Claudio Franchi first came across a Tenaris job posting in 2010. He was a 24-year-old engineering student in northern Italy with a fairly conventional plan for his future. He imagined a linear career path, probably in Italy, with clear rules and predictable steps. Then one word on the job posting caught his attention: Argentina. "At the time, I didn't even have a passport," he recalls. "But something about the opportunity excited me." A few months later, he was on a plane to the other side of the world.
When Alejandro Colicchio first walked into a Tenaris mill in 1993, his son Martín wasn't born yet. More than thirty years later, the two work at the same Tenaris plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada: Alejandro, in rolling mill operations; Martín, in maintenance. They carry with them a family story that began long before either of them: Alejandro's own father was a rolling mill manager in the Argentine steel industry.
For Alix Aké Kob, Heat Treatment Specialist at Tenaris’s industrial center in Veracruz, Mexico, five years at the company already feels like a journey across processes, plants and perspectives. Her story is a reminder that, even early in a career, the steel industry can open doors to global learning, exposure to a variety of operations and the chance to lead.
Hazeena Mazood joined a small office in Dubai in 1996, when the company's presence in the region was just taking shape. Three decades later, she reflects on what a career spanning sales, quality, supply chain, HSE, compliance, and commercial operations taught her about adaptability, trust, and growing alongside a global company.
Before William Mitchell joined Tenaris in the US in 2014, a career in oil and gas was not part of the plan. When he heard two close friends from college speak highly of their experience working in Tenaris, he was immediately drawn to apply.
For Rogelio del Valle, Operations Assistant at Tenaris's premium threading facility in Argentina, volunteering started as a chance to do something meaningful with his daughters. Years later, it is an experience he continues to seek out.
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