Data Steward ECT

Role Overview

Data Steward ECT with IOTA GROUP, supporting the AMIRAL petrochemicals expansion project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

Company Overview

The AMIRAL project is a flagship megaproject developed jointly by TotalEnergies and Saudi Aramco, integrating a new petrochemicals expansion with the SATORP joint venture refinery (62.5% Saudi Aramco / 37.5% TotalEnergies). The project is a highly complex petrochemicals program including multiple EPCC packages, a mixed-feed steam cracker producing 3.5 MT/y of chemicals, related high added-value petrochemicals and HDPE units, supporting utilities, storage, off-sites and buildings. The overall CAPEX exceeds $10.0 Bn. Execution is supervised by shareholders through an integrated project management team staffed by secondees from TotalEnergies, Saudi Aramco, and external supplemental employees. Data Stewards are part of the Engineering Core Team (ECT), embedded within the PMT general entity, and report to the AMIRAL Digital Officer.

Role Purpose

Establish and maintain governed, traceable data sets that enable AMIRAL Digital Twin use cases, downstream databases and seamless handover to operations. Protect project data integrity, quality and usability throughout execution and commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance and Stewardship

• Implement the approved AMIRAL data governance model within assigned scope.
• Maintain data ownership, stewardship, technical custody, validation and approval responsibilities.
• Document critical data objects, definitions, business rules, sources, uses and quality expectations.
• Support governance reviews, audits and action plans.

Data Quality and Controls

• Define and operate checks for data completeness, validity, uniqueness, consistency, integrity, timeliness and traceability.
• Establish and apply acceptance criteria and quality thresholds with Engineering stakeholders.
• Produce quality reports identifying missing, invalid, duplicated or inconsistent records.
• Log, prioritize, assign, track and close issues with evidence.
• Recommend preventive controls at source.

Contractor and Vendor Data Exchange

• Coordinate recurring submissions with EPCC Contractor Data Managers and engineering teams.
• Verify submissions follow approved templates, formats, tagging conventions and required attributes.
• Provide or obtain timely clarification to reduce rework and delays.
• Load or coordinate accepted data into the Digital Twin environment.
• Maintain an auditable register of submissions, rejections, comments and approvals.

Digital Twin and Master/Reference Data

• Maintain package data in the AMIRAL Digital Twin and related engineering-data environment.
• Apply the approved Asset Reference Data Library, master data model, classes and tag rules.
• Route AMIRAL-specific model changes through validation and change control.
• Support mappings, transformations and controlled bulk uploads.
• Coordinate platform issues, backups and data-security requirements.

Reporting, Support and Handover

• Maintain weekly and monthly reporting on submissions, data quality, backlog, progress and risks.
• Support package reviews, audits and cross-package consistency checks.
• Train and support users on templates, quality expectations and Digital Twin processes.
• Prepare governed, protected and maintainable data for commissioning, operations and final handover.
• Capture lessons learned across the AMIRAL Data Steward network.

Accountability and Compliance

• Provide a consistent and traceable data set enabling AMIRAL Digital Twin use cases and downstream databases.
• Protect project data and preserve usability and maintainability through execution and handover.
• Ensure findings are evidenced, communicated, assigned and followed to verified closure.
• Escalate material data-quality, schedule, security or ownership risks promptly.
• Maintain an audit trail of submissions, checks, decisions, changes and approvals.
• Comply with HSE, information security, confidentiality and records-management requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Engineering, data management, information systems, maintenance, operations or a related technical qualification.
• Oil and Gas, petrochemical or major capital-project experience involving engineering data and technical databases.
• Experience with engineering authoring tools, EDMS, completion/commissioning systems, CMMS, maintenance or production databases.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong Microsoft Excel capability for cleansing, reconciliation, formulas, queries and controlled bulk files.
• Ability to prepare dashboards and visual reporting using Power BI or equivalent tools.
• Practical understanding of data quality, data models, master/reference data, metadata, lineage and controlled exchange.
• Experience with AVEVA, Hexagon, Navisworks, engineering databases or Digital Twin platforms is an advantage.
• Ability to interpret engineering lists, tagging specifications, data requirements and contractor deliverables.
• Structured, rigorous and detail-oriented, with commitment to traceability and evidence.
• Able to work across business, engineering and IT teams.
• Effective communication, facilitation, challenge and escalation skills.
• Collaborative working style, service mindset and ability to coach users.
• Professional English, written and spoken.

Additional Information

Place of work: Jubail, Saudi Arabia.