Project Manager

SBM Offshore; Lavamünd; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SBM Offshore seeks a Project Manager to lead FPSO design, construction, installation, and startup. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, construction, and operations to ensure successful delivery within scope, budget, and schedule.

The role requires extensive FPSO experience, strong leadership, stakeholder management, and a proven track record of delivering on safety and quality standards in complex projects.

Qualifications

• Significant FPSO or large-scale project experience.
• Deep understanding of FPSO design, construction, and operation.
• Strong leadership and ability to manage multicultural teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of FPSO projects from conception through commissioning and operation.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules and budgets, and allocate resources to meet objectives.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, and operations to ensure integration of activities.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation to meet targets.
• Ensure compliance with standards, safety regulations, environmental guidelines and company policies.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with clients, contractors, regulators and internal teams.
• Provide project status reports and risk assessments to Senior Management.
• Foster a culture of safety, quality and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Budgeting

Contractual & commercial

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related field

Job description

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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 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 Project Manager, you are accountable for the design, construction, installation, and start-up activities of FPSO units. This requires extensive project management expertise, technical knowledge, and coordination skills to ensure successful project delivery within scope, budget, and schedule constraints.

Responsibilities

• You lead the planning, execution, and delivery of FPSO projects from conception through to commissioning and operation.
• You manage the development of the project plans, schedules and budgets, and manage resource allocation to meet project objectives.
• You coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, and operations teams to ensure integration and alignment of project activities.
• You monitor project progress, identify potential risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure project targets are met.
• You ensure compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, environmental guidelines, and company policies.
• You manage relationships with stakeholders, including clients, contractors, regulatory bodies, and internal teams, to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
• You deliver project status reports, including performance metrics, financial updates, and risk assessments to Senior Management.
• You foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).

Experience

• Significant experience in managing FPSO projects or similar large-scale complex projects with multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines
• Deep understanding of FPSO design, construction, and operation.
• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies.
• Strong leadership, collaborative approach with the ability to lead and inspire multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.

SBM Product Knowledge

Business Acumen

Third parties relation management

Negotiation

Project control

Contractual and commercial

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.