarbon gathering stations.

As an Upstream Gas Facility Engineer, you will lead upstream gas facilities project life cycle for offshore and onshore gas facilities. In addition, provide inputs to concerned parties for improvement such as de-bottlenecking, cost-effective alternative, production optimization, increasing performance and cost reduction.

Key Responsibilities

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

Develop the scope of work for gas upstream facilities design and reviewing engineering design packages.
Participate in Hazard and Operability (HAZAP) and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) studies related to gas upstream facilities.
Apply safety related issues and address environmental impact issues.
Perform pipe hydraulic simulations, choke and flash calculations on PC-based software package
Analyze results of the simulations and recommend optimum operating conditions.
Able to look at cost optimizations, perform economic analysis and identify the most cost-effective alternative.
Conduct and participate in gas upstream risk assessment studies.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

Bachelor of science in petroleum engineering or related engineering discipline from an accredited university, MSc or PhD is a plus.
Minimum of 15 years of experience petroleum engineering organization with a minimum of 5 years in project related work.
Familiarity with gas plants, gas distribution systems, gas processing facilities, gas gathering systems and have familiarity with downstream processes.
Extensive experience in project type work including: design, funding, materials acquisition, construction and commissioning.

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Upstream Gas Facilities Engineer