Oil Drilling Jobs in Saudi Arabia

Drilling jobs in Saudi Arabia offer one of the best compensations and social benefits in the world, and that's why there is such severe competition among the candidates for filling vacancies, available on offshore and onshore oil drilling rigs of Saudi Arabia. Already for decades the multi-billion dollar oil drilling operations keep Saudi Arabia's economy flourishing and issue of employment of the active workforce solved not only for the country's citizens, but for a considerable number of foreign immigrant oil rig workers and engineers as well. The quantity of drilling jobs in this middle east country's upstream oil and gas sector never gets reduced even during recession, at the time, when major investors in crude oil production in Saudi Arabia would tend to exercise great caution with regards to the economic feasibility of new oilfield sites development with the depletion of the old ones. As for the drilling jobs, it's not Saudi Aramco to look for this kind of oil production/exploration job openings in Saudi Arabia with. From the other hand, Saudi Aramco hires, and is continuously on the outlook for engineers with degrees in geophysics and geology, including foreign candidates, like Americans with solid experience in conventional oil drilling, as well as in oil fracking technologies. These careers in oil & gas are extremely promising, and that's where your salary might go way beyond the wages of ordinary engineering positions not only in other industries, but even in the best paid offshore upstream sector.

Saudi Arabia has some of the biggest proven crude oil reserves on the globe, and all of them are controlled by the country's national company Saudi Aramco, which is, according to the Forbes magazine, the world's biggest oil & gas company, operating over one hundred oilfields at the territory of Saudi Arabia, including the world's largest land based field Ghawar, and the world's largest offshore oilfield Safaniya. With so many oil patches to develop, they form a never-ending source of drilling jobs in Saudi Arabia for, maybe, at least one hundred years to come, if the era of oil and other fossil fuels lasts that long. There are numerous oil drilling contractors in Saudi Arabia that hire staff for these jobs either directly, through crewing agencies/consultancies, or via their authorized recruiters.

As for the titles of the drilling jobs that could be found in Saudi Arabia, here goes the list of the most popular positions on offshore platforms (semisubmercibles, MODU's, drillships) and land based oil rigs:

Geosteering Supervisors, Drilling Equipment Inspectors, Assistant Drillers, Oil & Gas Drilling Engineer, Rig Engineers, Deep Gas Drilling Engineers, Senior Drilling Foreman, Navigation Supervisors, Drilling Foreman, Roustabouts - Floorhands - Leasehands, Drilling Engineering Expert, Drilling Superintendent, Gas Drilling Foreman, Mud Engineer, Drilling Manager, Derrickman, Roughneck - Driller Helper, Directional Drillers, Horizontal Drillers, Cyber Driller, Downhole Operators, Toolpusher, Drilling Engineer, Mud Logger, Drilling Supervisor, Drilling Engineer, Drilling Coordinators, Base Operators, Oil & Gas Drilling Technicians, Offshore Rig Electrician.

Some of the Saudi Arabia contractors that offer oil drilling jobs in Saudi Arabia both for the country's residents and for the citizens of other countries, such as India, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, iclude:

Saudi Oger, Arabian Drilling Company (ADC), Dalma Drilling Company, Tesco Saudi Arabia Company Ltd., APICORP, National Drilling Company (NDC), EniRepSa Gas Ltd., Vigor Drilling, ZP Arabia Drilling Company Ltd.

Featured Listings of Drilling Jobs in Saudi Arabia

• Senior Mechanical Engineer, BS or MS Degree in Mechanical Engineering, at least 10 years of experience in oil drilling indutry, from which at least 3 years on offshore oil rigs. The salary for this drilling job in Saudi Arabia is negotiable, generous benefits package including health insurance policy, paid by the employer; retirement plan.

• Drilling Engineer (Drilling/Well Completions). Job is mainly in the office with infrequent traveling to oil rigs, offshore and onshore. Only the candidates with valid permit to legally work in the Kingdom in place; the permit availability should be reflected the applicant's CV/Resumé. If not, the application will not be considered.
• Senior Toolpusher on offshore oil rigs with experience of Rig Manager; this drilling job will be located at Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The salary range is $US 10,000 - $US 12,000 per annum, but to be negotiated, depending on the skills, certifications, references etc., and could be adjusted depending on the efficiency of the engineer's performance in the position.
• Electrician is required to work for a known oil drilling contractor in Ghawar oilfield, Saudi Arabia). The job requires working on rotation schedule 35 days on work, alternating with 35 days of leave. A direct contract for one year with possible extension after the expiry, visa support, airfare, the benefits include health insurance at the expense of the employer. The company is willing to discuss salary expectations of candidates (the wages will be calculated in the USD). Requirements: experience in servicing oil wells both at the stage of exploratory drilling and production, with the wells depths ranging from 7,000 meters, Cyber Rigs, 1500 HP and higher electrical systems Bentec or NOV.

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