Job Description

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 True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

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 Operations Readiness Manager, you are responsible to coordinate the various Operations Readiness deliverables assigned to your project.
• You will ensure that the client and Joint Inventory contracts requirements are respected, and ensure that the project is delivered on time and on budget.

Responsibilities

• You act as the SBM Operation Readiness focal point for the client; Monitor and engage with client organisation on important subject (only).
• You ensure delivery of Operations Readiness scope (on nominated portfolio) on schedule and budget as defined in TMS, ensuring that ALL requirements of Operations Readiness/RFO (and future O &M) contracts are complied with.
• You review project TMS for Operation Readiness at early stage (if possible) and develop implementation strategies.
• You develop with Operations Readiness project control team the baseline schedule for the Operations Readiness activities.
• You participate to select and ensure timely mobilization of key Operations Readiness team personnel (Operability Lead Engineer, OIM, SUPTs)
• You ensure OR team participate to HSSE initiative, especially during yard phase.
• You attend few project assurance activities to assess team performance and suggest improvements when relevant.
• You organize with project control team a three-monthly Risk and Opportunity review for the projects under his responsibility.
• You ensure implementation of OR quality assurance processes and organize monthly review
• You facilitate efficient and proper technical hand-over between Project and SBM OPERATIONS
• You act as escalation focal point for any Operation Readiness comments not satisfactorily addressed by PMT
• You issue, together with project control team, OR project close-out report highlighting lessons learnt

Education

• Marine Qualification (Master or Chief Engineer) or a University Degree in a relevant subject.

Experience

• At least 10 years experience in a relevant industry sector, ideally the Offshore Oil & Gas or Energy sector
• 5 years minimum experience in Oil and Gas business
• Relevant experience in managing position
• 2 years minimum experience with Operations/Shorebase

Functional Competencies

Reliability, operability and safetyConstruction, Commissioning, Quality StrategyStart-up and HandoverContract ManagementSafety ManagementBudgeting and forecastingHSSE Quality Regulatory and Process Safety LeadershipPlanning

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.