Engineering Manager – Subsea Desalination Systems

Qualified People; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct reporting to CTO

Central leadership role

Job summary

Waterise, Oslo-based, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead subsea desalination package engineering teams from FEED to offshore installation. You will report directly to the CTO and drive engineering delivery across multiple packages, aligning interfaces and technical risk management.

The role demands 10+ years in oil & gas subsea projects, MSc/BSc in Mechanical, Marine or Subsea Engineering, and strong leadership. Fluent English is required; Norwegian is an advantage.

Qualifications

• MSc or BSc in Mechanical, Marine or Subsea Engineering.
• 10+ years of experience from oil & gas subsea projects (SPS, structures, flowlines, umbilicals).
• Proven track record delivering EPC projects from FEED through offshore installation.
• Experience leading multidiscipline engineering teams and directing supplier engineering.
• Fluent English required; Norwegian is an advantage.
• Good experience in Microsoft Office.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving, early-stage project environment where processes are still being built.

Responsibilities

• Staff, schedule and run the package engineering teams
• Own the engineering schedule, man-hour budget and deliverables register across all packages
• Drive interface control and progress follow-up across packages and suppliers
• Report to the CTO on execution status, resource capacity and technical risk
• Work closely with the Principal Engineers (discipline owners) to keep package delivery aligned with technical requirements
• Direct interface with the project execution team

Skills

Fluent English

Microsoft Office

Education

MSc or BSc in Mechanical, Marine or Subsea Engineering

Job description

Want to Help Solve One of the World’s Greatest Challenges?

Access to clean water is essential for people, communities, and industries, yet water scarcity is one of the fastest-growing global challenges. At Waterise, we are developing groundbreaking technology that transforms seawater into fresh water in a more sustainable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective way. By combining Norwegian subsea expertise with innovative water treatment technology, we are helping secure access to clean water for millions of people around the world. We are now looking for talented and passionate colleagues who want to join us on this exciting journey and make a real difference

Engineering Manager – Subsea Desalination Systems

Lead our subsea package engineering teams as we build a new class of sustainable, seabed-based desalination systems. Oslo-based, from FEED to offshore installation.

About the role

Waterise is pioneering a new class of subsea desalination systems that produce fresh water offshore, at scale, with significantly reduced reliance on energy-intensive high-pressure pumping. By placing the reverse osmosis process on the seabed, the system uses natural hydrostatic pressure as part of the desalination process. The technology builds on proven subsea engineering disciplines from offshore oil and gas, but applies them in a new and purposeful way: delivering sustainable freshwater infrastructure from the seabed.

As Waterise moves into project execution, we are strengthening our CTO organisation and looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Package Responsible Engineer (PRE) teams. This is a hands-on, project-facing leadership role based in Oslo, reporting directly to the CTO. You will organise engineering delivery across packages, drive progress and interfaces, support technical decision-making, and help shape the way our engineering organisation operates as we scale from development into execution.

Responsibilities

• Staff, schedule and run the package engineering teams
• Own the engineering schedule, man-hour budget and deliverables register across all packages
• Drive interface control and progress follow-up across packages and suppliers
• Report to the CTO on execution status, resource capacity and technical risk
• Work closely with the Principal Engineers (discipline owners) to keep package delivery aligned with technical requirements
• Direct interface with the project execution team

Qualifications

MSc or BSc in Mechanical, Marine or Subsea Engineering

10+ years of experience from oil & gas subsea projects - subsea production systems (SPS), structures, flowlines, umbilicals

Proven track record delivering EPC projects from FEED through fabrication, testing and offshore installation

Experience leading multidiscipline engineering teams and directing supplier engineering

Fluent English required; Norwegian is an advantage

Good experience in Microsoft Office

Comfortable in a fast-moving, early-stage project environment where processes are still being built

We offer

• A central leadership role in the engineering organisation of a company developing genuinely novel subsea water technology
• Direct reporting line to the CTO and close involvement in shaping how the technical organisation is run
• The opportunity to take a project from early engineering through to offshore installation

Join us in our mission to make clean water accessible to the world.