Process Online Analyzer Specialist (Relocation to Saudi Arabia)

About the Role

We are seeking a Process Online Analyzer Specialist to join our Chemicals & Process Analysis Division (C&PAD) within our Research & Analytical Services Department. C&PAD provides advanced analytical and technical support for crude oil and refined products, water chemistry, compositional analysis of solid materials, and process support for operational facilities. The team collaborates with Saudi Aramco research organizations to enable technology development and innovative solutions, conducts applied research studies, and provides technical consultancy to corporate technical committees.

This is a permanent, expatriate position requiring full relocation to Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities

• Provide process analyzer system support to R&D teams, operations, and pilot plant activities using analytical techniques such as physical property analyzers, chromatography, spectroscopy, and chemometrics.
• Track analyzer performance efficiency, conduct failure analyses, and drive continuous improvements for analyzer performance and applications.
• Develop and identify new analytical solutions to monitor process composition in real-time.
• Support the design, selection, installation, and commissioning of new process analyzer systems.
• Carry out investigative studies in oil and gas processing plants using state-of-the-art portable online analyzers.
• Manage projects for implementations of process analyzer technologies, including calibration, maintenance procedures, installation recommendations, and process validation.
• Support and guide in-house technology development programs.
• Utilize project management tools to set work objectives, detail experimental scope, and ensure timely execution of projects while maintaining collaboration with customers, engineering departments, and other stakeholders.
• Issue patents and publications in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.
• Assess and develop junior scientists and engineers on process analyzers and sampling systems.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering; a PhD specializing in process analyzers or system sampling design is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in process monitoring, with most of this experience in process controls, selection, and design of process online analyzers and sampling systems.
• Strong experience and hands-on skills in chromatography and physical property analyzers within the oil and gas or petrochemical industry.
• Demonstrated scientific or technical achievements through patents and publications is preferred.
• Experience in developing process monitoring solutions and technologies, with the ability to implement technologies for research and development in gas processing, refining, GOSPs, etc.
• Willingness and ability to relocate to Saudi Arabia.

About the Company

Aramco energizes the world economy and occupies a unique 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. With significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we maximize the value of the energy we produce while enhancing Aramco’s societal impact.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and with offices worldwide, we combine market discipline with a long-term view, leveraging over nine decades of experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s hydrocarbon resources. We deliver societal and economic benefits to communities, economies, and countries reliant on our energy supply. Aramco is among the most profitable companies globally and ranks in the top five by market capitalization.