Artificial Intelligence Specialist

**Artificial Intelligence Specialist, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia**

Our client is one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization and is seeking an Artificial Intelligence Specialist to join our Global Manufacturing Excellence Digitalization and Technology Management (D&TM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

D&TM are responsible for providing AI-powered solutions to various business functions within our Global Manufacturing Excellence admin area. The solutions leverage the latest technological advancements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics to create business values across the value chain.

Your primary role will be to work closely with business functions, stakeholders, functional teams to give consultations on AI/ML use case, identify potential value from data, formulate AI and data science ideas and conceptualize them. This role will play a pivotal role in helping our organization to make data-driven decisions and to solve complex problems.

**Key Responsibilities**

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers and domain experts, to drive data-driven improvements.

Gather and preprocess data from various industrial sources, such as sensors, DCS systems, and manufacturing equipments.

Analyze data to identify opportunities for process optimization, energy efficiency improvements, and cost reduction.

Implement anomaly detection algorithms to identify abnormal patterns in industrial processes and equipment

Develop predictive maintenance models to identify equipment failures and minimize downtime.

Create informative dashboards to communicate insights to operational teams and management.

Deploy machine learning models into production systems for real-time monitoring and decision-making.

Maintain documentation for data analysis processes, models, and findings.

Ensure that data practices adhere to industry regulations and data privacy standards.

Monitor and evaluate model performance and make necessary adjustments to maintain accuracy and reliability.

**Minimum Requirements**

You must hold a Bachelors/ Masters degree in Engineering, Data science from a premier institute.

You must have at least 5 years of experience in building data analytics-based products in industrial context, preferably in petroleum refineries.

You possess the ability to identify business problems that can be addressed through data analysis and develop data-driven solutions (Engineering/Operational problems, computer vision-based products)

Exceptional analytical and Problem-solving skills, with the ability to derive insights and opportunities from data are required.

Experience in developing AI/ML based Digital twins of industrial process/equipments.

Expertise in Python for data manipulation, analysis, and modeling. Familiarity with popular libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Scikit-Learn etc.

Proficiency in deep learning tools keras, TensorFlow, pytorch, cafee, etc.

Proficiency in developing, evaluation and selecting the best ML model based on the problem under consideration with an Engineering sense.

You must also be able to bring ideas from conceptualization to productionizing

Proficiency in visualization tools and packages; and in communicating data science topics to non-technical audience

Basic project management skills to plan, execute, and deliver data science projects on time and within scope is preferred.

**Working environment**

Our client attracts high-performing professionals who are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities and are remunerated accordingly.

Their people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none.

**Key benefits**:

- Competitive remuneration
- Company-provided accommodation in an expat gated community
- Complimentary medical healthcare (via Johns Hopkins)
- Complimentary schooling / education assistance
- Generous vacation balance + travel allowance
- Access to excellent recreational facilities