Mechanical Engineer

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 a Mechanical Engineer, you are responsible for providing technical expertise in mechanical systems across the fleet, ensuring operational efficiency, equipment reliability, and compliance with industry standards. This role involves troubleshooting mechanical issues, supporting audits by regulatory agencies and clients, and providing strategic technical recommendations to enhance operability, increase business revenue, and safeguard equipment performance. The Mechanical Engineer plays a key role in Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Technical Risk Assessment (TRA), and management of change (MoC), ensuring adherence to best practices and continuous process improvement. By aligning technical action plans with organizational objectives, the engineer helps drive operational excellence and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• You provide mechanical expertise to identify and resolve technical issues across the fleet, developing and implementing action plans to enhance system reliability and operability.
• You support regulatory agency audits, as well as internal and client audits, ensuring compliance with industry standards and company policies.
• You offer technical recommendations aimed at improving equipment protection, optimizing control device performance, and highlighting potential technical risks. You contribute to the development of Technical Risk Assessments (TRA) and participate in Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), proposing actionable plans to mitigate risks and prevent future issues.
• You play a key role in the company's Strategy and Governance, ensuring alignment with best practices, Class issues, regulatory requirements, and GTS standards.
• You drive Continuous Improvement by identifying opportunities to optimize mechanical processes and systems, proposing initiatives, and ensuring their implementation aligns with company goals. You provide technical support to unit operations, guiding management decisions with expert insights on mechanical systems.
• You assist the Supply Chain in evaluating technical proposals for services or materials that deviate from like-for-like standards, ensuring quality and compliance. You serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for evaluating Management of Change (MoC) and QnA in mechanical disciplines, ensuring thorough analysis and proper documentation. You develop and issue Technical Notes and Guidelines, sharing lessons learned and promoting best practices across the fleet to enhance operational performance and compliance with company standards.
• You define and execute a 3-Year Plan (3YP) related to Mechanical scope, supporting budget exercises and strategic initiatives. You promote interface with suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors, conducting technical interviews and participating in meetings.

Education

• Mechanical Engineering graduation;
• CREA active (Conselho Regional de Engenharia e Arquitetura
• (Architecture and Civil Engineering Regional Council)

Experience

• Experience in O&G industry projects
• Experience in relevant projects in oil and gas industry acting as engineer or interface coordinator.

Functional Competencies
Mechanical Static Equipment - Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems

Integrity and Reliability - Remote Surveillance and Monitoring

Inspection, testing, commissioning and monitoring

Learning from events

Reliability, operability and safety

Mechanical Static Equipment - Cranes and winches

Integrity and Reliability - Spares Analysis

Troubleshooting

Mechanical Static Equipment - Pressure Vessel

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 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 Affirmative 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.