Poor place for career starters, good place for managers - Civil Structural Engineer Saipem Employee Review

2.0
Dec 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Job security, project exposure, okay start to your career,

Cons

Low pay, poor work life balance, poor senior engineers,

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3.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great responsibility for offshore operations and quay-side mobilizations. Less technical role (no direct engineering performed), but more so, practical experience-driven when executing onsite.

Cons

Lots of reading and writing (Purchase Requests>Purchase Orders>Final contracts). Bureaucratic procurement (SAP and Word/Excel heavy) and poor interdepartmental follow-up: you have to do the follow-up when the assigned project inspector and expeditor (POSE) don't follow up on your PO. High workload.

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