About this role

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

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

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

Engineering Technical Training Coordination Services