Materials Engineer

Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects for the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. Saipem is “One Company” organized into five business lines - Asset Based Services, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind, Sustainable Infrastructures, Robotics & Industrialized Solutions. The company has 8 fabrication yards and an offshore fleet of 23 construction vessels (of which 21 owned and 2 owned by third parties and managed by Saipem) and 15 drilling rigs, of which 8 owned. Always oriented towards technological innovation, the company’s purpose is “Engineering for a sustainable future”. As such Saipem is committed to supporting its clients on the energy transition pathway towards Net Zero, with increasingly digital means, technologies and processes geared for environmental sustainability. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, it is present in more than 50 countries around the world and employs about 30,000 people of over 120 nationalities.

Always committed to promoting and supporting the values of diversity and inclusion, Saipem confirms its commitment to valuing differences as a source of mutual enrichment. To this end, it promotes and encourages conditions that allow the removal of every obstacle that limits the full expression of people and their complete development within the organization. It protects and guarantees work conditions that respect individual dignity, while promoting a collaborative, harmonious, fair and supportive work environment.

Materials Engineer – Main Skills

5+ years of experience in Materials Engineering, Metallurgy and Corrosion within Oil & Gas and Steel Manufacturing.

• Materials Selection & Metallurgy: Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Corrosion Resistant Alloys (CRA), Nickel-Based Alloys, Titanium Alloys, Heat Treatment and Microstructure Analysis.
• CRA Cladding & Lined Pipes: CRA Lined Pipe Manufacturing, Weld Overlay Cladding, Heat Induction Bending, Material Qualification and Manufacturing Procedures.
• Corrosion Engineering: Sweet & Sour Corrosion, Pitting, Crevice and Intergranular Corrosion, MIC, Erosion Corrosion, Corrosion Testing and Degradation Mechanisms.
• Welding & Materials Qualification: Welding Metallurgy, Material Testing, MPQT/BQT Qualification, Destructive Testing and NDT (UT, RT, PT, MT, ECT).
• Materials Inspection & Quality Assurance: Material Test Certificate (MTC) Review, Inspection & Test Plans (ITP), Material Specifications, Supplier Inspections and Technical Compliance.
• Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation: Metallurgical Failure Analysis, SEM/EDX, XRD, Metallography, Process Optimisation and Six Sigma.
• Engineering Codes & Standards: API 5L/5LD, ASME, ASTM, DNV-ST-F101, NACE MR0175/ISO 15156, Saudi Aramco Specifications (SAES/SAMSS) and Shell DEP.
• Technical Project Support: Oil & Gas EPC Projects, Technical Bid Reviews, Procurement Support, Supplier Coordination and Manufacturing Quality Control.
  
  

Key Qualifications

• MSc Corrosion Control Engineering – University of Manchester (2026).
• BEng Metallurgy & Materials Engineering – University of Indonesia.
• Experience across 30+ Oil & Gas projects.