Industrial Information Systems Expert

Vallourec provides benchmark tubular solutions for the energy sector and for some of the most demanding industrial applications. Its offer ranges from oil and gas wells in extreme conditions to high-performance mechanical equipment, as well as solutions for the hydrogen, CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage), geothermal and solar energy markets. Vallourec’s pioneering spirit and cutting edge R&D open new technological frontiers.

With 15,000 dedicated and passionate employees in more than 20 countries, Vallourec works hand-in-hand with its customers to offer more than just tubes:
Vallourec delivers innovative, safe, competitive and smart tubular solutions, to make every project possible.

Provide expertise on industrial IT solutions (implementation, support, continuous improvement) : level 2 (RTT/SCADA), level 3 (MES), industry 4.0 solutions, specific industrial solutions, and their integration with ERP and automation systems.

• Sites : Vallourec Saudi Arabia plant, Dammam, Second Industrial City
• Scope : Industrial IT, with the support of other VDIS teams
• Main information systems : MES, RTT (=SCADA)
• Digital solutions :
  Smartengo Inventory (SI), Digital Log Sheet (DLS), Realtime Threading Performance (RTP), Fabriq…
• Specific industrial solutions :
• Industrial computers running specific solutions (machine-specific software, automation software)
• Production CCTV
• Other industrial solutions with a functional aspect
• Integration with other solutions : ERPs, automation
• ERPs, PLCs and automation are out of scope apart from integration points

• Manage projects
• Understand and analyze business requirements, convert them into IT requirements
• Follow-up the realization with the teams in charge of the solutions (Application Managers, Product Owners)
• Follow-up the topics with the various stakeholders
• Organize and coordinate user acceptance tests
• Coordinate the new solutions/changes implementation/commissioning/ramp-up

• Understand the processes/flows (functional part)
• Understand the special software (functional and technical part)
• Understand the underlying infrastructure (technical part) : hardware/software, stations location
• Document the solutions
• Join VSA routine meetings (VMS, SMT…)
• Animate the industrial IT solutions governance (follow-up meetings…)
• Support users on the industrial IT scope
• Track support requests
• Identify the improvement opportunities
• Support the resolution of issues/problems with an industrial IT component through workshops, CITs
• Provide training

• Maintain IT hardware and software inventories on the scope : special industrial computers, special software, solution-specific mobile devices
• Identify obsolescence points, put these under control in collaboration with the operations teams and the Global Infrastructure teams

• Be the referent for industrial information systems
• Establish and formalize a close collaboration with operational teams and solutions owners
• Give the operations team visibility on the industrial IT solutions

Capitalize the knowledge in the documentation portal

• Make sure the support requests are logged, monitored, closed
• Provide advanced support when needed (workshops, CITs)
• Assets management activities :
• Keep IT hardware and software inventories in the scope up-to-date
• Keep these assets lifecycle under control
• Ensure the respect of the Group standards (HSE, governance, infrastructure, security, sourcing, HR…)

• Vallourec Saudi Arabia is an industrial site, the Industrial IT Manager works in the IT domain
• The Industrial IT Manager knows and complies to all HSE rules applicable to the site and the Group

• Industrial information systems-oriented Computer Engineering/Science Masters’s degree
• Project management certifications are plus

• Deep understanding of industrial IT solutions (automation pyramid)
• Technical IT background : general knowledge about servers, networks,…