Senior Operational Excellence Advisor; Arabia

Senior Operational Excellence Advisor (Relocation to Saudi Arabia is required)

Title: Senior Operational Excellence Advisor

Overview: We are seeking an Operational Excellence (OE) Professional to join our Operational Excellence Center of Excellence (OECOE) within Engineering Services. OECOE is responsible for supporting the implementation of the OE management system across the Aramco organization by developing annual schedules, conducting data analytics to identify issues, providing solutions, and ensuring high quality reports to customers. Your primary role is to conduct data analytics to gain insights that support OEM’s proper deployment and sustained excellence performance.

Aramco energizes the world economy and 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 significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce and enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we combine market discipline with a generation‑spanning view of the future, born of nine decades of experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to the Kingdom and to many communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

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

• Engage with OE teams in achieving overall operational excellence in compliance with Saudi Aramco standards, policies, and regulations, objectives, and targets.
• Support OE internal assessments, write assessment reports, and develop action plans and recommendations and related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
• Support operational excellence gap analysis based on the Plan, Do, Check and Adjust (PDCA) quality cycle, and related activities.
• Support the development of OE action plans to close OE gaps and follow up on implementation progress.
• Participate in the identification of risks hindering OE active deployment and in developing risk mitigation measures to improve overall department OE performance and engage in OE performance dialogues.
• Participate in OE integrated or “Due Diligence” corporate assessments, writing assessment reports, developing recommendations and action plans related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
• Engage in identifying and controlling hazards, as well as developing and following up on recommendations as applicable.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of OE performance presentations to management as required, and maintain department OE manual and procedures, benchmarks, best practices, and OE knowledge sharing activities.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of operational excellence training courses.
• Support process optimization (continuous improvement) and strategy development workshops.

• Hold a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering
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• Hold a Master Degree in Business Administration
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• Have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the oil, gas, or petrochemical industry, or project management experience in quality management and operational excellence.
• Operational excellence / quality management assessment international certification (e.g., EFQM, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, etc.) is essential.
• Ability to communicate fluently in English both in writing and orally, and strong communication skills in delivering training, presentations, and report writing are also required.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Power BI and Minitab are desirable.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Analyst

Chemical Manufacturing

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. We invest heavily in talent development and 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.