Job Opportunities at Saipem Contracting Nigeria

Saipem is a global leader in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Installation Businesses, with a strong inclination towards oil & gas-related activities in remote areas. We excel in the provisioning of engineering, procurement, project management and construction services, with distinctive skills and capabilities in the design and execution of large-scale offshore and onshore projects.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

 

Job Position: Buyer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the job

  • Carry out all the activities necessary to purchase goods and/or services/subcontracts, in compliance with given cost/time/quality requirements and with Corporate/Company policies and standards and work instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Issue to vendors the Request for Quotation based on given purchasing request
  • Support the vendors during the preparation of the technical/commercial proposals with the obligation of confidentiality about the related bid info
  • Prepare the commercial/economic bid tabulation to compare different proposals and suggest actions to be taken in order to improve bid result and/or select the vendor
  • Lead the commercial/economic negotiation
  • Prepare the purchase order/subcontract based on standard General Purchase Terms and Conditions and Project Special Purchase Conditions, if any, and managing possible deviations
  • Closeout the bid process receiving purchase/subcontract confirmation by the selected vendor and informing the unsuccessful vendors about the negative result of their bid
  • Follow up and negotiate, if necessary, purchase order/subcontract revisions
  • Perform the assigned activities in compliance with procedures and provided systems and tools
  • Check and comment on the technical documentation received with the Purchase Requisition and Technical Evaluation
  • Manage contractual documentation (Archive) before the issue to the centralized archive.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Supply Chain Management/ Business Administration/ Economics or its equivalent.
  • Minimum of about 2 to 8 years relevant experience in the energy industry.
  • Proficiency in the use of SAP ERP, SAP ARIBA, SAP EDW CPS, and MS OFFICE SUITE.
  • CIPP / MCIPS / CPMS membership.

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Job Position: Project Shipping Logistics and Customs Coordinator

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Supervise all Project transport and customs activities in direct coordination with Project Management, Expediting & Inspection and Project Logistics Manager/field logistics team in order to ensure that all materials/equipment are actually delivered to final destination in a safe and timely manner.
  • Coordinate Shipping & Customs Officers assigned to the Project, to run transport activities in an efficient and cost effective manner, according to Company best practices and procedures.
  • Ensure a proper tracking of Project shipping & custom activities through Company tools/software.

Responsibilities

  • Liaise with the Shipping &Customs Network and ensure coordination between Project management and the various interfaces involved in the supply chain process (i.e. Engineering, Procurement, Expediting & Inspection, Project Logistics Managers and their operational logistics team on site).
  • Prepare Project packing, transport & customs scope of works, specifications
  • Support Procurement in defining the best delivery terms with vendors and, where required, subcontractors
  • Distribute Shipping Instructions through the Project organization and through Shipping & Customs Network.
  • Support Materials Management and Project Expediting Coordinators in defining and preparing Shipping & Customs documents
  • Together with Shipping and Customs Manager, identify Clients Project Insurances requirements and address related issues, promptly notify Insurance department when the value of a shipment exceed the Corporate Insurance deductibles and when a damage occurs during transportation.
  • Issue Purchase Requisitions and Technical Bid Evaluations for dedicated Project transport contracts
  • Guarantee a proper flow of information and adequate tracking of Project transportation, updating Material Status Report or any other document required to monitor the status of the various shipments
  • Coordinate Project transport & customs activities through the Shipping and Customs Officers assigned to the Project in direct liaison, where required, with Shipping & Customs Network
  • Where applicable, supported by Shipping and Customs Manager, Project Logistics Manager and Project contract management, liaise with Clients in order to coordinate the hand over, customs formalities and/or further transportation of Company Provided Items to the Project logistics base according to Main Contract provisions.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Science/ Engineering / Logistics & Supply Chain Management / Shipping Management or other relevant field
  • Minimum of about 5 to 7 years relevant experience in the energy industry
  • Strong IT skills.
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including speaking, writing and active listening.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Shipping and Customs Officer

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Arrange, monitor and update Shipping and Customs activities to ensure that all goods are delivered to the final destination in a safe and timely manner in accordance with good practice and Projects / operations/fabrication/ Asset Management requirements..

