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.

Project: FPSO Kutei

Job Title: Engineering Naval Architecture Hull Lead

Location: China

Job Description:

Mission

• Lead the Naval Engineering activities, preserving specialistic knowledge, in accordance with Project requirements within the assigned budget, time schedule and quality standards. Ensure compliance with all Project interfaces and supervise in/out information flow
• Maintain and develop technical skills, expertise, knowledge, procedures and tools as required for proposals and project execution
• Ensure the capitalisation of Project experience in order to improve and harmonize work methodologies

Tasks

Planning, co-ordination and control of Naval Architect technical activities:

• Develop and maintain links with other centers where naval activity is performed
• Maintain planning and workloads prediction updated
• Check of naval de liverables (procedures, notes, technical reports)
• Interface with other engineering specialists
• Maintain and develop design capability (stability, hydrostatic hydrodynamics, hull, mooring, installation engineering, DP)
• Issue or check technical part of requisitions, bid analysis and PO
• Develop feedback dossiers from projects
• Manage the development of naval knowledge to maintain and develop the excellence in naval engineering
• Select and update the state of art numerical tool requested for the naval department engineering activities
• Implement and control any preventive/corrective actions arising from audits or certification requirements
• Maintain and develop the process of Lesson Learning
• Overview the dept. discipline activities and provide technical support to the dept. PS whenever necessary
• Identify project and contract hot spots and criticalities
• Take care of technical competence growth of department resources regarding Hydrostatic, Stability, Hydrodynamic, Mooring analysis, Dynamic Positioning System

What are we looking for?

Languages: English Language skills required

Technical Knowledge: Naval Architecture and HULL background and experience.

What else should you know? The start date is January 2026

What we can offer to you:

• 12-monthscontract duration (subject to extension according to Company needs)

• Corporate Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance.

• 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 embrace diversity! At Saipem, we believe that innovation thrives through diversity. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we stand against discrimination based on gender identity, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of SAIPEM companies unique.

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.

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