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Engineer, InspectionYanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Ltd. · Yanbu, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF) Ltd.

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Engineer, Inspection

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-09 Yanbu, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia Full-time Hybrid Engineering
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market SAR 15,000–SAR 25,000/mo

About the Company

Refining responsibly, It's our world too Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company Ltd., a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and China Petrochemical Corporation ( Sinopec). A world-class, full-conversion refinery that covers about 5.2 million square meters in the Yanbu Industrial City, and is considered to be a key anchor project for the future of Yanbu. YASREF will use 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Arabian heavy crude oil to produce premium transportation fuels, as well as high-value refined products for both international and domestic markets. It is scheduled to be operational in Q3 2014. YASREF signifies the impressive downstream portfolio added to Saudi Aramco, yet building and cementing on the strategic partnership with Sinopec - Saudi Aramco's largest crude oil partner and buyer - Both companies bring commercial and technical expertise to the joint venture to enhance trade of transportation fuels between a significant energy producer and its consumer. In addition, YASREF represents a continuing step forward in the strategies of Saudi Aramco and Sinopec to drive growth further downstream to capture additional value along the hydrocarbon chain. YASREF was registered in January 2012 with the single purpose to establish, operate, and manage a full conversion-refining complex. YASREF possesses the location advantage to effectively and efficiently supply both international and domestic markets. The products include 90,000 bpd of gasoline, 263,000 bpd of ultra-low sulfur diesel, 6,200 metric tons per day (mtd) of petcoke, 1,200 (mtd) of sulfur, and 140,000 tons per year of benzene. YASREF will process Arabian Heavy crude oil into high-quality refined products that could include future production of Paraxylene and products to support downstream industries. Oil and Gas

Responsibilities

  • ● JOB SCOPE Ensure the refinery engineering needs are provided with the accurate and quick real-time engineering solutions. Respond to any operational abnormalities and provide required engineering support and comply with Yasref strategies and operational priorities (profit, safety, reliability, and environmental requirements). COMMUNICATION
  • ● Internal : Report and refer on a regular basis with hierarchy. Implement pertinent policies, exchange information, discuss and know relevant KPIs/performance parameters. Provide service to other organizations.
  • ● External: NA. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • ● Provide engineering solutions to maintain the plant assets throughout their life cycle. Provide technical support to OME teams during plant maintenance/shutdown or in order to resolve any technical issue related to engineering.
  • ● Conduct evaluation and prepare the design modifications as approved by the change of management system or project management team. Prepare Design Packages for In-house modifications and MOCs and carry out all the supporting design calculations.
  • ● Make frequent plant visits and discuss operational issues with respective OME teams with purpose of resolving, upgrading, maintaining, and improving the equipment performance as required.
  • ● Participate and contribute in troubleshooting meetings to attend the equipment failures, system failures and other process abnormalities. Discuss abnormalities with technicians, engineers and reliability engineers and operations shift.
  • ● Conduct research on equipment's, processes and systems to troubleshoot and resolve performance issues and abnormalities. Regularly evaluate work, processes and outcomes to identify areas for improvement.
  • ● Conduct investigation on equipment failures, system failures and identify the root causes and provide sound recommendations to prevent future failure or incidents. Participate in Root Cause Analysis on plant assets malfunction and provide feedback to seniors on the findings.
  • ● Regularly update the knowledge of industry best practices, document lessons learned. identify emerging technologies, regularly read industry publications and participate in professional development activities.
  • ● Participate in various Plant Acceptance Tests and validate modifications or addition of equipment's and systems. Asses and manage risks associated with plant assets, and evaluate potential system failures. Implement protocols, conduct risk assessments and ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards.
  • ● Contribute in the development & update of the Standards. Contribute in the procedures and objectives improvement. Carry out solutions as per defined standards or manuals.
  • ● Support Operation and Maintenance during planned, emergency shutdown or disasters, provide technical assistance and assist in resolving emergency situations arising in operation related to equipment's. Evaluate and review failure report and shutdown incident report and provide engineering recommendations.
  • ● Contribute in preparation of Development/ Enhancement of engineering designs, studies, documents, calculations, Technical bulletins, Work instructions, guidelines, procedures etc.
  • ● Conduct engineering studies; including engineering standards review; to improve plant integrity and reduce costs.
  • ● Provide technical support to improve asset maintenance strategies such as Maintenance strategy planning and Capital spare strategy. Contribute in update of preventive /predictive maintenance task lists, work instructions etc.
  • ● Evaluate the engineering proposals to ensure that the Equipment or System meets YAREF standard requirements and enables the achievement of business priorities (HSE, reliability, profitability and continuous improvement).
  • ● Fully comprehend and adhere to relevant safety and environmental policies as per YASREF Standards. Participate in HSE activities (such as reporting near miss cases, proposing safety suggestions and safety quizzes) as required.
  • ● Perform other job-related duties as assigned by the direct Supervisor. EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
  • ● Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Computer Engineering or equivalent.