- Hiring continuously
- Jubail
- Full-time
Steel Fabricator jobs in Jubail
Fabricators who read drawings and turn plate and section into structures, supports and skids.
- Last hiring review
- 17 September 2026
- Applications open until
- 1 November 2026
- Locations
- Jubail, Eastern Province
- Who can apply
- All nationalities
This page is for Steel Fabricator work at Jubail. The same trade is hired at other locations too — see below.
About the job
Fabricators at AKFAL build pipe supports, platforms, skids and structural frames in the Jubail workshop and repair steelwork on client sites. The work is drawing-driven: mark out, cut, fit, tack and hand over to the welder, then check the piece against the drawing before it leaves the shop.
What you will do
- Read fabrication drawings and cutting lists; mark out plate and section
- Cut with oxy-fuel, plasma and band saw; grind and prepare edges
- Fit up and tack assemblies square and to tolerance before final welding
- Operate drills, rolling and bending machines under workshop rules
- Check finished pieces against the drawing and flag deviations
What we look for
- 3 years or more as a fabricator or fitter-fabricator in a steel or piping workshop
- Confident reading structural and piping fabrication drawings
- Safe use of cutting, grinding and lifting equipment
- Able to tack-weld; a welding certificate is a plus
- Basic English or Arabic for drawings and permits
Certificates that help
- Trade certificate in fabrication or fitting
- Tack-welding competence or welder certificate
- Rigging and slinging awareness
- Workshop safety induction
Working in Jubail
Jubail Industrial City is where AKFAL is based and where most of its crews work. The city holds the SABIC affiliates, Sadara, SATORP and dozens of petrochemical, fertiliser and steel plants, each with its own maintenance contractors and its own shutdown calendar. Crews live in AKFAL's camp nearby and reach site by company bus.
Plants and projects
- SABIC affiliates (Petrokemya, Kayan, Sharq, Kemya, Hadeed and others)
- Sadara Chemical Company
- SATORP refinery (Aramco – TotalEnergies)
- Sipchem, Tasnee, Advanced Petrochemical, Farabi
- Marafiq utilities and the Jubail desalination plants
- Amiral petrochemical complex (under construction)
Typical work
- Turnaround and shutdown crews for the petrochemical complexes
- Maintenance contracts on rotating equipment
- Piping fabrication and repair in the AKFAL workshop
- Scaffolding, rigging and crane hire inside running plants
- When demand peaks
- Shutdowns cluster in spring and autumn, when plants take their planned outages; demand for welders, fitters and scaffolders peaks from February to April and from September to November.
- Accommodation and transport
- AKFAL's managed camp is within reach of Jubail Industrial City, with mess hall, laundry and daily buses to the plants.
Questions applicants ask
Do I need experience?
Yes — three or more years in a steel or piping workshop, working from drawings. A helper with less can apply for the helper role and grow into it.
Which certificates do I need?
A trade certificate helps but the trade test decides: you will be given a drawing and material and asked to fabricate a piece to tolerance.
Iqama, transfer and visa
Fabricators inside the Kingdom with a transferable Iqama are placed first. We also hire from abroad through licensed agencies; AKFAL bears the transfer and visa costs.
Hours and shifts
Workshop hours are regular day shifts, six days a week. Site repair work during shutdowns follows the site's shift pattern with paid overtime.
Where would I live in Jubail?
AKFAL's managed camp is within reach of Jubail Industrial City, with mess hall, laundry and daily buses to the plants.
How is salary decided?
Pay depends on the trade test, drawing-reading ability and experience, and is fixed in the written offer. We do not publish figures.
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