Materials Engineer

Leap29 are on the lookout for an experienced Materials Engineer to support a major offshore and subsea projects in Milan on an initial 12-month contract. The role covers material selection, corrosion management, welding and coating support, pipeline integrity, and coordination with various engineering and fabrication teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare material selection specifications for line pipes, fittings, CRA materials, flanges, and subsea structures.
• Define corrosion allowances and ensure compliance with standards including DNV-ST-F101, API 5L, ISO 13628, and API 17D.
• Develop corrosion mitigation strategies, review CP systems, coating specifications, and corrosion risk assessments.
• Review welding procedures, qualifications, heat treatment requirements, and NDT activities.
• Define offshore coating and field joint coating systems, including mechanical protection requirements.
• Support pipeline integrity activities including fatigue, fracture toughness, sour service assessments, and failure investigations.
• Coordinate with pipeline, fabrication, installation, and vendor teams to ensure specification alignment.
• Participate in vendor qualification, FATs, mill testing, coating trials, and QA/QC compliance reviews.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Materials, Metallurgical, Mechanical, or Corrosion Engineering.
• Extensive experience in offshore/subsea materials engineering.
• Strong knowledge of metallurgy, corrosion engineering, welding, coatings, and cathodic protection systems.
• Experience with line pipe mills, coating facilities, field joint coating, and QA/QC processes.
• Familiarity with offshore coating systems including FBE, 3LPE, and PP.
• Good understanding of standards such as DNV-ST-F101, API 5L, ISO 15156/NACE MR0175, and API 17D.

Anyone interested and fit the description should click apply or alternatively send me your CV at for consideration