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Transportation & Urban Planning Engineering Specialist- Houston, TX

Transportation & Urban Planning Engineering Specialist

Division Infrastructure Facilities Plng Div

Position Description
We seek an experienced Transportation & Urban Planning Engineering Specialist to work with Facilities Planning department. Facilities Planning department is responsible for the development and coordination of the capital program throughout the Company. The Infrastructure Planning Division is responsible for all non-process and infrastructure facilities, including environmental and non-electrical utilities for all Business Lines new or existing facilities.

Functions include: (1) Assisting in the technical development and economic justification of Capital Programs and Budgets; (2) Conducting long-range planning studies; (3) Directing Saudi Aramco’s optimum land usage and area master planning; (4) Reviewing & Coordinating Land Use Permits (LUP) for Saudi Aramco and non-Saudi Aramco lands; (5) Preparing Design Basis Scoping Papers which are the basis for project proposals; (6) Reviewing project proposals with Project Management to insure economic design and conformance with Design Basis Scope Papers; (7) Preparing Expenditure Requests to obtain project funding; (8) Coordinating Saudi Aramco Traffic Engineering Planning and Saudi Aramco Area Planning Committees.

Minimum Requirements BSc Degree in Civil Engineering; Advanced Degree in Environmental Engineering is preferred, with a minimum of ten years experience. Experience is required in Experience in defining transportation and traffic requirements as well as Experience in performing economics evaluations & feasibility studies, and in preparing for budgetary approvals. Possesses excellent written and oral communications and technical presentation skills.

Duties & Responsibilities The candidate will be able to:
(1) Conduct feasibility studies to resolve traffic issues on existing facilities and evaluate traffic and transportation long-term business requirements/strategies related to investment and master plans
(2) Prepare scoping papers to define capital projects on transportation facilities
(3) Interface with Operating Organizations, New Business Development, Engineering and Project Management
(4) Prepare and makes presentations to Corporate Management
(5) Provide full-time consultation to Saudi Aramco management and other organizations
(6) Mentor the training of future Facilities Planning Specialists
About Us The Engineering & Project Management (E&PM) business line studies, plans and oversees the construction of the Company’s new facilities, including some of the biggest and most complex projects in the petroleum industry. Recently, Saudi Aramco completed the largest capital program in its history that included new or expanded oil, gas and petrochemical facilities, raising maximum sustainable crude oil production capacity to 12 million barrels per day and significantly increasing gas production and processing capacities. Among the recently completed projects was the largest crude oil increment in the history of the industry: Khurais, with a production capacity of 1.2 million barrels per day. More challenges lie ahead, with a slate of new or expanded oil, gas, refining and petrochemical projects in the works. E&PM also manages the Company’s Research & Development Center where scientists investigate topics such as the desulfurization of crude oil, advanced fuel formulations for next generation combustion engines, and reservoir nano-scale robots (Resbots™) for injection into reservoirs to record their properties.
Req Number E07-70024775D

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