Human Factors Engineer- Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Expat

Human Factors Engineer
- Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Permanent Expat Relocation Package

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- Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Permanent Expat Relocation Package role at aramco

This position requires full relocation to Saudi Arabia. It is a permanent full time Expat Relocation Package.

We are seeking a Human Factors Engineer to join the Loss Prevention Organization (LP).

LP provides in‑field occupational and process safety support to Saudi Aramco operations and centralized technical support across the Kingdom. File offices are located in Abqaiq, Riyadh, Ras Tanura, Dhahran, Udhailiyah, Jeddah (including Yanbu and Jazan), and Tanajib. Through these offices, LP serves all Saudi Aramco facilities and departments throughout the Kingdom.

Your primary role is to embed human and organizational factors principles in operational processes and capital projects, promote a sound safety culture, build human factors capability, and share human factors knowledge while engaging with the industry.

• Develop corporate policies, guidelines, standards, and specifications for human factors.
• Create tools to incorporate human factors in qualitative and quantitative risk assessments (human failure analysis, safety critical task analysis, human reliability analysis) and support risk assessment activities that involve these tools.
• Introduce human performance tools to error‑proof routine and non‑routine field activities, including embedding human factors thinking into day‑to‑day activities (site inspections, work permitting, pre and post job briefings, JSA).
• Participate, review, and analyze human factors issues in incident investigations.
• Advise on Human Factors Engineering (HFE) integration in capital projects, verifying compliance with international and company HFE standards and Human‑Machine Interface (HMI) specifications.
• Streamline critical communications for frontline workers, advising on shift turnover practices and communication interfaces between work groups and between organizations.
• Advise facilities on how to manage fatigue risk and best practices in shift work schedule design, including safe manning levels, optimal workload, and allocation of functions.
• Develop programs and strategies for driving and sustaining a positive safety culture, operationalizing proven methods to assess safety culture and driving targeted interventions.
• Develop methods to measure psychological safety and action plans to address areas for improvement.
• Identify and lead the deployment of innovative technologies to reduce human failure.
• Provide awareness and technical training for different human factors topics.
• Mentor other LP personnel.
• Hold a Bachelor degree in Engineering, industrial psychology, human factors, ergonomics, or safety from an accredited institution.
• Have 7 years of experience as a human factor professional in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, or related industries, with a strong track record in delivering results.
• Hold a recognized certification in human factors such as Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP), Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), Chartered Ergonomics and Human Factors Specialist (C.ErgHF), or European Ergonomist (Eur.
  
  Erg).
• Have excellent English communication skills, producing clear and concise oral and written reports in English.

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Industrial Psychology, Human Factors, Ergonomics, or Safety from an accredited institution.
• 7+ years experience as a human factor professional in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, or related industries.
• Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP), Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), Chartered Ergonomics and Human Factors Specialist (C.ErgHF), or European Ergonomist (Eur.
  
  Erg).
• Strong knowledge of human factors engineering (HFE) integration in capital projects and safety performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Aramco energizes the world economy. Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry, being one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals with among the lowest upstream carbon intensities of any major producer. With significant investment in technology and infrastructure, Aramco strives to maximize the value of the energy it produces for the world while committing to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aramco combines market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of nine decades of experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. Aramco is one of the most profitable companies in the world, among the top five global companies by market capitalization.