Overview

We are seeking a Change Management & Strategy Consultant to join our Global Manufacturing Excellence Organization under the technical support team. The technical support is a multi-disciplinary team who provides the required high-quality technical support to GM operating facilities (Refineries, NGLF, and petrochemical plants) inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and across the globe. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape. Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and design innovative digital solutions.

Your primary role will be to support the Global Manufacturing Digital Transformation programs which aim at maximizing the digital value realization, utilization and benefits by deploying innovative and efficient digital transformation solutions and technologies across Global Manufacturing facilities. You will provide overall technical vision and recommendations for Manufacturing Decision Support and Visualization and Manufacturing Production Solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Accelerate digitalization by working closely with key stakeholders to develop the digital strategy, roadmaps and partner with implementation teams to ensure the successful delivery of the digital platforms.
  
• Review and analyze user requirements, recommend and develop solution proposals to meet customer's requirements and ensuring the alignment with enterprise-wide digital architecture strategy.
  
• Review business process and functional requirements to optimize the solution architecture requirement for the solution, recommending potential options, (which may include RFIs, RFPs or prototype development), selecting the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution.
  
• Participating in technology selection, controlling solution development and Supporting project management.
  
• Communicates the optimized architecture to the stakeholders, collaborates and coordinates with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of proposed standards and procedures.
  
• Ensure that proposed solution not only fulfils the functional requirements but also comply with the standards guidelines of technology solutions.
  
• Supports the architectural aspects of all digital plant application projects.
  
• Perform digital architecture governance function by conducting formal reviews of the project artefacts to ensure alignment with the overall digital architecture vision.
  
• Develop policies and standards for digital platforms governance and solutions architecture.
  
• Develop and maintain digital platform architecture blueprints.
  
• Communicate and present Digital architecture proposals to peers and senior management.
  
• Develop business architecture and capability maps guidance to the delivery team.
  
• Design scalable and integrated digital solutions.
  
• Ensure seamless integration of solutions into D&TMD's existing ecosystem.
  

Benefits

• Compelling remuneration package.
  
• Permanent Employment on an Indefinite Term Employment Agreement.
  
• The company's Incentive Plan: This is a broad-based annual and performance based incentive plan based on company and individual performance, base salary, and length of service during the plan year. The objective of this plan is to drive organizational performance, as well as, recognize and reward your contributions beyond the normal annual merit increases.
  
• Annual repatriation travel allowance: An annual cash payment that more than covers airfare costs to your home country. You have full flexibility to use this payment in any way you choose.
  
• Annual vacation: You can look forward to up to 38 calendar days of paid leave each year. In addition, you'll typically be granted between 9 and 11 days of national public holidays each year.
  
• Severance award: In accordance with the Saudi labor law, a severance award is payable by the company to employees who leave after two years or more of satisfactory service. The severance award is based on length of continuous service and final base pay. The severance award can be a substantial benefit for longer service employees.
  
• Education Assistance Plan: If you are hired on family status, you may be eligible to benefit from the company's excellent education assistance plan for dependent children. This may include the option for them to attend the company's high quality private schools or to attend international schools in the local community.
  
• Quality housing in company communities or a rental assistance allowance: We have four communities in the Eastern Province where we provide quality accommodation in pleasant surroundings. Alternatively, employees may obtain housing in the local communities outside of the company's communities, for which we provide a rental assistance allowance.
  
• Free medical care: We provide medical care via our subsidiary medical network or contracted hospitals and clinics. These facilities are among the finest in the Middle East.
  
• Free access to recreational facilities: You will have access to our extensive range of recreational facilities that include: private beaches, tennis courts, exercise gyms, swimming pools, golf courses, tennis and squash courts, and much more.
  
• Free scheduled transportation: Air-conditioned buses are provided free of charge for transportation within camp areas, to work locations, local shopping areas outside camp, the beach and our other communities.
  
• Voluntary Group Life and Accident Insurance: you may enroll in a voluntary program providing term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage equal to 12, 18, 24 or 30 times your monthly base salary. Favorable group rates keep the premium low.
  
• Short-term Disability: In the event you are unable to work due to illness or injury, short-term disability income benefits are provided. The benefit is 30 days full pay and 60 days at three-quarters pay, in any one year period.
  
• Death Benefit: The company pays an ex-gratia death benefit equal to 24 months base pay if death is from an industrial accident and 12 months base pay if death is non-industrial related.
  
• Career development: We recognize and value professional growth and achievement, so you'll have many opportunities to develop your career and expertise.
  

Minimum Requirements

You must hold a Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or engineering. Master degree is preferred.

You should have a minimum of 10 years experience as a solution architect within refining or gas plants with strong knowledge in designing, implementing and commissioning of digital plant solutions for refinery or gas plants.

Fundamentals of Engineering, Professional Engineering, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent certification is highly desirable.

ISA 95 Model Architecture and its associated functions.

Enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman and architecture analysis for decomposing business processes into functional, application, and data architectures.

Software technologies and vendors evaluation and selection based on quantitative decision analysis methods.

Previous experience in developing business case and benefit/cost analysis for Digital Plant solutions.

TOGAF, Open Group Open Certified Architect (Open CA) or any other relevant Architecture certification desired. You should be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of the latest digital technologies including Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, IoT, data science and analytics, cloud computing, Integration, DB technologies (relational, timeseries) etc.

Experience in designing and deploying solutions in cloud-native enterprise applications in public, private and hybrid cloud models (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift).

Bring an entrepreneurship and product mindset to provide the technical leadership in the development of technical designs, functional specification and relevant documentation as per the company's standards.

Deep understanding of the microservices, headless and event driven and Integration architecture.

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