About the Role
This position provides technical support on process control and automation aimed at optimizing process capability, efficiency, yield, and quality while ensuring compliance with the organization’s EHS (Environmental, Health and Safety) system requirements. The role involves monitoring and optimizing key plant parameters, including production quality and utility efficiencies, and developing, tracking, and reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to unit management. Additionally, the individual will manage small changes in the unit, including minor projects.
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Responsibilities
The role involves performing processes and activities, including but not limited to:
- Providing engineering and process expertise to execute established targets and objectives, improve process capability, efficiency, yield, and quality within production budget.
- Identifying debottlenecks and profit opportunities in coordination with licensing and technical support groups.
- Managing the chemical, catalyst, and additives management process, creating annual consumption projections, updating BOMs, tracking consumption trends, and outlining delivery schedules to maintain minimum inventories.
- Supporting projects during plant commissioning and turnaround activities.
- Supporting troubleshooting activities arising from changes in process operations or new production plant projects.
- Recommending changes and improvements to Standard Operating Procedures and work methods for specific production areas and/or processes.
- Leading the Management of Change (MOC) process for changes in the unit and participating in executing MOCs related to other disciplines.
- Preparing operating and capital expense budgets and providing support for capital projects as a liaison between plant project engineering and operations.
- Monitoring costs and cost allocations on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with budgeted projections.
- Coordinating with Turnaround (T/A) planning to assist in developing shutdown and startup activities related to operational tasks to support T/A objectives.
- Determining product specifications, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to meet customers’ requirements and standards. Responding to customer complaints by providing detailed responses regarding root causes and corrective actions and inputting all information into the Customer Feedback System (CFS).
- Participating in HAZOP/LOPA (Hazard and Operability Study/Layer of Protection Analysis) reviews.
- Strictly following established environmental, health, safety, and quality policies and procedures to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, the delivery of high-quality products/services, and a responsible environmental attitude.
- Undertaking accountabilities in the operational excellence process as outlined in the schedule of responsibilities.
- Contributing to processes of continuous improvement for the assigned area.
- Performing any other relevant tasks as directed by the Manager of Operations.
Required Qualifications
- Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
- Experience: A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience as a Production Engineer in Operations - Polyethylene.
Benefits and Contract Details
This role is within a pioneering company contributing significantly to the industrial foundation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly in the petrochemical sector. The objective is to lead the way for private sector investments in the petrochemical industry.
