Static Mechanical Engineer
Chicago, IL, US
- Engineering
- Full-time
- Static Mechanical Engineer
- Piping Engineering
- Stress Analysis
The Static Mechanical Engineer at Aramco’s Jafurah Gas Plant is responsible for performing static and piping engineering activities including design modifications, stress analysis, and technical support for operating facilities. The role involves optimizing operations, leading engineering teams, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and supporting asset integrity and reliability. Candidates require a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 10-15 years of relevant experience, and expertise in API and ASME codes.
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a special 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 our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking a Static Mechanical Engineer to join Jafurah Gas Plant Engineering Division (JGPED) within Jafurah Gas Plant Department (JGPD).
Jafurah Gas Plant Department is responsible for Processing Feed gas and producing Sales Gas, Condensate, and C2+NGL.
Your primary role is to Handle static and piping activities such as studies and design modification in the operating facilities.
Key Responsibilities
As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following: .
- Look for opportunities to optimize operations and implement them accordingly.
- Provide technical direction/support to in-kingdom and out kingdom design contractors.
- Formulate and implement long-term strategies to improve operations and reduce costs.
- Lead groups of engineers in normal operations of existing plants.
- Participate in standards reviews to assure inclusion of requirements that are of practical benefit to field operation and maintenance in regard to safety and efficiency of the plant.
- Provide guidance on standards development through technical committee participation. Interprets standards and recommenced changes to reduce costs associated with overly stringent requirements.
- Perform management of change (MOC)
- Verify system operations and performance after implementing the recommendation.
- Provide day to day technical support to operation and maintenance teams, to troubleshoot and fix piping and static equipment.
- Handle static and piping activities such as studies and design modification in the operating facilities.
- Review project proposals and detailed design packages for new and/or existing facilities.
- Develop static and piping engineering design packages for any modifications at site ensuring full compliance with the Company applicable standards.
- Perform and review stress analysis for piping
- Ensure compliance for piping and flange material selection.
Minimum requirements
As the successful candidate you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized and approved program with Static equipment specialty.
- You will have 10-15 years of experience in Static Mechanical Engineering.
- Confident with engineering and design principles related to static and piping engineering.
- Able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of industry standards and procedures, such as American Petroleum Institute (API) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) codes, required to support the review of company standards, projects reviews and implementation of plant modifications to process systems.
- Direct, coordinate, advise, and technically support to sustain asset integrity and reliability of wide range of piping and static equipment.
Work Location and Work Schedule
Work location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer
Work schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
Job Posting Duration:
Job posting start date: 12/15/2025
Job posting end date: 12/15/2026
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.
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