Safety Engineer; Drilling & Workover Operations - Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Expat Re

Safety Engineer (Drilling & Workover Operations) – Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Permanent Expat Relocation Package

This position requires full relocation to Saudi Arabia and is a permanent, full‑time Expat Relocation Package.

We are seeking a Safety Engineer focusing on Drilling & Workover Operations to join the Saudi Aramco Loss Prevention (LP) organization. LP provides day‑to‑day in‑field occupational and process safety support to Saudi Aramco operations, centralized technical support and consulting, and serves all facilities across the Kingdom.

Your primary role is to provide daily field and office safety support for upstream petroleum engineering, exploration, drilling, and workover activities, including unconventional resources and seismic operations.

• Facilitate implementation of the Saudi Aramco Safety Management System, including developing associated safety processes and participating in self‑assessments.
• Inspect onshore and offshore drilling rigs, workover equipment, and other support facilities with in‑depth knowledge of well control equipment and procedures (e.g., attended Basic Well Control School).
• Identify, evaluate, recommend actions, and follow up on critical, universal safety tasks and control methodologies related to operational safety practices (e.g., work at height, isolation/LOTO, permit to work, hydrogen sulfide, confined space entry, excavations).
• Participate in safety studies/activities using risk assessment and mitigation methodologies such as PHAs, HAZOPs, JSAs, incident investigations, compliance reviews, or insurance surveys.
• Develop and/or review corporate safety standards, instructions and procedures related to upstream operations and formalize them into company‑documented practices.
• Review designs of oil and gas field facilities for compliance with company and industry safety standards.
• Assist in developing Emergency Response Plans for credible scenarios, have a working knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS), attend emergency drills as observer and provide feedback.
• Respond to emergency situations and incidents to provide technical assistance and advice.
• Support the reporting, classification, and investigation of all incidents, participating in incident investigations, determining root causes, and providing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Deliver Loss Prevention‑specific training to employees, contractors, and outside parties.
• Mentor other LP personnel.

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline.
• Have 7 years of relevant upstream industry experience, including a strong track record in delivering results in Drilling & Workover operations, well planning and approval, reservoir management, geology and geophysics, upstream facilities development, SIMOPS, offshore and onshore drilling rig safety inspections, managerial audits, and safety program and emergency response plan development.
• Excellent ability to communicate in English with peers and management, producing clear and concise oral and written reports in English.

Our high‑performing employees are drawn by challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities and are remunerated accordingly. At Aramco, our people work on truly world‑scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology second to none. We invest heavily in talent development, with workforce programs that are among the largest in the world.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry, being one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals with among the lowest upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

We are headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with offices around the world, combining market discipline with a long‑term view. Our responsibility drives us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to the Kingdom and many communities worldwide.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world and among the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Strategy/Planning, Engineering, and Management

Oil and Gas