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Reliability Lead Engineer

Posted 13 Oct 2026
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10 to 25 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
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Required language
English (Fluent)
Deadline
30 October 2026

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Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

Reliability Lead Engineer

  • Job Family: Operations and Technical Management
  • Location: Rotterdam Office, NL; Rio de Janeiro, BR, 20021-290; Porto, PT, 4100-136; Monaco, MC

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.

Purpose

  • As Maintenance & Reliability Team Lead, you lead the maintenance and reliability teams to ensure optimal performance of equipment and systems, driving operational efficiency and reducing downtime. You implement strategies to improve asset reliability, focusing on predictive maintenance and long-term equipment integrity.

Responsibilities

  • You lead a team to execute maintenance activities in accordance with company policies and procedures.
  • You develop and implement maintenance strategies to ensure the reliability and integrity of equipment and assets.
  • You conduct regular inspections and audits to identify potential issues and implement corrective actions.
  • You coordinate with various departments to address maintenance needs and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
  • You develop and maintain maintenance schedules and records to track the status of equipment and assets.
  • You provide technical support and guidance to the team to troubleshoot and resolve maintenance issues.
  • You participate in risk assessments and incident investigations to identify root causes and implement preventive measures.
  • You continuously improve maintenance practices and procedures to optimize equipment performance and reliability.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Experience

  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in maintenance plan implementation in relevant companies specially for FPSOs
  • Previous experience in a leadership or supervisory role (multi-discipline team)
  • At least 2 years’ Offshore experience as maintenance superintendent/ supervisor supervising and executing maintenance offshore.
  • Previous experience in reliability team, participating in RCFA, failure modes.
  • Experience in delivery of financial targets, budgets and proposals.
  • Experience of interfacing with Clients, Classification Societies and 3rd Party Service Providers.

Functional Competencies

  • Compliance
  • Monitoring performance and compliance
  • Integrity and Reliability - Predictive maintenance
  • Analytics and reporting
  • Learning from events
  • Incident Management
  • Integrity and Reliability - Computarized Maintenance Management System
  • Change Management
  • Internal Audit Delivery
  • Project control

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.

Engineering
Schiedam
7,000 employees