Mechanical Engineer

Full-time/Direct/Staff | Houston, TX, United States

Have you ever wanted to work for a world leader in industry?

SBM Offshore USA, Inc. is an integrated EPCI provider of floating production solutions for the deepwater oil and gas industry. SBM Offshore USA, Inc. owns and operates the world’s largest fleet of FPSOs which recently achieved more than 1 million barrels of oil per day throughput. SBM Offshore USA, Inc.’s global footprint includes 7 execution centers worldwide.

We are proud of our technological innovation and are a market leader in R&D and technology development. Some of SBM Offshore USA, Inc.’s products include FPSOs, Turret Mooring Systems, CALM buoys, TLPs, and Semisubmersibles.

Careers at SBM Offshore USA, Inc. offer our employees:

  Unique opportunities to participate in the full life-cycle of projects and operations from engineering through construction, installation, and throughout production operations.

 

Experience with a leader in deepwater floating production and mooring systems, production operations, and terminals and services.

 

Opportunities for roles in execution centers, in our construction yards, and with our specialized offshore installation vessels.

 

A company philosophy of exposing talented individuals to all parts of the business which provides opportunities to expand their personal tool kits.

 

SBM Offshore USA, Inc. is currently recruiting for a Mechanical Engineer in Houston, Texas. In this role you will be responsible for: Oversight for all technical matters relating to mechanical equipment on board an floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs), including maintaining current technical documents and ensuring all maintenance is carried out according to regulatory requirements; monitoring the performance of rotating equipment offshore and ensuring it is operated safely and within its design envelope while identifying and avoiding future mechanical problems; acting as onshore point of contact for the offshore team for all mechanical related issues; reviewing any process design changes that are requested; defining the functional requirements of design changes that may become necessary during the life of field and initiate management of change activities; ensuring the unit's engineering operations manual is maintained and current to correctly reflect the operation of the equipment and changes that have been made; undertaking root cause studies to determine mechanical failures or underperformance of rotating equipment and recommending remedial actions; supporting operations manager and assistant for all mechanical related issues; auditing and reviewing the standards, methods, procedures, and competency of subcontractors and suppliers of mechanical equipment and systems to ensure quality deliver and attending review of new equipment when required; ensuring that rotating equipment availability on the FPSO is maintained at the highest practical level, and that any equipment downtime is minimized.

 

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or five (5) years of experience in either oil and gas or engineering and construction industry on offshore units.

 

Must put job code 8596911 on resume.