Mechanical Specialist

The project aims to provide water supply from three sources for treatment and injection, supporting the production forecast up to 2035 and maintaining the Safaniyah Field's Maximum Sustainable Capability. The scope includes expanding water facilities to accommodate surplus produced water and covers the design, engineering, and commissioning of related systems.

Job Purpose

Responsible for reviewing vendor technical evaluation and deviation lists from company standards for rotating equipment such as compressors, pumps, and gas turbines.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Review rotating equipment datasheets and supporting documentation.
• Participate in technical clarification meetings with vendors.
• Design and implement cost-effective equipment modifications to improve safety, reliability, and throughput.
• Develop project specifications with colleagues from various engineering disciplines.
• Develop, test, and evaluate theoretical designs.
• Discuss and solve complex problems with manufacturing departments, sub-contractors, suppliers, and customers.
• Manage projects using engineering principles and techniques.
• Plan and design new production processes.
• Produce details of specifications and outline designs.
• Recommend modifications following prototype test results.
• Utilize research, analytical, conceptual, and planning skills, including mathematical modelling and computer-aided design.
• Consider implications of cost, safety, and time constraints.
• Monitor and commission plant and systems.

Requirements

Educational & Technical Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering discipline.
• 10-15 years of experience in oil and gas industry petrochemical projects.
• Good working knowledge of Aramco standards and procedures and international standards.
• Proficient in English, both written and verbal.
• Advanced computer skills with MS-Office.

With minimum 20 or more years of experience in:

• Leading pipeline discipline from detailed engineering to commissioning.
• Developing technical specifications, purchase specifications, datasheets, and method statements.
• Developing non-metallic material specifications, datasheets, and procedures.
• Generating drawings including route maps and alignment sheets using GIS data and survey maps.
• Designing and engineering pipeline right-of-way, trenching, trenchless crossing, and HDD using geotechnical surveys.
• Performing technical assessment, qualification, and periodic audits of vendor facilities.
• Leading or participating in specialized incident investigation and failure analysis of pipelines.
• Experience from design to construction of non-metallic pipeline systems.
• Assessing technical, cost, and schedule impacts of engineering and field modification requests.
• Performing Management of Change (MOC) and construction risk management.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of API 5L pipe requirements.
• Engineering and executing pipeline internal liners such as HDPE or PE-RT.
• Analytical lifecycle management and regulatory compliance.
• Conducting calculations for wall-thickness, hydrodynamic stability, expansion loop layout, and thermal buckling using finite element analysis (FEA) software.
• Flow assurance and modelling multiphase thermodynamic mixed fluids.
• Comprehensive knowledge of ILI tools and cathodic protection systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of API 6A and API 6D valves.
• Performing stress analysis and surge analysis for pipeline and piping.
• Working knowledge of piping layout design and piping engineering, including piping material specification development.
• Reviewing piping engineering and design of vendor packages for standards compliance.
• Familiarity and experience with Aramco standards, practices, and procedures.
• Deep working knowledge of ASME B31.4, ASME B31.3, API-579.
• Active affiliation with professional societies like IMechE, ASME, API, ISO is highly desirable.