Senior Project Engineer - EX Lead

SBM Offshore N.V.; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SBM Offshore N.V. in the Netherlands seeks a Senior Project Engineer - EX Lead to drive complex offshore projects from concept to delivery. You will lead Ex compliance across engineering, procurement, and construction, ensuring safety, budget, and schedule adherence.

You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, manage Ex specifications and dashboards, and partner with Area Project Managers and suppliers to maintain high standards of quality and performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience in project engineering within oil and gas.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Ex compliance activities across the project.
• Coordinate Ex surveillance across engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Interface management between disciplines for Ex compliance.
• Issue monthly Ex project matrix and dashboard with accuracy.
• Maintain Ex assurance plan and Ex specifications for the project.
• Prepare Ex matrix with data-coordinator for follow-up and reporting.
• Coordinate with Area Project Managers for construction to address Ex requirements.
• Coordinate with PPM for supplier submissions and bid evaluations.
• Ensure Ex requirements are included in subcontractor contracts.
• Manage supplier Ex compliance surveillance and QA at project level.
• Coordinate with Construction Quality Managers to embed Ex requirements.

Skills

Ex compliance leadership

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Project management software

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 a Senior Project Engineer - EX Lead, you play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of complex projects. With a minimum of 10 years of experience, you are responsible for overseeing and coordinating all technical and administrative project activities, ensuring the project objectives are met efficiently and within budget and time constraints. This senior role requires strong leadership and in-depth expertise across multiple project disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall management of Ex compliance activities throughout the project.
• Responsible for surveillance & support of Ex activities (Engineering + Supply Chain + Construction).
• In charge of interfaces between disciplines/project phases regarding Ex compliance on the project.
• Accountable for the issuance of the monthly Ex project matrix and dashboard and their accuracy.
• Responsible for delivery and maintenance of the project Ex assurance plan and project Ex specification.
• Prepares the project Ex matrix with the Ex project data-coordinator, ensuring this tool covers all follow up and reporting required by project management team during all project phases.
• Coordinates with Area Project Managers (APM) for construction to ensure that Ex requirements are understood and accounted for contractor/yard proposal submissions and bid evaluations.
• Coordinates with Project Procurement Managers (PPM) for Supply Chain to ensure that Ex requirements are understood and accounted for supplier proposal submissions and bid evaluations.
• Ensures that same Ex requirements are part of the suncontractor contract and relevant exhibits.
• Manages the supplier Ex Compliance surveillance (quality assurance at project level), capturing deficiencies or clarifications required by project reviews based on inspection reports.
• Coordinates with Construction Quality Managers and Site Ex Lead to ensure that the Ex-requirements as specified in the project Ex specifications and equipment specifications are adequately incorporated by subcontractor/yard(s) in their relevant documents.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification

Experience

• Minimum 10 years' experience in project engineering within the oil and gas industry.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Effective time management and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and quality.
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills

Functional Competencies

• Commercial
• Contractual change identification and management
• Cost and budget control
• SBM Product Knowledge
• Business Acumen
• Third parties relation management
• Negotiation
• Sub-contracting
• Risk Management
• Planning

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.