Job: Automation Engineer - BPU in Saudi Arabia

Job Description

Job Title:             Beam Pumping Unit Automation Engineer

Reports to:         JDL or PSD Manager

Purpose of the Job:

The Automation Engineer shall be responsible for VSD installation, configuration, commissioning, well start-up, and performance optimization for beam pumping units.

Dimensions:

Key responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and commission VSDs for beam pumping units.


• Perform full well start-up including energization, motor rotation checks, torque verification, and SPM optimization.


• Configure motor parameters, protections, alarms, and fault logging.


• Integrate load cells, rod rotators, and field instrumentation.


• Interface VSDs with SCADA / RTU / PLC systems.


• Analyze torque and dynamometer cards for troubleshooting and optimization.


• Support PM and CM activities requiring automation involvement.


• Prepare start-up reports, backups, and performance recommendations.


• Tracking the usage and inventory of all equipment.

• Ensuring that all equipment is serviced and kept in good working condition.


• Managing consumable products, ensuring workers have all the necessary products and tools to carry out the required operation safely and efficiently.

HSE Responsibilities 

• Ensure compliance with electrical and automation safety procedures.


• Participate in risk assessments, JSAs, and HSE meetings.


• Ensure safe commissioning and start-up practices.


• The inclusion of HSE considerations when issuing day to day job instructions.


• Promptly responding to all reports of unsafe conditions, unsafe activities, accidents

and near misses, which are received from subordinates and other persons.

• Taking prompt corrective action and advising management accordingly with regard to unsafe and unhealthy procedures, methods, facilities, equipment and substances.


• Encouraging personal HSE awareness among individual subordinates, the collective workforce and any personnel subcontracted.


• Adequately and promptly investigating and reporting all accidents and near misses.


• Ensuring that all work for which you have a supervisory responsibility, whether executed by employees or subcontractors, is carried out with full regard to the applicable HSE procedures.


• Personally confirming that all persons, who are engaged in activities, on facilities for which you have a supervisory responsibility, are competent to safely execute the required work, and that the applicable Operating and HSE Procedures are communicated, understood and in place.


• Advising your workforce and any other persons at risk, of any potential HSE hazards arising from the work activities which fall within your supervisory scope.


• Ensuring that your subordinates and any subcontractors make correct use of personal protective clothing and equipment and that the equipment so used is suitably rated with consideration to the hazards involved.


• Ensuring that safety and emergency equipment, whether portable or installed, is maintained in a safe operable condition, and that such equipment is correctly used.


• Checking that all facilities, tools and equipment, in use within your area of supervisory responsibility are in a safe operable condition.


• Ensuring that any tools, equipment and vehicles, brought into your area of the Company operation by subcontractors, and intended for use in a safe operable condition.


• Holding regular HSE meetings with your workforce and, where applicable, other persons, such as contractors, subcontractors and vendors representatives.


• Conducting regular inspections and audits of the facilities under your control in order to identify and eliminate hazards to health, safety and the environment.


• Participation in the follow-up and close-out of inspection and audit findings.

Qualifications / Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Automation, Mechatronics or Control Engineering.


• Minimum 7–10 years’ experience in oilfield automation.


• Minimum 5 years’ experience with VSDs and beam pumping unit automation.


• Strong knowledge of SCADA and industrial communication protocols.


• Must have a good knowledge in computers, specifically MS Office.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Deliver reliable and optimized automation solutions.


• Support production enhancement and energy efficiency.


• Ensure accurate documentation and system backups.

• Ensure the day-to-day activities are performed in a safe and efficient manner. 


• Is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all personnel.


• Assists with the continual improvement / development of the HSE management system.


• Developing job safety analyses.


• Performs any other duties allocated by the PSD Manager/Automation Lead

Challenges:

• Troubleshooting complex well and automation issues.


• Balancing production optimization with equipment protection.

• Maintain a zero LTI (lost time incident) track record.


• Identify and exploit new opportunities for the company