Engineering Technical Training Coordination Services

• Position: Engineering Technical Training Coordinator
• Industry: Refining & Petrochemicals
• Project: Major petrochemical expansion integrated with an existing world-class refinery operated by a joint venture between two international energy majors, on the east coast of Saudi Arabia. Scope includes a mixed-feed steam cracker (3.5 MT/y of chemicals), high-value petrochemical and HDPE units, plus utilities, storage, off-sites and buildings. CAPEX over USD 10 billion (plus USD 3 billion from downstream investors), 4.5-year execution, 6 EPCC packages, ~100 million manhours, 25,000 workers at peak. Owner’s PMT peaking at ~350 people.
• Location: Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• Status: Resident, 5 working days per week (Sunday–Thursday)
• Start: Q1 2026 (per client document)
• Duration: 6 months, renewable
• Package: Accommodation, meals, local transport, mobile phone, medical insurance, mob/demob and 5 round-trip leave tickets per year provided

Job Description

• Main function: manage and coordinate technical and industrial skills training for the operator’s manufacturing and operations staff, follow up on external training providers and work with internal trainers to ensure course quality.

• Review annual training needs identified by supervisors during year-end appraisals
• Coordinate external and internal trainers to deliver technical and industrial skills courses
• Ensure all administrative and technical requirements for course delivery are met
• Attend courses, collect trainee feedback and evaluate topics, methods, content and trainer performance
• Link technical training with talent management and career development programmes
• Contribute to training objectives, goals and plans with the training programmes development section
• Keep up with training trends and recommend improvements
• Develop and review course objectives, content and approach with relevant personnel
• Prepare course specifications and take part in selecting external trainers
• Ensure course notes and handouts are available to all participants
• Maintain a training database: trainer evaluations, feedback, trainee results and materials
• Develop training KPIs
• Deliver specific technical and industrial training sessions when required

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience
• Background in refining and petrochemical technologies
• Technical knowledge of international and American codes (IEC, EN, NFPA, UL, IEEE, ANSI)
• General knowledge of construction and commissioning (a plus)
• Experience in Saudi Arabia / Middle East
• Experience in the EPCC phase of large projects and in integrated / joint-venture organisations
• Knowledge of safety and environmental aspects of major construction projects
• Fluent English, written and spoken
• Able to work in a multicultural, high-pressure project team and coordinate with contractors, auditors, experts and PMT packages

Additional Information

• Starting Date: Q4 2026
• Duration: 12 months (renewable) ​
• Location: Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ​
• Status: Residential ​