Engineer, Apc

**LOCATION: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jubail City**

**JOB SUMMARY**

To operate as a Global Engineering Advanced Process Control expert with the purpose to drive Manufacturing strategy for fostering continuous improvement in reducing operational risks, increasing revenue and optimizing cost across all SABIC sites worldwide, through:

- Expertise deployment for APC solutions & improvements,
- Development and deployment of APC world class practices and functional expertise,
- Identifying and implementing improvement opportunities through internal and external networks, systems, benchmarks and assessments,
- Networking & knowledge management and providing specialized training.
**Job Purpose & Responsibilities**

The tasks performed include the following activities:

- Identify, evaluate and recommend improvement needs for APC safety aspects.
- Identify, evaluate, review, develop and deploy technical standards and best practices related to APC.
- Identify, evaluate, develop and deploy technical global initiatives in APC.
Support manufacturing sites to resolve chronic failures/issues at sites globally.
- Support in technical audits/assessments/cold eye reviews and remaining life assessment initiatives.
- Engage with key OEMs to address design issues affecting asset reliability and to maintain knowledge of upcoming technological improvements.
- Monitor the market for new ideas, innovations and identify novel solutions for life cycle management of APC.
- Lead and/or participate in technical networks, forums, conferences and committees.
- Develop and delivery of specialized, quality training to site engineers.

**MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**
Master’s Degree in Engineering, with extended education and experience in the APC expertise area.

15 Years’ experience.

Additional required qualifications:

- Demonstrated experience in Petrochemical and Oil and Gas industry.
- Global expert on APC as demonstrated by significant accomplishments and contributions acquired over a period of minimum 15 years,
- Experience areas shall include cost/benefit analysis, technical design, implementation, commissioning, start-up, maintenance, sustainability, trouble shooting, failure analyzing and overhaul dedicated to APC systems, with proven experience on project execution, operation and maintenance of:

- APC technology, systems, industry standards and practices, including step testing, model identification, inferential deployment, interfacing and commissioning, cost/benefit analysis,
- Advanced Solutions and RTO technology, systems, industry standards and practices
- Process Modelling and Optimization. Dynamic and steady-state optimization,
- Advanced Regulatory control, Control loops performance, monitoring & fine tune,
- Expert systems design and implementation,
- Plant performance, historian and monitoring systems and processes