Metallurgy Engineer Mechanical Services Shops

About the Role

Eram Talent is seeking a Metallurgy Engineer for the Mechanical Services Shops in Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves providing materials and metallurgical engineering support for component fabrication, repair, qualification, and failure prevention within the Mechanical Services Shops, which are responsible for rotating and static equipment repair and component fabrication.

Role Responsibilities

The Metallurgy Engineer will be responsible for establishing material requirements, evaluating microstructure and properties, selecting processing routes, resolving degradation mechanisms, and ensuring materials are fit for oil and gas service. Key responsibilities include:

• Material Selection & Specification: Selecting metals, alloys, heat treatments, coatings, and acceptance requirements based on strength, toughness, temperature, corrosion, wear, and manufacturability.
• Material Characterization: Planning and interpreting metallography, microstructure, hardness, tensile, impact, fracture, corrosion, and coating examinations to confirm material condition.
• Fabrication & Repair Support: Providing metallurgical control for casting, forging, welding, cladding, additive manufacturing, machining, heat treatment, and repair qualification.
• Failure & Damage Analysis: Investigating cracking, corrosion, erosion, embrittlement, creep, fatigue, wear, overheating, and fabrication defects; identifying root cause and recommending corrective action.
• Technical Governance: Developing material specifications and test plans, reviewing certificates and deviations, qualifying procedures, issuing technical reports, and mentoring personnel.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this position should meet the following requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or Materials Science from a recognized and approved program is required. A Master's degree or PhD is preferred.
• At least 15 years of metallurgical or materials-engineering experience, including a minimum of 8 years supporting industrial manufacturing, repair, or failure analysis.
• Strong expertise in ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, phase transformations, heat treatment, welding metallurgy, corrosion, fracture, fatigue, and wear is essential.
• Demonstrated experience with metallography, microstructure evaluation, material characterization, mechanical testing, and failure-analysis reporting is necessary.
• Ability to translate service conditions and damage mechanisms into material, process, inspection, and acceptance requirements is required.
• ASM professional materials credentials, AMPP/NACE corrosion training, or equivalent recognized certification is preferred.

Location

This position is based in Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia.