Saipem Contracting Nigerian Limited Recruits Material Controllers (Oil & Gas)

Saipem Contracting Nigerian Limited (SCNL) is a subsidiary of SAIPEM Spa, a global leader in Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction. Due to the expansion of our operations in Nigeria, we are seeking for highly qualified professionals, pro-active, well organized and motivated persons to fill various positions within the organisation.

Job Title: Material Controllers

Ref Code: MTCRL
Location: Port Harcourt Base/Sites

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Updating materials inventory sheet and Materials status report as well as checking and comparing availability of the materials.
• Coordinating with the Warehouse issues and material processing.
• Liaise with the Procurement dept. for the purchase requisitions and for the material reports.
• Coordinating with the Quality Control on material issues and the certificates.
• Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
• Review documents, such as project schedules, work orders materials requirements or material priorities.
• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.
• Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
• Maintain files, such as maintenance records, bills of lading, or cost reports.
• Ensure project feedbacks to Company Functions (Management, Post Order and Procurement).
• Define, in conjunction with relevant Functional Manager the outsourcing strategy for expediting, inspection and shipping Services.
• Support Assets Manager in relations with Client or Partners regarding materials.
• Ensure the execution of quality control activities on purchased material, in order to verify if they are in line with Saipem expectation.
• Analyze, with the Technical Manager/Engineering Discipline Lead, the definition of the inspection methods.
• Implement the Project notification System, including Client or Third Parties.
• Ensure the prompt handling of any project variation impacting the post order activities, especially with regard to materials quality control, quantities and supply terms conditions.
• Ensure the effective and methodical use of Systems, Applications and Tools adopted by Company and/or Project (i.e.: SAP, AMOS).
• Ensures that necessary information gets to Procurement Function on issues of liquidated damages and prices revision, according to the clauses provided by the contractual obligations defined for the purchase of goods and shipping services.

Skills, Competence and Experience

• Knowledge of payment procedures and cycle, invoicing, milestone payment management.
• Knowledge of supply cycle phases and construction cycle: engineering, procurement, construction, inspection.
• Ability to review and produce expediting reports and documentation.
• Ability to define relevant reports and progress information and able also to manage varied and complex workload.
• Knowledge of Information systems supporting material management process.
• Knowledge of tools supporting any documents for material management process and authorization.
• Knowledge of material purchasing process including process referents and their tasks starting from Material Requisition to PO/contract issue and revision.
• Management of Project materials post order plan and procedure definition.
• Good knowledge of all procurement processes.

Qualification

• A Degree in Management Science/Science with at least 5 years of working experience in a major construction firm.
• Sound knowledge of Ms Office suit (Exceptional skills in MS Excel Usage).
• Working knowledge of MS Office applications.

Application Closing Date
6th March, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Applications using the reference code as the subject of the email to:
Assets.recruitment@saipem.com