Power Systems Reliability & Asset Integrity Engineer – Saudi Arabia

This position is based full time in Saudi Arabia.

Aramco 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. Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources.

We are seeking a Power Systems Reliability & Asset Integrity Engineer to join the Reliability & Asset Management Division (R&AMD) under Power Systems Projects & Technical Support Department (PSP&TSD).

PSP&TSD provides HV Electrical Equipment Specialized technical support to Power Operations. R&AMD is responsible for administrating Power Systems engineering studies, equipment life cycle management, reliability assessments, equipment failure analysis, digital transformation, maintenance strategy reviews & enhancement to ensure safe, reliable and efficient power supply to all company’s hydrocarbon production & other support facilities. Your primary role is to provide support, consultation, guidance and assistance to Power Systems operating areas and projects including engineering analysis and assuring adherence to Reliability & Asset Integrity Management standards.

• Develop a Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) model for the electrical substations and distribution network.
• Develop and align specific RCM process focused on equipment function (not just design), enabling targeted identification and mitigation of functional failures.
• Develop, manage, update and monitor implementation of short and long-term asset management policy, strategy, initiatives and work plans for power system asset and ensure alignment with overall company Strategic Asset Management Program.
• Manage PS owned Substations by deploying Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) Program.
• Manage Power Systems HV Electrical Equipment Life Cycle Management Process.
• Develop and manage single point of failure assessment to sustain Power Supply in case of equipment failure.
• Evaluate risk-based maintenance methodology based on likelihood and consequences.
• Provide technical guidance and tools in the area of risk and reliability assessment and management to work groups involved with distribution infrastructure replacement, substation infrastructure replacement, and transmission infrastructure replacement.
• Perform Asset failure trending and analysis. Identify repetitive failures and perform RCA to avoid reoccurrence of failures.
• Perform data analysis using techniques (APM, RCA, Six Sigma (6σ) etc.). Calculate and update the asset KPIs. Issue reliability program monthly reports (MTBF, MTTR, bad actors, etc.) updating the equipment health progress, and reporting failures and successes.
• Oversee PS assets performance and report PS technical KPIs for T&D assets.
• Utilize SAP Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to document and track unreliability events and reliability improvements opportunities.
• Provide technical information for field unreliability events backed up with equipment history & process data intended for area maintenance. Review the PM Defect Reports and evaluate corrective actions.
• Participate in developing, revising and tracking Asset Management strategies.
• Supervise the documentation and development of asset inventory for each class of assets, asset condition, level of service and performance, risk signature, maintenance strategies, repair/replacement models, financial forecasts, and tactical and work planning.

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering working on High Voltage Electrical Equipment.
• Have a minimum of 8 years of experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical Industry or Power utility in the field of Power Systems Reliability & Asset Integrity Management.
• Familiar with reliability programs such as (RAM, RCM, RMS, MTBF, Bad actors, etc.) including SAP system or equivalent computerized systems.
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), TapRooT Analyst or 6 Sigma Certification is preferred.
• Willingness and ability to relocate to Saudi Arabia as an expat on a full-time basis.