Senior Operational Excellence Advisor; Arabia

Senior Operational Excellence Advisor

Aramco energizes the world economy and is one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals.

The Senior Operational Excellence Advisor will work within the Operational Excellence Center of Excellence (OECOE) in Engineering Services to support the implementation of an OE management system across Aramco, developing annual schedules, conducting data analytics, identifying issues, providing solutions, and ensuring high‑quality reports to customers.

• 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, writes assessment reports, and develops 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 follows 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 engages in OE performance dialogues.
• Participate in OE integrated or “Due Diligence” corporate assessments, writing assessment reports, development of 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 maintains 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.

• You must hold a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering
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• You will also hold a Master Degree in Business Administration
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• You will have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the oil, gas, or petrochemical industry. Or Project management experience in quality management and operational excellence
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• 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/report writing) is also required.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Power BI and Minitab are desirable.