Deputy Project Manager

Company Description:

Join Saipem and engineer a sustainable future. We are a global leader in engineering and construction for the energy and infrastructure sectors, delivering complex onshore and offshore projects worldwide. Driven by technological innovation as “One Company”, our 30,000 people from over 130 nationalities in more than 50 countries work every day to enable the energy transition toward Net Zero. At Saipem, your expertise helps shape the future globally for environmental sustainability.

Purpose of the position:

As Deputy Project Manager, you will respond to the Project Manager and be part of Energy Carries within Project Management Team.

How can you support us?

The following are your key responsibilities, including but not limited to:

• Assist the Project Manager in planning, coordinating, and controlling project execution.

• Support the Project Manager in maintaining effective communication and a constructive working relationship with the Client and ensuring timely resolution of project-related issues.

• Act as the focal point for coordination with Aramco regarding change orders, project variations, technical clarifications, and execution requirements, ensuring that all changes are properly assessed, documented, approved, and implemented in accordance with contractual obligations.

• Coordinate with all project departments to ensure effective execution of project activities, monitor progress against project objectives, identify and resolve issues, and provide regular status updates and reports to Management.

• Represent Saipem towards Clients, Licensors, Partners and Subcontractors managing contractual aspects

• Behave in accordance with the Saipem leadership Model and make sure the full PMT does the same

• Ensure the proper analysis and the review of contractual documents

• Ensure the implementation of methodologies related to risk/opportunity, knowledge management, lessons learned, cost of

• Respect of Saipem Golden Rules and Silver Guidelines

• Ensure the implementation of the project strategies and the project activities planning (Project Execution Plan, Quality Plan,

• Supervise all project activities with regards to Quality, HSE, and Sustainability topics supported by the other project

• Stay abreast of the evolution of and implement the project management tools and methodologies

• Ensure the issue and the implementation of all required home office and site procedures

• Approve and supervise planning and cost control activities supported by the other project organization roles, implementing

• the corrective actions needed to achieve the established project objectives and ensure the issue of project reports (including the economics)

• Supervise home office engineering and procurement activities supported by the other project organization roles

• Supervise site/yard and onshore activities supported by the other project organization roles

• Negotiate with the Client to reach agreement on the outstanding pricing, commercial, contractual and technical aspects of the variation orders

• Maintain a valuable trusting relationship with the Client and monitor its satisfaction, supported by the other project organization roles

• Monitor final back charges to be applied to any third party (vendors, subcontractors, etc.)

• Ensure the collection of project feedback issuing final project reports (e.g. Close-out Report, root cause analysis, etc.)

• Ensure the issue of completion and delivery certificates

• Ensure the assistance to the Client during the guarantee period

What are we looking for?

Education: Master's Degree/bachelor’s degree in: Engineering + Business Administration or relative

Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience in Project Management within the Oil & Gas industry, including prior experience working on Saudi Aramco projects.

Languages: English / Arabic.

Technical Skills:

• Project Management and Project Execution Planning

• Contract Administration and Change Order Management

• Client Coordination, including Aramco Interface Management

• Progress Monitoring

• Risk and Opportunity Management

• Procurement and Subcontract Management

• Engineering, Construction, and Commissioning Coordination

• HSE and Quality Management Systems

• Resource Planning and Manpower Management

• Stakeholder Management and Cross-Functional Coordination

• Preparation of Project Reports, and Management Dashboards

• Knowledge of EPC Project Execution and Aramco Procedures

• Change Management and Project Performance Analysis

IT Skills:

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Microsoft Teams and SharePoint

• Microsoft Project

• SAP (Project Systems, Procurement, Cost Control, and Reporting)

• Power BI Dashboard and Performance Reporting

• Document Management Systems (DMS/EDMS)

• Data Analysis and Advanced Excel Reporting

• Collaboration and Workflow Management Tools

What else should you know?

You will have the opportunity to travel abroad based on the projects you will work for and within the [KSA] assigned.

What can we offer to you:

• Permanent Contract.

• Corporate Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• 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.

• Location: [Dhahran]

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.

Find out more on our career page here

One vision, many paths, limitless possibilities.

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