Senior Cost Management Lead (S)

SBM Offshore; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SBM Offshore is seeking a Cost Lead Expert to oversee cost engineering and control across major projects. You will standardize practices, lead the Cost Community of Practice, and support project teams with budgeting, forecasting, and analytics within a global energy company.

This senior role requires extensive experience, a strong teaching mindset, and the ability to drive improvements across locations while reporting to CPM Director and collaborating with the Project Control Manager.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of cost engineering/control experience.
• Experience with a tier 1 EPC contractor or operator in Oil & Gas / Petrochemicals.
• Lead project experience and cost management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain Cost Standards and Guidelines in GEMS.
• Lead the Cost Community of Practice forum.
• Participate in Project Health Checks and assurance reviews.
• Support project teams in cost management and analytics.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to lessons learned.

Skills

Cost engineering

Project cost control

Analytics

Budgeting

Education

Engineering/Quantity Surveying/Business Administration degree

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

• Part of the Turnkey and Operations Finance team, the Cost Lead Expert will serve as a functional leader in their area of expertise reporting to the Cost Performance Management Director, he/she will be connecting project teams, standardizing practices, and supporting development of staff across locations.
• In times of need, and dependent on workload, he/she may be assigned to a project directly, taking the position of Lead Cost Engineer for an interim period as required. In such cases the Lead Cost Engineer will report directly to the Project Control Manager and the Department Head only for the duration of their assignment on the project.

Responsibilities

• Assisting, under the direction of the Director of CPM, the creation and upkeep of all Cost Standards and Guidelines in GEMS
• The initiation and running of the SBM OFFSHORE ‘Cost Community of Practice’ forum
• Participating in Project Health Checks
• Assisting in all cost /project control related assurance reviews with respect to EXECUTE and OPERATIONS
• Supplement /assist project teams in a lead capacity as and when required by the Department Cost Management team
• Liaise with digital teams on tool improvements
• Support and mentor junior and/or new team members
• Contributing towards lessons learned documentation

Education

• Minimum Qualifications HNC or Bachelors in Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Business Administration or similar. An MSc or MBA , and affiliations to Certified bodies (AACE, PMP ) will be highly desirable.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years' experience in Cost Engineering/Control, either with a tier 1 EPC Contractor or Operator in the Oil and Gas / Petrochemical industry; with minimum 'Project Lead' experience.

Cost Control and performance management execution

Budgeting and forecasting

Project Cost Management

Contractual and commercial

Analytics and reporting

Cash Management

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 Aff…? 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.