Wet Utilities Systems Engineer

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Project Overview:

Jubail is one of Bechtel’s most remarkable achievements—a city built from the sand up, requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale. It the biggest civil engineering project in modern times—and it's getting bigger. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since it began in the mid-1970s. Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO) serves as the Management Services Contractor (MSC), or “owner’s representative” for our client, the Royal Commission (RC). We are the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) managers, managing design submissions from local AE firms, and overseeing the actual construction work being performed by local contractors and sub-contractors in Jubail and Ras-Al-Khair Industrial Cities. In June 2021, Bechtel’s contract with the Royal Commission was renewed for another 5 years with work focusing on building new residential communities, iconic buildings/ bridges, major site preparation, commercial buildings, mosques, schools, hospitals, sports facilities, clinics, universities, utility services and infrastructure (electrical sub-stations, lift stations), roads and highways, port & pipeline expansions, and more. 

Job Summary:

The Wet Utilities Systems Engineer is an independent/ standalone member of the Royal Commission Core Team, as part of Technical Support Section within the Royal Commission (RC) Engineering Department in Jubail. #LI-AR2

Major Responsibilities:

• Evaluates, selects, and applies standard System Engineering procedures and criteria for Jubail Engineering Department and prepare system architecture for all main utilities (Seawater, process water, firewater, industrial wastewater, steam, gas, district cooling systems, sanitary wastewater, irrigation water and potable water). This shall include the incorporation and verification of as-builts for various contracts.
• Establishes means of verifying requirements implementation, including acceptance criteria.
• Prepares conceptual studies, designs, reports or drawings for all main utility systems.
• Research, models and documents limit against required performance during startup and operation, using design basis documents and discussion with system designers.
• Provides guidance to other Systems Engineering personnel for specific tasks or projects.
• Maintain up-to-date utility demands for each system and ensure demands are coordinated with AE designs, Master Plans and latest Industrial Investment Department SAR and Third Parties UARs.
• Interprets new or special regulations, codes, standards, criteria, and performance data and ensures AE design follows that.
• Coordinates stakeholders, Third Parties, to obtain their approval of Systems aspect of their work.
• Conducts or leads special studies of new Systems Engineering methods, tools and techniques for application across engineering department with close coordination with Engineering Quality and Process Team.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• University/College graduate with BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or related with minimum 10 years of related experience in the field of design and operations for main Utilities.
• Demonstrated experience related to major utilities such as seawater, process water, firewater, industrial wastewater, steam, gas, district cooling systems, sanitary wastewater, potable water, etc. in PC/EPC and/or operating industry, with multiple years in a System Engineering role.
• Experience in maintaining and keeping up-to-date System Engineering Utility Data, Process Flow Diagrams, P&IDs, Design Basis and other key documents.
• Experience in developing System Engineering Streams for major utilities and modelling of Streams using established modelling software.
• Experience with the estimation, allocation and tracking of utility demands across a large and diverse industrial complex and/or a large commercial / community area.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Professional/Chartered Engineer.
• Sizing and calculations of seawater, process water, firewater, industrial wastewater, steam, gas, district cooling systems, sanitary wastewater, irrigation network and potable water.
• Knowledge of engineering hydraulic software applications as related to System Engineering.
• System engineering background for water treatment systems implementation.
• Knowledge in System Engineering methods and application to major Utilities.
• Practical knowledge in developing and maintaining designs for potable water, irrigation system, wastewater treatment plant, industrial wastewater, lift stations, seawater and chilled water piping systems.
• Providing input for design reviews such a PFD/P&ID reviews, HAZOPs, 3D model reviews, Operability reviews.
• Ability to explain system engineering design issues to clients and other discipline engineers.
• Practical knowledge of implementing and modelling system engineering on an engineering wide level and providing training for various disciplines.
• Experienced in understanding of international and regulatory codes and standards and design criteria for System Engineering implementation.
• Participates in quality reviews of projects, in accordance with engineering procedures and instructions and assists Supervisor in quality reviews and System Engineering Compliance.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems based on ISO:9001 standards as applied to engineering System.

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