ROV Project Manager

Saipem; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Gym discount

Pension plan

Job summary

Saipem is seeking an experienced ROV Project Manager to join the ROV Administration department in the UK. You will manage project workscopes, coordinate with offshore and onshore stakeholders, provide operational support throughout project execution, and contribute to project planning.

You will administer contracts, review crew levels, approve purchases, and ensure compliance with health, safety and quality standards while maintaining open communication lines across sites.

Qualifications

• Offshore ROV experience with supervisory responsibilities.
• Onshore coordination experience, ideally with drilling rigs and pipelay vessels.
• Experience specifying, selecting and ordering mechanical, hydraulic or electrical equipment for offshore use.

Responsibilities

• Administer ROV contracts ensuring services meet Saipem and client requirements.
• Review crew levels to ensure qualified crews are available and assigned.
• Approve purchases to ensure ROV systems have required equipment and tools.
• Ensure all health, safety and quality procedures are followed.
• Coordinate movement of capital to work sites per project requirements.
• Maintain standards of equipment and procedures for ROV systems.
• Set up and maintain communication lines, maintenance logs, and dive sheets.
• Plan, track and maintain ROV personnel training.
• Oversee workshop activities and asset allocation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Stay aware of Saipem’s current requirements and industry codes and standards.

Skills

ROV operations supervision

Offshore coordination

Equipment specification/order (mechan/

Education

Engineering/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronic discipline

Job description

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 business lines: Asset Based Services, Drilling, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind, Sustainable Infrastructures, Robotics & Industrialized Solutions. 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 50 countries around the world and employs about 30,000 people of over 130 nationalities.

Purpose of the position: As ROV Project Manager you will be part of the ROV Administration department. You will be responsible for managing project workscopes, coordinating with offshore and onshore stakeholders, providing operational support throughout project execution, and contributing to project planning.

How can you support us?

• Administer ROV contracts ensuring that services provided meet Saipem and Client requirements.
• Review personnel crew levels to ensure that the necessary number of qualified crews are available and assigned for each level.
• Approve purchases to ensure that ROV Systems have the required equipment and tools to complete projects.
• Ensure all Company safety and quality assurance procedures and standards are followed.
• Co-ordinate movement of capital to work sites per project requirements.
• Maintain standards of equipment and procedures for ROV systems.
• Set up and maintain lines of communication, not limited to supervisor reports, maintenance logs, failure reports, daily time and dive sheets.
• Plan, track and maintain ROV personnel training.
• Oversee workshop activities, including personnel work assignment and asset allocation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• To become familiar with and to maintain awareness of Saipem’s current requirements and where applicable, the latest Industry Codes and Standards including statutory rules and regulations.
• To ensure that all activities are carried out in a manner consistent with Saipem’s policy on health, safety, quality and environmental matters in accordance with Saipem specific procedures.
• To ensure his/ her own safety and that of others is not compromised or placed at risk.

What are we looking for?

Required

• Previous offshore experience with ROV operations with some of this experience in a supervisory role
• Previous onshore experience in a co-ordination role, ideally with drilling rigs and pipelay vessels
• Previous experience of specifying, selecting and ordering mechanical, hydraulic or electrical equipment for offshore use

College/University Education:

Required

• University, College or Industry education and/or training in Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical or Electronic disciplines

Please note: All applicants must reside in the UK and possess full, permanent UK right-to-work status, as Saipem is unable to offer sponsorships.

What we can offer to you:

• Full-time (37.5 hours per week) Permanent role
• Hybrid working model: Smart Working options and flexible hours to help you achieve a better work-life balance
• Corporate Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, gym discount, discounts and partnerships, pension plan
• Our One Saipem Way soft skills model leverages on skills development, career growth, opportunities to innovate through complex challenges by promoting communication and collaboration to achieve common goals

We support your development! Do you feel you might not fit this role perfectly? If you think you can contribute to our business development in the future, don’t hesitate to apply anyway through our spontaneous application form !

We embrace diversity! At Saipem, we believe that innovation thrives through diversity. Our culture is built on mutual respect, collaboration, inclusion and the belief that our differences drive our progress.

Safety and Sustainability matter to us! Operating in difficult and at times extreme situations, the focus is always on the health and safety of people and the preservation of the natural ecosystem.

Find out more in our career page here and our Instagram profile here .

One vision, many paths, limitless possibilities.

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