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Structural Hull Principal Engineer

SBM Offshore

SBM Offshore

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Posted on Oct 29, 2025

Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. Now, see how a role change can develop you, and us, even more.


About Us:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production in offshore oil and gas. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise. It means continuing to enable decarbonization and support the energy transition, while diversifying our unique capabilities to help more blue economy industries grow and thrive sustainably. Through our strategy of Advancing Our Core and Pioneering More and our values of Care, Integrity, Collaboration, and Ownership, we are sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

Purpose

  • The Principal Engineer's purpose is to deliver projects that enhance operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability, contributing to the organization's strategic objectives and long-term success.

Responsibilities

  • You utilize your technical expertise to develop safe and quality solutions in support of projects and discipline requirements without guidance.
  • You ensure successful resolution of complex technical issues to meet projects and discipline deliverables.
  • You engage with peers across Regional Centers to promote knowledge sharing and act as a consultant and mentor to less experienced engineers within the discipline to ensure knowledge transfer, product memory, and application of best practices.
  • You work in conjunction with Discipline Manager, Discipline Leads and engineering staff to seek continuous improvement in both quality and efficiency of the work.
  • You improve and promote continuously your technical knowledge and capabilities by staying abreast of the latest industry developments, including internal technology readiness and ensuring that lessons learnt are effectively captured from the fleet, projects and technology.
  • You may act as Discipline Lead for assigned scope of work and/or may be designated as a Technical Expert (TE) and/or Engineering Method Authority.

Education

  • Engineer Diploma in relevant discipline

Experience

  • More than 25 years experience in Oil & Gas Industry

Functional Competencies

Advanced computation methods - Finite Element Calculation
Engineering design and calculation tools
FPSO Hull
Concept development
Structural Hull
Detailed design
Reliability, operability and safety
Sub-contracting
Analysis
Planning

SPECIFIC DETAILS

  • Hiring Manager: Hristinka DIMITROVA

  • HRBP: Stefan VAN PAASSEN

  • We kindly request you to ensure your Lucy profile is up to date and to inform your manager before applying.