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the preparation of specific procedures for Shipping, Customs and packing of goods
  • Contribute to the preparation of technical enquiry package for Shipping and Customs services
  • Assist the Shipping and Customs Manager in planning the Shipping and Customs activities of both Project and Assets Material
  • Once the SF generated from either PO/DO, TR, TO is assigned, review scope and documentation, prepare the Transport Plan and define the best means of transport according to goods weights and dims, best transit route/time, required schedule and actual costs.
  • Where the scope of the transport is fully covered by existing Transport Agreements and related price lists, assign the shipment to the freight forwarder who can guarantee the required services in the most efficient manner at the cheapest rate
  • Where no TA could cover the scope of the transport or in specific circumstances (i.e. oversize/overweight materials, peculiar collection/destination locations, urgency etc.), with the authorization of the Shipping & Customs Manager, prepare through the transport instruction a dedicated PR to issue dedicated transport contract.
  • Prepare the documents required to the execution of the Shipping and Customs activities, and required to fulfil import, export and transit formalities in accordance with applicable Customs rules and regulations
  • Monitor the status of each shipment from goods collection up to actual completion, gather and check all shipping document duly signed and stamped to attest final receipt. Prepare the Service Entry Sheet in accordance with Transport Service Contract Documents
  • Archive and maintain traceability of Shipping and Customs documents
  • Support the material purchasing department to define budgets for transports and the best contractual delivery terms
  • Provide feedback using Saipem available software on Owners, Freight Forwarders, Customs Agents performances.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Science / Engineering / Logistics & Supply Chain Management or other relevant field.
  • Minimum of about 3 to 5 years’ experience in shipping activities for the energy industry
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including speaking, writing and active listening.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Project Material Manager

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Ensure that project Post Order Management activities are executed to guarantee that purchased goods are available at final destination as per planning.
  • Ensure timely integrated strategies, planning, execution, control for expediting, quality control during manufacturing stages, shipping and customs activities of purchased goods respecting budget, costs of project Post Order operations.

Responsibilities

  • Management activities with respect to the man-hours budget defined for the project
  • Define, in conjunction with PM and relevant Functional Manager, the strategy for expediting, inspection and shipping activities for the project
  • Report periodically to the PM and relevant Functional Manager the progress of Post Order Management activities and any potential and/or actual criticality
  • Support PM in relations with Client and/or Partners regarding Post Order Management issues
  • Coordinate Post Order project team ensuring its adequacy and efficiency
  • Contribute to the definition of the Project Purchase Request / Purchase Order, in coordination with competent Project Positions
  • Ensure the continuous monitoring of expected milestones achievements related to POs and provide relevant reporting
  • Ensure the execution of expediting activities on purchased goods, reporting any deviation with respect to the contractual delivery time
  • Ensure the execution of quality control activities on purchased goods, in order to grant alignment with contractual requirements
  • Ensure the correct Project inspection notification work flow with Client and/or Third Parties in accordance with contractual requirements
  • Contribute to the definition of the Project transportation strategy
  • Ensure the execution of the activities of planning, design and management of transportations and relevant aspects of customs clearance including, relevant documentation
  • Ensure the prompt handling of any project variation impacting Post Order Management activities, (i.e. material quantities, inspection level etc.)
  • Ensure the effective and methodical use of Systems, Applications and Tools adopted by Company and/or project (i.e. SAP, Data warehouse) for managing Post Order Management activities

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Science / Engineering / Logistics and Supply Chain Management or other relevant/ closely related field
  • Minimum of about 5 to 10 years’ relevant experience in the energy industry
  • Proficient in MS Office and budgeting
  • Familiar with supply chain and inventory management systems.
  • Excellent organizational and leadership skills
  • Efficient problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Project Expediting Coordinator

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Coordinate efficiently and efficaciously Expediters in order to reach project goals by means of cost effective and result oriented solutions according to Company network synergies, best practices and procedures.
  • Ensure availability of purchased goods and relevant necessary documentation at the established delivery point, in accordance with purchase order requirements/conditions, delivery time and project procedures.
  • Ensure timely update of Company Information Tools/Systems (either directly or by Expediters) with the most reliable and up to-date information on supply progress (i.e. Engineering, Suborder Issuance, Material Availability, Manufacturing, Expected Delivery Date).

