Piping Flexibility Engineer

Aretè & Cocchi Technology; Doha; On-site; QAR 437,000 - 655,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent Contract

Competitive package

Career opportunities

Job summary

Saipem Doha is seeking a Piping Flexibility Engineer who reports to the Piping and Layout Manager within Engineering Fixed Facilities. The role covers coordination of technical activities, stress analysis of piping networks, and bids for piping supports across FEED, EPC, and site phases.

The candidate should have offshore experience (8+ years, 3 in supervision) and strong English communication. The role offers a permanent contract with a comprehensive benefits package and 45-hour work week.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in piping, offshore, or pipeline engineering.
• Minimum 8 years offshore experience, with at least 3 years in a supervisory role.
• Strong English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical activities inside or outside Saipem.
• Ensure stress analysis design of piping networks across project stages.
• Issue material requisition and perform technical bid evaluation for piping supports.
• Refer to project leads for technical solution and improvement.
• Maintain QA/QC and HSE compliance in all tasks.

Skills

Strong communication skills

English proficiency

Education

Diploma or Degree in Piping Offshore or Pipeline Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Saipem is hiring! 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 than 50 countries around the world and employs about 30,000 people of over 130 nationalities.

Purpose of the position:

As Piping Flexibility Engineer, you will respond to the Piping and Layout Manager and be part of Saipem Qatar within Engineering Fixed Facilities Department.

How can you support us? Here below your responsibilities:

Mission.

• Coordinate technical activities performed inside or outside Saipem
• Ensure good stress analysis design of piping networks both at technical and cost level in all project stage, either proposal, FEED or EPC up to site management of the piping material
• Issue material requisition (technical supply specification) and perform Technical Bid Evaluation for piping supports components
• Refer to project Piping and Layout Lead for project activities, to piping flexibility team leader and to Layout and Piping dept for technical solution and improvement

Tasks.

The Engineer executes the activities within his area of responsibility, ensuring the compliance with the QA/QC and HSE requirements.

Tasks include:

• Execute the activities within own area of responsibility, ensuring the compliance with the QA/QC and HSE requirements
• A-Development Technology know-how and Commercial support
• Provide technical support
• B-Feasibility
• Provide technical support
• C-Bidding phase / Commercial proposal development
• Analyse and understand Tender documentation
• Perform preliminary calculations of critical piping networks
• Issue of Purchase Requisition for Market Investigation and perform technical bid comparison
• Elaborate Piping Mechanical Quantity (quantity to be installed) and Piping Budget Quantity (quantity to be purchased)
• Support to define engineering hours
• D-Project Execution
• Set-up of software to be used
• Be responsible for the quality, respect of budget and respect of project schedule for piping flexibility analysis tasks
• Review the Client technical documentation and requirements
• Be responsible for the design of all piping supports components
• Issue project Stress analysis and Piping Support specification
• Identify critical lines (to be added in project line list or dedicated critical line list)
• Perform calculations of critical piping networks
• Issue loads to allow the design of pipe-rack and foundations
• Issue technical specification for requisition of all piping support components
• Issue technical bid evaluation for all piping supports components offers
• Review and approve vendors documents
• Plan Purchase Requisition issue according to project schedule, managing the whole cycle including Material Requisition (by Piping Material Engineer), Technical Enquiry Package, Purchase Requisition, Technical Bid Evaluation (by Piping Material Engineer)
• Issue Purchase Requisition
• Attach technical docs into SAP
• Maintain project technical files and update Company standards
• Review activities/deliverable produced by engineering subcontractors
• Check the isometrics for construction of critical lines
• Capitalize piping flexibility activities performed during the project
• Perform piping support material feasibility
• E-Construction and start-up
• Provide technical support
• Assist, when necessary, engineering adjustment on site
• F-Home Office activities
• When coordinate, provide input to discipline leads and other Piping Flexibility Engineers to harmonize design and methodologies
• Provide support to projects and procurements to solve non standards problems
• Define the modification of department workflow and technical standards
• Participate to the modification of company workflow and technical standards
• Collect project feedbacks for continuous improvement implementation (Lesson Learned)
• Participate to vendor and outsourcing qualification
• Participate to project/company procurement strategy (Purchasing team)
• Develop and scout tools for design activities enhancemen

What are we looking for?

• Education: Diploma or Degree in Piping, Offshore, or Pipeline Engineering (or equivalent).
• Background: Minimum 8 years of offshore experience, with at least 3 years in a supervisory role.
• Languages: Strong communication skills in English.

Technical Skills / Knowledge with:

• Offshore experience is a must
• EPC Experience
• Company Processes and Procedures
• Project Management Tools & Methodologies
• In-depth knowledge of DNV-ST-F101, API standards, and other relevant international codes.
• Familiarity with QE LNG project specifications and offshore operating practices highly preferred.

IT Skills:

• Office package (including Microsoft Project)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

What can we offer to you:

• Permanent Contract - Project-based position
• Corporate Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package
• Working Hours: 45 hours weekly (9 hours x 5 days)
• 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.

Additional Information

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.

One vision, many paths, limitless possibilities.

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