Jubail Saudi Petro-Chemical Company Jobs, Associate Engineer
Leads the development and maintenance of various fixed equipment and piping equipment with Sipchem Technical Standards.
• Oversees implementation of Sipchem Technical Standards on Major Capital Projects and provides interface with Sipchem Reliability and maintenance disciplines.
• Provides support to Operating affiliates for trouble shooting of rotating equipment and machinery related problems as a Sipchem standard subject matter expert.
• Defines mechanical design requirements consistent with Sipchem Technical Standards for rotating equipment in new chemical process units, including de-bottlenecks, revamps and expansion.
• Responsible for maintaining various Sipchem Technical Standards as the technical owner or administrator based on best available technology, best practices and lessons learned.
• Participates as a project team engineering specialist on one or more capital projects. Responsible for assuring technical requirements are understood and implemented by the EPC contactros.
• Participates as a primary interface between Plant Reliability and Maintenance to ensure appropriateness of equipment selections and to facilitate engagement of assigned focal points in project support functions.
• Engaged in engineering design reviews that emcompass the review of procedures and techniques used by engineering contractor to assess the validity of the design, specifications, drawings and calculations.
• Assists the Sipchem Project Team in the resolution of contractor and supplier equipment design deficiencies should they arise during engineering, procurement, construction or start-up.
• Participates on new chemical unit start-up teams by providing on-ste equipment and piping consulting as it relates to installation and testing.
• Participates in equipment failure analysis, root cause definition and development of corrective actions to prevent future occurrence.
Skills
• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in the refining, petro-chemical, or chemical process industry.
• Must have a substantial accumulated knowledge and skills in pressure equipment and pipign system design.
• Must be familiar with solutions to problems that arise during specifications, fabrication, start-up and operations of vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems and storage tanks.
• Technical knowledge and skills necessary include beam and plate theory, thermal stress analysis and vibration analysis of non-rotating quipment is required.
• Must have a comprehensive working knowledge of ASME, ANSI, TEMA and API and a thorough understanding of the application of the ASME code rules in the design and re-rating of pressure vessels and heat exchangers.
• A general understanding of finite element stress analysis and appropriateness of application is required.
• Must be knowledgeable of piping flexibility analysis and have experience in using at least one computer program for such analysis.
• Skills in systematic problem solving and equipment failure analysis is a must.
• Must be capable of directing contractors in the execution of work and in coaching and monitoring of less experienced employees in their development.
• Possesses leadership skills and is capable of leading colleagues in the execution of multi-disciplinary technical assignments.
• Has the ability to participate in the development of work plans for Speciality Engineering