Responsibilities

  • Report in a prompt manner to the Project Material Manager and to the management of the Project criticalities related to the project supplies and any deviation with respect to the contractual delivery time.
  • Ensure the execution of expediting activities on Project purchased goods in connection and cooperation with the assigned expediters
  • Ensure regular communication with the assigned expediters in order to circulate the most updated information from the Vendors to the Project and vice versa
  • Ensure the continuous monitoring of expected milestones achievements related to POs and provide relevant reporting
  • Ensure continuous communication with all Project Post Order assigned resources to assure any possible optimization in the process flow (i.e. inspection, shipping activities)
  • Support the Project Material Manager for the verification of all information included in the Material Status Report and activate all necessary post order resources to ensure prompt update of the Company System (i.e. SAP)
  • Ensure the effective and methodical use of Systems, Applications and Tools adopted by Company and/or project (i.e. SAP, Data warehouse) for managing Post Order Management activities
  • Ensure project feedbacks to relevant Functions in order to capitalize experiences

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Science / Engineering / Logistics and Supply Chain Management / Shipping Management or any other relevant/ closely related field
  • Minimum of about 5 to 7 years’ relevant experience in the energy industry
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including speaking, writing and active listening

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Inspection Officer

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Ensure quality in the delivery of Goods and documents indicated in the Purchase Order and ensure the suitability of Goods, thus preventing extra costs, delays or other disruptions in the execution of projects, by promoting/suggesting any corrective actions that may be necessary during the production and/or assembly of the Goods.
  • Check the compliance of the supplies with contractual terms and technical and qualitative requirements defined during the design phase, through the inspection/tests and documents reviews.

Responsibilities

  • Review Purchase Order and all the contractual documentation in order to detect discrepancies and prevent any misunderstanding that could potentially cause delays
  • Ensure a supply chain management approach in order to timely identify and manage any potential cause of delay, and mitigate delays already detected
  • Ensure specialist support to engineering department to vendor quality control documents review (ITP, NDT procedures, FAT procedures, etc.)
  • Perform or supervise inspections and tests in compliance with Inspection and Test Plan (e.g., Electrical equipment and cable testing; Instrumentation equipment and bulk materials testing; Static equipment fabrication and materials testing; welding process)
  • Ensure timely issuance of Inspection Reports
  • Issue Non-Conformity Reports and Punch Lists in case of not satisfactory inspection
  • Ensure the vendor Manufactured Data Book review and approval
  • Issue vendor performance feedback as per Saipem Vendor Management process.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree Engineering / Science or any other relevant field
  • Minimum of about 3 to 5 years relevant experience in the energy industry
  • Ability to meet pressing deadlines with attention to detail
  • Effective communication skills
  • Superior organizational and documentation skills.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Telecommunications Engineer

