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Project Regulatory Manager

SBM Offshore

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Posted on Jan 3, 2026

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

• The Project Regulatory Manager is a key role within SBM Projects and GRS Offices worldwide, responsible for ensuring adherence to global regulatory requirements and promoting regulatory discipline into the projects.
• You lead and provide support to a team of Project Regulatory Engineers, Site Engineers and Inspectors, closelly collaborating with cross-functionalcross-functional teams including Group Functions, Engineering, Procurement, Operations, Construction, Commissioning Managers, Class, and external partners to ensure seamless integration and implementation of regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• You are responsible for defining, interpreting, verifying, and coordinating the interfaces between legislation/regulators, the client, and the project team.
• You identify all applicable legislations, regulations, and rules to ensure compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• You coordinate and monitor the timely implementation of the regulatory requirements during the different phases of the project.
• You raise awareness of the regulatory requirements among key personnel within the project team to ensure understanding and adherence.
• You identify the regulatory training requirements for the project team to ensure everyone is equipped with the necessary knowledge.
• You follow the Regulatory Query process in line with GEMS, using the appropriate communication protocols to ensure clarity and compliance.
• You prepare regulatory handover packages for the operations team, ensuring the smooth transition to maintaining permits and consents during operation.
• You liaise to meet contractor regulatory objectives and support the overall development goals of the project.
• You systematically track assigned actions and effectively verify the completion of all regulatory management tasks.
• You manage reviews, findings, surveys, and audits required as part of the applicable regulatory acceptance processes.
• You report the status of regulatory management activities throughout the EPCI cycle of the project.
• You produce the FPSO Regulatory Management Plan and develop a framework to ensure that all relevant rules and regulations have been identified, and that changes in regulations are assessed and incorporated when appropriate.
• You provide all necessary answers, evidence, and updates to the company for management, and report on the progress of closure for any associated contractor actions.
• You ensure that regulatory certificates and deliverables issued during the design, construction, and delivery phases meet the requirements of the project.

Education

• Have a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical/Naval Engineer.

Experience

• 10 years experience in the offshore industry.
• Fluent in English (writing and speaking).

Functional Competencies

Organizational culture

Monitoring performance and compliance

Process Analysis and Design

Regulatory Management

Learning from events

SBM Product Knowledge

Incident Management

Human Rights Management

HSSE Quality Regulatory and Process Safety Leadership

Environmental Management

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 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.