Compressor Engineer

Permanent

Saudi Arabia

Overview

We are seeking a Compressor Specialist to join our Global Manufacturing Excellence Team within our Global Manufacturing Support Department (GMSD).

GMSD is a multi-disciplinary organization with interface to technical, and in some cases business, support requirements of Domestic Refining & NGL Fractionation Admin Area and company affiliates. Its function caters mainly to the technical needs of Global Manufacturing, operating facilities management, and driving the performances of operating facilities in executing corporate programs and initiatives towards operational excellence and value creation.

Your primary role will be to provide technical evaluation and assessment of Compressors including all the relevant auxiliary systems in the refining, NGLF, and petrochemical plants.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Provide technical support to the operation team during the entire lifecycle of the compressors, analyzing their performances, operative conditions and boundaries, in order to guarantee reliable and safe operations.
• Troubleshoot Compressors & Rotating Equipment failures & performance.
• Utilize knowledge and familiarity with the international standards in order to improve the equipment performance.
• Implement best-in-class solutions pertaining to the rotating equipment and Compressors in particular, as foreseen by international standards and other internal company standards.
• Lead efficiency improvement initiates, upgrading programs, & projects for Compressors.
• Provide technical solutions whenever the machines experience failures, utilizing sound maintenance strategies to analyze, address and rectify the root causes in order to prevent reoccurrences.
• Propose changes in operating modes, or technological improvement, or maintenance strategies implementation, in order to support the company vision of continuous improvement throughout collaboration and people conversation.

Minimum Requirements

• You must have a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering.
• You should have a minimum of 15 years& 39; experience in the rotating equipment discipline, with at least 5 years of specialized experience in compressors, and 5 years relevant experience in the field of troubleshooting & assessments.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering practices and economic principles, calculation methods, design details, and international codes, standards and specifications, including API610, API 617, API 618, API 619, API 692 is required.
• Familiarity with the basic investigation tools and techniques like FRACAS, RCA, and TAPROOT is an added value.

About Petroplan

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