Overview

We are seeking a Mechanical Seal Engineer (Dry and Wet Type) to join our Mechanical Services Shops. Mechanical Services Shops is responsible for providing rotating and static equipment repair and fabrication of components.

Your primary role is to provide engineering support for wet mechanical seals, dry gas seals, and their support systems. You will approve repair and test strategies, investigate failures, and verify refurbished seals are fit for intended service.

Minimum requirements

·         You will hold a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Materials, Metallurgical Engineering from a recognized and approved program.

·         You will have at least 15 years of rotating-equipment or sealing-system experience, including a minimum of 8 years in mechanical-seal application, failure analysis, repair, or testing.

·         Expert knowledge of wet-seal and dry-gas-seal arrangements, face materials, secondary seals, piping plans, support systems, inspection, and testing is required.

·         Demonstrated experience assessing flatness, surface finish, lapping, metallurgy, dimensional condition, and post-refurbishment quality is necessary.

·         Strong RCA capability covering process, equipment, seal design, installation, operation, and support-system interactions is required.

·         API 682/692 training and Flowserve, John Crane, Eagle Burgmann, or equivalent OEM engineering training are preferred.

JAL International is a fully Saudi-owned company with over 35 years of experience in plant maintenance, construction, manufacturing, and industrial services, making a significant contribution to the Kingdom's industrial and infrastructure development.

Through continuous and transparent communication with its clients, JAL has earned their trust by providing solutions that have enhanced their operational and technical processes, in addition to maintenance and project management services. This success is based on its unwavering commitment to quality, safety, and excellence, delivered by its highly qualified team. JAL owns two manufacturing facilities, one in Jubail and the other in the Second Industrial City in Dammam. These facilities are equipped for assembly, systems integration, testing, and maintenance services, serving key sectors including oil and gas, petrochemicals, energy, utilities, fertilizers, and mining.

With more than 24 years of experience in supporting Saudi Aramco projects, JAL provides a wide range of SMP (Supplemental Manpower Program) opportunities. These opportunities include positions in engineering, safety, finance, business management, and many other professional fields.

JAL International is headquartered in Al-Khobar in the Eastern Province, and the company's management ensures that all its branches throughout Saudi Arabia are strategically located close to its clients.

Competitive Basic Salary + Overbase.

Adequate Health Insurance.

Annual Leave & Public Holidays.

Annual Flight Tickets for Expats.

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

·         Repair Planning: Review process fluid, pressure, temperature, speed, shaft size, upset conditions, and equipment design identify the appropriate repair and testing plan.

·         Repair & Certification Engineering: Define inspection, lapping, component-reuse, replacement, dimensional, cleanliness, assembly, and test criteria for wet seals and DGS refurbishment.

·         Seal-Face & Materials Engineering: Evaluate face materials, coatings, elastomers, metallurgy, corrosion, tribology, flatness, surface finish, and thermal distortion.

·         Failure Analysis & Reliability: Lead RCA for leakage, face damage, blistering, coking, contamination, hang-up, secondary-seal failure, dry running, and support-system deficiencies.

·         Technical Governance: Approve procedures and test reports, train technicians, control deviations, and maintain standardized seal and support-system knowledge.