Saudi Aramco

5 months ago

Operational Excellence Specialist (SA)

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Job Summary

Join the Operational Excellence Center of Excellence to drive data-driven improvements across Aramco's OE program. You’ll analyze data, support assessments and risk mitigation, develop action plans, deliver training, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within Saudi Arabia’s OE framework.

Location: South Australia

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Engage with OE teams in achieving overall operational excellence in compliance with Saudi Aramco standards, policies and regulations, objectives and targets.
•Support OE internal assessments, writes assessment reports, and develops action plans and recommendations and related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
•Support operational excellence gap analysis based on the Plan, Do, Check and Adjust (PDCA) quality cycle, and related activities.
•Support the development of OE action plans to close OE gaps and follows up on implementation progress.
•Participate in the Identification of risks hindering OE active deployment and in developing risk mitigation measures to improve overall department OE performance, and engages in OE performance dialogues.
•Participate in OE integrated or “Due Diligence” corporate assessments, writing assessment reports, development of recommendations and action plans related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
•Engage in identifying and controlling of hazards, as well as developing and following up on recommendations as applicable.
•Assist in the preparation and delivery of OE performance presentations to management as required, and maintains department OE manual and procedures, benchmarks, best practices, and OE knowledge sharing activities.
•Assist in the preparation and delivery of operational excellence training courses.
•Support process optimization (Continuous Improvement) and strategy development workshops.

Key Requirements

•You must hold a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering.
•You will also hold a Master Degree in Business Administration.
•You will have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry. Or Project management experience in quality management and operational excellence.
•Operational excellence/quality management assessment international certification (e.g., EFQM, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, etc.) is essential.
•Ability to communicate fluently in English both in writing and orally, and strong communication skills in delivering (training/presentations/report writing) is also required.
•Strong Computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Power BI and Minitab are desirable.

Experience:12+ yearsOilGasPetrochemicalQuality managementOperational excellence

Education:Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering

Skills:Communication

Certifications:EFQMLean Six Sigma Black Belt

Languages:English

Tech Stack:Power BIMinitabMicrosoft Office

Company Brief

Saudi Aramco

State-owned integrated energy and chemicals company producing and marketing crude oil, natural gas and petrochemicals globally, with major investments in energy infrastructure, refining and low‑carbon technologies.

Industry: Oil & Gas

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Founded: 1933

Glassdoor: 4.2

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Saudi Aramco

5 months ago

Operational Excellence Specialist (SA)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 15 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: South Australia

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Engage with OE teams in achieving overall operational excellence in compliance with Saudi Aramco standards, policies and regulations, objectives and targets.
•Support OE internal assessments, writes assessment reports, and develops action plans and recommendations and related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
•Support operational excellence gap analysis based on the Plan, Do, Check and Adjust (PDCA) quality cycle, and related activities.
•Support the development of OE action plans to close OE gaps and follows up on implementation progress.
•Participate in the Identification of risks hindering OE active deployment and in developing risk mitigation measures to improve overall department OE performance, and engages in OE performance dialogues.
•Participate in OE integrated or “Due Diligence” corporate assessments, writing assessment reports, development of recommendations and action plans related activities leading to OE performance improvements.
•Engage in identifying and controlling of hazards, as well as developing and following up on recommendations as applicable.
•Assist in the preparation and delivery of OE performance presentations to management as required, and maintains department OE manual and procedures, benchmarks, best practices, and OE knowledge sharing activities.
•Assist in the preparation and delivery of operational excellence training courses.
•Support process optimization (Continuous Improvement) and strategy development workshops.

Key Requirements

•You must hold a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering.
•You will also hold a Master Degree in Business Administration.
•You will have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the oil, gas or petrochemical industry. Or Project management experience in quality management and operational excellence.
•Operational excellence/quality management assessment international certification (e.g., EFQM, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, etc.) is essential.
•Ability to communicate fluently in English both in writing and orally, and strong communication skills in delivering (training/presentations/report writing) is also required.
•Strong Computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Power BI and Minitab are desirable.

Experience:12+ yearsOilGasPetrochemicalQuality managementOperational excellence

Education:Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering

Skills:Communication

Certifications:EFQMLean Six Sigma Black Belt

Languages:English

Tech Stack:Power BIMinitabMicrosoft Office

Company Brief

Saudi Aramco

Industry: Oil & Gas

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Founded: 1933

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor