Crude to Chemicals Engineering Specialist - LHR Global

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Important Notice: By applying through LHR Americas, you are ensuring that your CV will be manually revised by one of our recruiters. If accepted, we will submit it directly to our client’s recruitment team where your CV will be prioritized for revision. If you decide to apply directly through our client’s career site as well, LHR Americas will lose all visibility of your hiring process and will be unable to support you. Additionally, your CV will be among thousands of other applicants that have a chance of not being carefully revised by our client due to the very high interest in this position. LHR Americas has direct and weekly communication with this client and will strive to represent you in the most efficient way possible.

Who is our client and your future employer?

The company where energy is opportunity!

Our client occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. They are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas). With significant investment in technology and infrastructure, they strive to maximize the value of the energy they produce for the world and commit to enhancing value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and with offices around the world, our client combines market discipline with a generations-spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades of experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven them to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to many communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy they supply.

This company is one of the most profitable in the world and amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

LHR Americas

LHR Americas recruits people from around the world to work in Saudi Arabia.

Who are we looking for?

Our client is seeking an Engineering Specialist to join the Fuels & Chemicals R&D Division of the Research & Development Center (R&D). The Fuels & Chemicals R&D Division is responsible for developing new and improved technologies in hydrocarbon processing, refining, and petrochemicals.

The Engineering Specialist's primary role is to lead technology development projects related to the direct conversion of crude oil into petrochemicals. The Specialist should be familiar with simulation software packages such as Aspen Plus/Aspen HYSYS, capital cost estimation, and techno-economic assessments of R&D projects. In addition, the candidate should possess sound experience in project management and strong communication and mentorship skills.

Minimum Requirements

• PhD degree in Chemical Engineering.
• At least 10 years of experience in relevant R&D to the refining/petrochemicals industry; experience in crude to chemicals is preferred but not required.
• Highly knowledgeable in refining and petrochemical conversion processes especially Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), Hydrocracking, and Steam Cracking.
• Highly skilled in developing chemical engineering calculations (mass and energy balances, utilities consumption…etc) and analyzing experimental data.
• Ability to analyze/comprehend techno-economic assessments of R&D projects
  Experience with R&D projects, process development and deployment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the capability to work effectively across multiple functional teams.
• Proven track record of excellence in previous positions held.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply refining and petrochemicals R&D expertise to support existing projects under crude to crude-to-chemicals program and lead new technology development from ideation to deployment in fuels and chemicals.
• Utilize existing R&D facilities and tools, and leverage available/new collaborations with strategic partners to support technology development from R&D into deployment
• Conduct benchmarking of R&D projects against commercial and existing technologies.
• Find creative solutions to technical problems, both working individually and within a team.
• Liaise with business proponents and engineering teams within the organization.
• Manage project team and integrate efforts of team members.
• Capture all relevant innovative ideas and protect the organization's technology IP.
• Present and report project updates to all levels of management.
• Mentor and coach young talent.

Job Benefits

• Monthly Base Salary – aligned with company employees with similar skills
• Monthly Overbase – 25% of your monthly base salary
• Benefits Supplement – 20% of your monthly base salary, after 3 years of service, reward increases to 25% of base, after 6 years 30% of base, and after 12 years 35% of base
• Severance Package (2-year vest period) – year 2 to 5: 2 week's pay for each year of service, Year 6+: 4 week's pay for each year after
• Employment Tax – if employee chooses to separate themselves from their ‘home country’ for income tax purposes, most will not be required to pay ‘home country’ income taxes; company will not report income to the ‘home country’ governments. Please check with your tax advisor for specifics relating to you
• Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) (eligible after 12 months of service) – maximum purchase equal to 10% monthly base pay with a cap, 20% share discount
• Incentive Plan – annual; based on performance, approx. 1.8x monthly base salary
• Travel Allowance – annual; approx. $8,200 per household member 11+ years old residing in Saudi Arabia and $6,000 per household member under 11 years old
• Vacation & Paid Holidays – 38 vacation days / 4 travel days / 11-13 paid holidays
• Medical/Dental Plan – complimentary in-Kingdom Johns Hopkins medical care/facilities for employee and eligible family members. In-Kingdom dental services subsidized
• Educational Assistance Plan (EAP) – Out of Kingdom Assistance: 90% of expenses with a maximum per child, lesser of 5x monthly base salary or the company max ($48.5K), plus 3 round-trip economy air travel tickets; undergraduate college-age children get 2 round-trip economy air travel tickets; In Kingdom Assistance: 2x monthly base salary or the company max ($16.3K)
• Settling in Allowance – one-time payment; Family Status - 100% of monthly base salary; Single/Bachelor Status – 60% of monthly base salary