Metallurgical Engineer

Apply for Metallurgical Engineer at Oil and Gas International in Sharjah, SH, AE. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

We are seeking a Metallurgical Engineer with 3–5 years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas, drilling, oilfield equipment, or related engineering industry.

The role will provide metallurgical and materials engineering support across Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product Development.

• Ensure compliance with applicable API, ASME, ASTM, ISO, and AMPP/NACE standards, customer specifications, and internal engineering requirements.
• Develop, review, maintain, and approve metallic material specifications and engineering standards, including requirements for heat treatment, welding, coatings, surface treatment, and manufacturing processes.
• Review and approve vendor documentation, material certificates, chemical and mechanical test results, heat-treatment records, metallurgical reports, and laboratory reports.
• Conduct and oversee metallurgical failure investigations and root cause analysis, including metallography, fractography, corrosion assessment, mechanical property evaluation, and material characterization.
• Lead or support Engineering Evaluation Requests (EERs), technical investigations, material deviations, non-conformances, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Support design reviews, value engineering, new product development, material selection, risk assessment, qualification testing, and project delivery.
• Develop material qualification requirements and support qualification of new materials, alternate suppliers, and manufacturing sources.
• Participate in supplier audits and technical evaluations as a metallurgical/materials SME and resolve material-related supplier and manufacturing issues.
• Provide technical guidance on material selection, heat treatment, manufacturing processes, welding, coatings, corrosion mitigation, and material qualification for downhole applications.
• Evaluate field failures, product performance issues, manufacturing problems, and supplier quality concerns and recommend corrective actions.
• Act as a technical contact for metallurgical matters with customers, suppliers, laboratories, inspection agencies, certification bodies, and industry organizations.
• Provide technical input to Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, and Product Management teams.
• Mentor Associate Engineers and Technicians and support knowledge transfer, training, and continuous improvement activities.

• Strong working knowledge of API 5CT, API 6A, API 7-1, and API 16A.
• Knowledge of AMPP/NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 and sour-service material requirements.
• Good knowledge of relevant ASTM, ASME, ISO, API, and AMPP/NACE standards applicable to metallic materials and oilfield equipment.
• Knowledge of AMPP/NACE corrosion testing methodologies and material qualification requirements.
• Strong knowledge of oilfield metallic materials, including carbon steels, low-alloy steels, stainless steels, non-magnetic steels, nickel-based alloys, and corrosion-resistant alloys (CRAs).
• Knowledge of heat treatment, welding, coatings, surface treatment, corrosion mechanisms, manufacturing processes, and mechanical properties.
• Working knowledge of sour-service material selection and qualification.
• Knowledge of environmental cracking mechanisms, including SSC, SCC, HISC, hydrogen embrittlement, and hydrogen-assisted cracking.
• Knowledge of SSRT and related corrosion/environmental cracking evaluation methods.

• M.Tech. / Master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Corrosion & Protection, or a related discipline.
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