Saudi Aramco's industrial workforce - its operators, welders, machinists and electricians, as well as a dozen other occupations - is the heart of its success, said Mohammed Omair, Vice President of Refining and NGL Fractionation. The company's Downstream organization is focused on rapid job growth in industrial workforce brought on by changes in technology and company's initiatives such as the chemicals' business, new refineries and an expanding international presence, he said, according to a press release of Saudi Aramco. In 2009, Downstream developed a strategy for meeting its need for industrial talent. Currently 3,000 industrial workforce members, including those in Downstream and domestic joint ventures such as SATORP, SADARA and YASREF, are at various stages in their two to three years of training, including apprentices and new trainees. That number is not expected to drop over the next few years, said Omair. "An active recruitment program has been seeking out and identifying potential candidates from all over the Kingdom," he added. --MORE
