OTA Process

SBM Offshore N.V.; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 95,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SBM Offshore N.V. is seeking an experienced Operations Technical Authority to own regional safety and SECE performance standards within their discipline.

The role requires global best-practice application and daily collaboration with the Operations Risk Team and on-site leaders. You will travel to multiple units annually, provide independent technical guidance, and oversee MAH risk management, barrier health, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in the discipline you are an authority for.
• Minimum 10 years in technical or engineering roles with ≥5 years in operations.
• Strong knowledge of safety, environment, and MAH risk management.

Responsibilities

• Travel to all units within scope at least twice a year to maintain connection with front-line operations.
• Provide independent technical advice to regional personnel to support operational decisions.
• Act as the technical liaison between discipline, Operations Risk Team, and subject-matter experts.
• Contribute to local SBM initiatives to enhance safety and operational excellence.
• Participate in MAH risk management and ensure alignment with company standards.
• Review and endorse Execute Phase Assurance Reports for new units.
• Approve updates to EMS and SECE tag lists as requested by Reliability Leads.
• Monitor KPIs for barrier health and escalate concerns to Operations Management.
• Oversee MAH Risk Assessment and Safety Case Reviews for Brownfield or Life-Extension projects.

Skills

Hazard management

SECE performance

Process engineering

Change management

Audits and assurance

Barrier health monitoring

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline

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 the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably. Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

Purpose

• As Operations Technical Autority, you provide Regional Ownership and accountability of fleet Safety and Environmentally Critical Element (SECE) Performance Standards within their discipline. You act as part of the local Technical Team in assuring the status of the SECE within your scope.

Responsibilities

• You travel to all units within your scope at least twice a year to maintain a strong connection with front-line operations.
• You provide independent technical advice to regional personnel, ensuring clarity and confidence in operational decisions.
• You act as the technical liaison between your discipline, the Operations Risk Team, and subject-matter experts.
• You contribute your expertise to local SBM initiatives, enhancing safety and operational excellence.
• You support Major Accident Hazards (MAH) risk management by participating in Operational Risk Assessments and ensuring alignment with company standards.
• You accept and oversee Operations Performance Standards for your discipline, reviewing and endorsing proposed changes before escalating to the Global OTA (OTA2).
• You evaluate and approve changes to tag lists and assurance EMS tasks during project phases, ensuring alignment with assurance requirements.
• You review and endorse Execute Phase Assurance Reports developed by R3 Process Safety Engineers for new units.
• You approve updates to EMS and Safety and Environmentally Critical Element (SECE) tag lists as requested by Reliability Leads, ensuring compliance with guidelines from the Global OTA.
• You monitor KPIs for barrier health in your discipline and escalieren concerns to Operations Management.
• You conduct periodic document reviews to ensure SECE performance and barrier strategies align with the unit's Safety Case.
• You oversee MAH Risk Assessment and Safety Case Reviews for Brownfield Modifications or Life-Extension Projects.
• You escape significant findings from verification and assurance processes to ensure appropriate action is taken.
• You prepare an annual report on Barrier/SECE management status and the effectiveness of Verification and Assurance Schemes for OTA2 and Regional Operations Management.

Education

• Minimum Bachelors degree within the discipline for which you are an authority.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years experience in technical or engineering roles. At least 5 of those years within an operations setting

Functional Competencies

• Hazards and Effects Management - Hazard management - SBM Assets
• Safety and environmental critical elements
• Process - Process System Engineering
• Hazards and Effects Management - Hazard management - Cumulative Risk
• Learning from events
• Process - Process equipment and internals design
• Troubleshooting
• Management of change application
• Monitoring Audit and Assurance
• Analysis

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 Affiantive 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.