# Valve Repair Specialist (Saudi Arabia)

> Eram Talent · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia · — · Posted 2026-10-27

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

We are seeking a Valve Repair Specialist 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 technical and on-hand support for inspection, repair, reconditioning, testing, and performance improvement of industrial valves. You will determine repair strategy, resolve complex leakage or operability problems, approve procedures, and ensure repaired valves meet standard, service, and reliability requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**

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

·        **Repair Strategy:** Review valve type, service, damage, pressure class, materials, trim, actuator, and code requirements to establish inspection, repair, replacement, upgrade, and test scope.

·        **Complex Troubleshooting:** Diagnose seat leakage, packing leakage, galling, erosion, cavitation, corrosion, distortion, stem or guide problems, actuator issues, and recurring functional failures.

·        **Procedure Development:** Approve disassembly, dimensional inspection, machining, lapping, welding, heat-treatment, assembly, torque, setting, and acceptance criteria.

·        **Testing & Certification:** Define shell, seat, backseat, closure, fugitive-emission, torque, stroke, and functional tests; review calibrated data and certify results against applicable standards.

·        **Technical Governance:** Control deviations and material substitutions, support RCAs, standardize repair practices, mentor personnel, and recommend design or service improvements.

**Minimum requirements**

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

·        You will have at least 15 years of valve, pressure-equipment, or mechanical-repair experience, including a minimum of 10 years in complex industrial valve repair and testing.

·        Expertise across gate, globe, check, ball, butterfly, and other applicable valve types such as safety relief valves is required. Moreover, expertise in trim designs, packing systems, actuators, and pressure classes is required.

·        Strong knowledge of valve metallurgy, hard-facing, machining, lapping, welding repair, dimensional inspection, pressure testing, and leakage diagnosis is necessary.

·        Demonstrated ability to develop repair procedures, troubleshoot repeat failures, assess deviations, and optimize valve performance is required.

·        API valve training and recognized OEM repair, actuator, or diagnostic training are strongly preferred.

## Apply

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