Compressor Engineer

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Role Description:

• We are seeking a Compressor Engineer (mechanical engineering background) to work with our Riyadh Refinery Department – Reliability Unit (RU).
• The RU is a centralized engineering unit, its function caters mainly to the technical needs of our refinery operations and supports organizations in compressor monitoring, technical support, troubleshooting and coordinate PdM and PM activities.
• Your primary role will be to provide technical support to our refinery operating plants, projects, technology deployment as well as the talent development of junior Compressor Engineers. You will be expected to conduct special studies and analyses in specialized rotating equipment assets, manage our reliability programs and develop monitoring programs to uplift equipment availability and reliability.

Responsibilities:

As the successful candidate will be required to perform the following:

• Provide technical guidance, support, training, and expertise to plant departments.
• Assess plant operation, maintenance and engineering with technical information for the rotating equipment and compressor systems and recommended actions for improvements and system optimization. 
• Develop and maintain lifecycle management activities on the rotating equipment and compressor systems.
• Develop and coordinate PdM and PM for rotating equipment and compressor systems activities.
• Ensure manufacturing knowledge is captured and continuous improvement is delivered by benchmarking and improving practices across our operating facilities.
• Provide leadership and support for rotating equipment and compressor systems across our operating facilities. 
• Provide engineering expertise and consulting on plant rotating equipment and compressor systems. 
• Carryout thorough failure analysis & issue recommendations. Also participate in equipment major failures investigation teams.
• Gather/analyze critical rotating equipment operating parameters from DCS, PI & operator Checklist and be able to recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare detailed technical scope for major equipment overhaul. 
• Maintain and execute installation, configuration, and upgrade procedures. 
• Lead/give support to plant outages, shutdowns, and chronicle problems. 
• System testing and health monitoring, experience in using system logs for troubleshooting. 
• Create and implement new strategies to improve productivity for the company, as well as support start-up & maintenance activities.
• Review EDC, new and upgrade projects’ packages and provide comments. 
• Establish & maintain an asset’s fault analysis database ensuring all data, drawings, and information are complete and all modifications are updated. 

Requirements:

• You must have a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• You should have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in rotating equipment within a refinery or within the Petrochemical industry.
• You must have a thorough knowledge of best engineering practices, solid industry codes and standards background and use of engineering software's such as system1, CCC or Vibration CSI.