Engineering Department Manager
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About Us: SBM Offshore is a global leader in deepwater ocean infrastructure, delivering floating production solutions across the full asset lifecycle—from design and construction to installation and operation. Supported by a global team of more than 8,000 professionals, the Company operates a long-term, asset-backed business model that delivers high-availability assets and predictable cash flows. SBM Offshore combines engineering expertise, operational reliability, and selective innovation to support safe, efficient, and lower-carbon energy production, while extending its capabilities into new opportunities across the blue economy.
- Location: Rotterdam Office, NL
Purpose
- The Engineering Department Manager – System Design leads and develops a multidisciplinary engineering organization of approximately 230 professionals, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and integrated system design solutions across the Company's portfolio of offshore energy projects. The role drives engineering excellence, organizational capability, workforce planning, talent development, and continuous improvement while fostering collaboration across disciplines, locations, and project teams. As a member of the Engineering leadership team, the Department Manager contributes to the strategic development of the engineering organization and supports the Company's long-term business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the System Design Department, consisting of approximately 230 professionals through a team of 6 Discipline Managers.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to Discipline Managers, ensuring alignment with business objectives and consistent leadership practices across the department.
- Ensure effective integration and collaboration between engineering disciplines to deliver optimized system designs.
- Own workforce planning, resource allocation, capability development, recruitment, succession planning, and organizational growth strategies for the department.
- Balance project delivery needs with long-term capability building and resource optimization across multiple projects.
- Oversee engineering quality, technical governance, and compliance with company standards, industry regulations, and customer requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, digital tools, methods, and ways of working to enhance efficiency and quality.
- Assess and manage outsourcing and subcontracting strategies to support project execution while maintaining quality and technical integrity.
- Champion talent development, employee engagement, diversity, inclusion, and the creation of a high-performing engineering culture.
- Monitor departmental performance through KPIs, workforce metrics, quality indicators, and resource utilization data.
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the Engineering function as a member of the Engineering leadership team.
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering.
Experience
- Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering within the Oil & Gas or similar complex project-based industries.
- Minimum 8 years of leadership experience managing large multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Demonstrated experience leading managers and senior engineering professionals.
- Proven track record in resource planning, organizational development, and talent management within an engineering environment.
- Experience in large-scale capital projects and complex stakeholder environments.
- Experience driving organizational change, process improvement, and engineering transformation initiatives.
At SBM Offshore, our people have unrivaled experience and understanding of the needs of the global offshore energy industry. Our product development is driven by evolving market demand.
SBM Offshore provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. The Company is market leading in leased floating production systems with multiple units currently in operation and…
At SBM Offshore, our people have unrivaled experience and understanding of the needs of the global offshore energy industry. Our product development is driven by evolving market demand.
SBM Offshore provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. The Company is market leading in leased floating production systems with multiple units currently in operation and has unrivalled operational experience in this field. The Company’s main activities are the design, supply, installation, operation and the life extension of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. These are either owned and operated by SBM Offshore and leased to its clients or supplied on a turnkey sale basis.
Group companies employ approximately 7,000 people worldwide. Full time company employees totaling 4,900 are spread over five regional centers, eleven operational shore bases and the offshore fleet of vessels. A further 2,100 are working for the joint ventures with several construction yards.
The Group is committed to conducting business in a sustainable way over the long-term by developing close relationships with local people, communities and businesses in host countries, and by safeguarding the natural environment.
It is our goal and driving ambition to be the trusted partner of choice, delivering reliable, complete floating production solutions that create value for SBM Offshore’s clients, by sustainably and passionately leveraging the Company’s technology and operating experience.