Job Description

This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran Saudi Arabia.

About the Company


This company engages in the exploration production transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream Downstream and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration field development and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining logistics power generation and the marketing of crude oil petroleum and petrochemical products and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources finance and information technology. The company was founded on May 29 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

We are currently seeking an experienced Advanced Process Control Engineer to join our Global Manufacturing Excellence (GME) under the Assets Technical Solutions Department (ATSD). At GME we offer topnotch technical support to refineries NGLF and petrochemical plants owned by This Company and its affiliates worldwide. As an APC expert your main responsibility will be to provide expert guidance and support to optimize operations using Advanced Process Control technologies such as DMC3 PACE or Profit Suite. You will lead improvement initiatives for all operating departments within our Global Manufacturing Portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Streamline Advanced Process Control (APC) objectives with corporate goals and develop programs best practices and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enhance APC and economic performance.
• Analyze data from various sources including process variables instrumentation and control systems to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop inferential models (linear and nonlinear) to enhance refinery operations efficiency and cost reduction.
• Implement APC strategies conduct feasibility studies and establish new business cases to optimize refinery operations and maximize desired product yields.
• Conduct pilots and evaluate new APC technologies such as RealTime optimization Machine Learning and AI to contribute to yield improvement.
• Analyze chronic problems and debottleneck complex APC to enhance process operations and economic benefits.
• Provide subject matter expertise to operating facilities Operations Maintenance and Engineering teams through consulting awareness sessions and participation in technical exchanges and conferences.
• Lead technical sessions such as design reviews model reviews and commissioning.
• Conduct periodic assessments and evaluations to gauge the performance and effectiveness of realtime optimization solutions.
• Collaborate closely with the optimization team (RealTime optimization engineers Simulation engineers and automation engineers) to ensure optimization requirements are met.
• Lead preand postperformance baseline evaluations for APC technologies.
• Monitor economic benefit Key Performance Indicators and provide recommendations.
• Review standards and General Instructions on behalf of the GME departments and act as a leading Subject Matter Expert (SME).

Requirements:

• This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran Saudi Arabia.
• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering Industrial Engineering or a related field is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Advanced Process Control (APC).
• Demonstrated expertise in APC control systems and OPC communication.
• Comprehensive understanding of refinery economics mass and energy balances is essential.
• Familiarity with international standards and specifications for advanced process control.
• Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills in the field of advanced process control.
• Strong leadership skills to effectively manage technical discussions and guide technical teams.
• Working knowledge of oil/gasrelated plant processes is preferred.

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