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Perform Project technical tasks assigned by the Instrumentation Discipline Lead consisting in design, checking, validation, testing and engineering Telecommunication Systems.
  • Interface and coordinate with the other Project Team Specialists and Designers.
  • Coordinate technical activities performed either by insourcing or outsourcing.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare Telecommunication Systems quantities for cost and erection works estimates
  • Support Discipline Lead to define man hours and cost estimates
  • Review Client technical documentation and requirements
  • Coordinate subcontracted engineering activities and control subcontracted engineering documents
  • Define engineering design basis and guidelines
  • Prepare the technical documentation for Telecommunication material and services requisitions and prepare, according to internal procedures, the technical evaluations
  • Provide technical support to Project Team
  • Optimize Telecommunication Systems design ensuring minimal cost and complexity in compliance with the contractual and safety requirements
  • Prepare Telecommunication systems functional specifications
  • Prepare Telecommunication equipment data sheets
  • Validate Vendor Telecommunication BOQs
  • Coordinate detail engineering activities and ensure proper installation drawings definition
  • Participate in F.A.T. activities and Vendor workshop
  • Participate in Site Acceptance Test and functional checks
  • Provide technical and engineering support to construction Team
  • Perform site engineering activities during construction and commissioning phases.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/ Electronics Engineering or a closely related field.
  • In-depth knowledge of Telecommunication Systems and minimum of about 3 to 5 years’ relevant experience
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent math and IT skills
  • Efficient troubleshooting abilities.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Equipment and Rigging Supervisor

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Coordinate and control the work of the dependent team based on rigging and lifting activities assigned, directly overseeing critical lifting operations

Responsibilities

  • Distribute the equipment and materials to allow the team to perform the assigned activities
  • Perform regular maintenance on hardware and software components
  • Plan and implement the distribution of materials and equipment to allow the crew to perform the assigned activities
  • Ensure total compliance with safety and quality procedures and standards
  • Reporting activities and progress to project managers at various points
  • Inspection of machinery and erect rigging equipment and cables
  • Supervision of riggers and other hoisting specialists.
  • Provide rigging plans
  • Read work orders, work permits and safety instructions to determine nature and location of work, job instructions, safety requirements, hazard information and evacuation plan.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of about five to eight years of relevant experience in the energy industry
  • Certification in safety by OSHA is an added advantage.
  • Adept in ergonomics principles in the organization of the workplace while manually handling equipment and material.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Position: Project Inspection Coordinator

Job Location: Rivers, Nigeria

About the Job

  • Ensure execution of quality control activities on purchased goods and availability of relevant necessary documentation, in accordance with purchase order requirements / conditions and project procedures / contract, optimizing and minimizing costs.
  • Ensure timely update of Company Information Tools / Systems (either directly or by Inspectors) with the most reliable and up to date information on quality control and inspection activities (i.e. Inspection Report, Inspection Release Note).
  • Coordinate efficiently and efficaciously internal Inspectors and / or Inspection Agencies in order to reach project goals by means of cost effective and result oriented solutions according to Company network synergies, best practices and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Review Project Quality Control requirements and all the contractual documentation in order to detect discrepancies and prevent any misunderstanding aiming to a supply chain management approach
  • Support MM on issuance of Project QC procedures
  • Contribute to finalize PMC and IDS
  • Support MM on PO Inspection Classification
  • Ensure (directly or through Internal Inspectors) specialist support to engineering department to vendor quality control documents review (ITP and Test Procedures)
  • For each Project PO, ensure all necessary and suitable documentation (Inspection Assignment Package) is available to designated inspector prior Inspection activities starts
  • With the support of the MM, plan/organize the PIM (if any), agree dates and venues with Vendors, ensure the presence at the meeting of all Sub-Vendors (if any), Saipem (requisitioning unit and designated inspector), Client and any third-party personnel whose attendance is required.
  • Ensure the correct Project inspection notification workflow with Client and/or Third Parties in accordance with contractual requirements and ensure all necessary and suitable documentation is available prior to confirmation of inspection notification.
  • Check all inspection Report received from Inspector (Internal and External) and ensure the correct distribution / filing of it to system (SAP)
  • After positive final test result, verify that all necessary condition are satisfactory and ensure timely issuance of Inspection Release Note in SAP
  • In case of not satisfactory inspection, ensure the correct management of Non-Conformity Reports and Punch Lists
  • Ensure the vendor Manufactured Data Book review and approval and ensure timely issuance of Final Test Certificate in SAP
  • Ensure performances evaluation of external (Agency) inspectors by using I-PERF.

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering / Science or other relevant disciplines
  • Minimum of 5 to 7 years’ relevant experience in the energy industry
  • Problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including speaking, writing and active listening.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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