Materials Engineering Lead

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The vision that inspires us is “Engineering for a sustainable future”. This is why we are engaged in the new low‑carbon energy and industrial ecosystem, at the forefront of the transition to Net Zero with increasingly digitalised tools, technologies and processes designed from the outset with environmental sustainability and safety in mind.

With our five business lines—Asset Based Services, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind, Sustainable Infrastructures and Robotics & Industrialised Solutions—Saipem is One Company present in around 60 countries with over 30,000 employees across more than 130 nationalities. We provide the world with the innovative excellence of our people and partners for over 65 years.

• Lead materials engineering activities related to corrosion and material selection, metallurgy and welding, piping material definition, coating and insulation and cathodic protection systems to optimise the performance of the main metallic and non‑metallic materials used in onshore plants, offshore and floaters topside facilities and pipelines related to the oil and gas industry, refinery processes, urea and ammonia plants in accordance with project requirements within the assigned budget, time, schedule and quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with all project interfaces and supervise in/out information flow.
• Contribute to the capitalisation of project experience to improve and harmonise work methodologies through continuous improvement and best practices.
• Implement the company guidelines and KPI monitoring within the project.
• For cathodic protection systems, organise the work of personnel assigned to site operations.

• Ensure the execution of the engineering activities within own area of responsibility, working following the TM guidelines, cooperating with other project positions and ensuring compliance with QA/QC and HSE requirements.

• Provide up‑to‑date information and support to technical, commercial and field departments for developing sound engineering practices, specifications and procedures in the field of competence.
• Ensure that all activities performed in the field of competence are carried out following the latest technical and scientific developments.

• Provide technical support to other project positions for specialist aspects.

• Analyse and understand tender documentation.
• Define discipline list of activities and deliverables and coordinate activities in accordance with the project schedule.
• Identify technical queries, deviations and alternatives to be submitted.
• Implement bidding methodologies, design criteria and guidelines.
• Define and issue request for quotation for items not estimated in‑house.
• Coordinate material quantities and weight estimation.
• Prepare engineering manhour and material cost estimations.
• Support the proposal manager during technical clarification meetings with the client.

• Ensure the achievement of the assigned goal and the fulfillment of the project quality and contractual requirements. Take the necessary corrective actions within the discipline project team to meet the assigned goal and report to the TM for more extensive problems.
• Define list of activities and deliverables, set up time schedule, coordinate activities in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Ensure discipline project progress, monitor and control manhour consumption.
• Prepare technical annexes for engineering activities to be subcontracted.
• Ensure monitoring/reporting to PM of the discipline budget costs.
• Ensure proper discipline workflow, interfaces, quality checks and approval of all discipline project documents, including vendor ones.
• Track and report to TM discipline scope of work changes updating manhour and cost estimates.
• Provide technical support to project functions including procurement and construction.
• Support PM in…