Quality Engineering Manager

SeaOwl Group; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SeaOwl Group seeks a seasoned Quality Engineer to support the Venus project in France. You will implement and maintain a robust QMS, develop dashboards and reporting tools, and coordinate QA/QC activities across multiple packages and contractors.

You will guide NCRs, Third-Party Inspections, and audits, ensuring timely close-out and driving continuous improvement with KPIs, Lean practices, and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Confirmed Quality Engineer with at least 15 years of Oil & Gas project experience (offshore preferred).
• Mandatory advanced Excel, PowerQuery, PowerBI; Power Apps and Visio proficiency.
• Experience in process mapping, Lean/continuous improvement, and KPI management.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and transversal collaboration skills.
• Good knowledge of TotalEnergies procedures or similar standards is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead Venus Quality Assurance by developing and maintaining a robust QMS with dashboards and reporting tools.
• Coordinate QA/QC processes (NCR, Third Party Inspections) across all packages.
• Ensure quality across SURF, SPS, FPSO, O&M, D&W, and Offloading and drive audits.
• Drive performance improvement through KPI definition and LEAN initiatives.

Skills

15+ years experience

Advanced Excel

Power Query

Power BI

Power Apps

Visio

Lean / continuous improvement

Root cause analysis

KPI management

Cross-functional collaboration

Offshore Oil & Gas experience

Tools

Excel

PowerQuery

Power BI

Power Apps

Visio

Job description

Description

MISSIONS / SERVICE DIMENSIONS

The service holder will be responsible for supporting the Project H3SEQ Manager in implementing the Project Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure performance of activities lead by the project and provided by the project’s contractors for the Venus project.

The service is highly transverse, with numerous interactions among which:

• Internal Project: 10 to 30 people, working closely with the Project’s packages and Company’s entities;
• External (Contractors, TEEPNA affiliate): about 30 people

This service includes but is not limited to:

• Lead Venus Quality Assurance by developing, implementing, and maintaining a robust Quality Management System (QMS), including procedures, dashboards and reporting tools, in coordination with all Venus Managers, and Package Quality leads.
• Management of transverse QA/QC processes and tools (i.e. NCR, Third Parties Inspections…)
• Coordinate Quality activities across all packages (SURF, SPS, FPSO, O&M, D&W, and Offloading), ensuring efficient and fruitful transverse compliance, issue identification, and timely close-out of actions, including audits.
• Drive Performance Improvement by mapping processes, identifying inefficiencies, defining KPIs, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.

The Service Provider will support the H3SEQ Manager, and SURF, SPS and FPSO Quality leads.

ACTIVITIES

HSE:

• Implementation of HSE rules and requirements within the area of responsibility.
• Ensure that HSE requirements are systematically considered within the Quality management process.

Quality assurance:

• Coordinate the processes and tools for TPI (Third Party Inspection), NCR (Non-Conformity Report) … at Venus level and ensure their adequation and robustness at package level.
• Manage, in coordination with Packages, quality processes and tools (NCR, TPI) to manage Venus QA/QC
• Ensure that Quality assurance within all packages is handled correctly.
• Organize periodic Quality review/identification meetings with Venus Packages.
• Responsible to identify, log, progress and close out all Quality matters impacting the Project in accordance with COMPANY specifications.
• Ensure that Actions related to Quality assurance are properly delt with, that responses and comments are delivered on time and addressing adequately the identify Risk.
• Ensure that other Package team members are aware of relevant Quality assurance.
• Work closely with all other team members and contractor counterparts to ensure correct information is transmitted and fully aligned.
• Participate in the redaction of the close out report and gather lessons learnt.

Performance Management:

• Maximize the value of the Project by promoting a Performance culture for consistent one-team behaviors and challenge of referential.
• Follow and manage all actions related to Quality Assurance to ensure an efficient Project execution.
• Promote LEAN initiatives and an integrated team approach for Packages Quality.

CONTEXT & ENVIRONMENT

The VENUS deep offshore Project is a key project for Total as the first Oil & Gas facilities to be installed in Namibian waters with 3,000 m water depth and uncommon reservoir characteristics with a CAPEX > 10 BUSD. 38 wells to be drilled and completed (19 OP and 19 GI) with a DRILLEX > 3 BUSD; out of ~2/3 to be ready before First Oil date.

The Venus Project will be developed with the objectives to maximize economical results by optimizing the reserves, the schedule, reducing the costs and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission, while maintaining the technical quality of the installations, with high H3SE requirements and focus.

Interaction with people across different locations during project execution (from CTR engineering office to CTR yards, France and Namibia)

DURATION / LOCATION

• Starting date: October 2026 (subject to FID)
• Duration: 1.5 years minimum to 5 years
• Renewable: yes
• Location: FRANCE / Paris or Pau
• Status: Residential
• Service language: English & French

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Confirmed Quality Engineer, or equivalent, with at least 15 years of experience in Oil & Gas projects including offshore project experience.
• Mandatory Advanced skills in Excel, PowerQuery, PowerBI; Power App and Visio.
• Experience in process mapping, Lean/continuous improvement, root cause analysis, KPI management. Lean (Lean Green belt or more is a plus)
• Additional features: Effective communication with proven negotiation skills, ability to influence and work transversally to achieve outcomes whilst showing balanced and prudent decision-making capabilities. Excellent understanding of complex tasks, ability to work autonomously with great rigor and precision.
• Good knowledge of TotalEnergies procedures and policies. Preferably previous experience within a similar Project.