Duration: 02/11/2026 - 29/12/2028

Are you an experienced Subsea Controls professional with deep expertise in Subsea Control Modules (SCMs), lifecycle management, and subsea production systems?

We are looking for a Senior Subsea Controls Subject Matter Expert to strengthen a leading operator’s subsea engineering capability and support the technical stewardship and long-term development of an extensive SCM portfolio.

About the Role

This is a high-impact specialist position working across assets, projects, technical disciplines, and suppliers. You will play a key role in connecting project decisions, operational experience, reliability performance, technical requirements, and lifecycle strategies to ensure robust and sustainable management of subsea control systems.

The position offers a unique opportunity to influence product standardization, technology development, reliability improvement, and lifecycle optimization across a large subsea portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a comprehensive technical overview of the SCM portfolio

• Analyze installed base, product variants, technical condition, obsolescence, reliability, and lifecycle status

• Provide recommendations for upgrades, repairs, replacements, standardization, and life extension

• Support projects with control system architecture, SCM selection, and interface management

• Develop and improve technical requirements, standards, and best practices

• Ensure operational experience, maintenance data, failures, and repair learnings are incorporated into future product decisions

• Monitor technical integrity, availability, and reliability performance

• Participate in or lead technical investigations, task forces, and root cause analyses

• Contribute to spare parts strategies, repair programs, and replacement planning

• Interface with suppliers on technical issues, product improvements, and long-term support

• Prepare technical recommendations and decision support for stakeholders and leadership

• Support knowledge sharing and competency development within the subsea engineering community

Qualifications

• Higher technical education within engineering or extensive relevant industry experience

• Significant experience with Subsea Control Systems, SCMs, or related subsea technologies

• Experience from design, projects, operations, maintenance, or lifecycle management of subsea control systems

• Strong understanding of technical requirements, system interfaces, and supplier management

• Experience performing technical evaluations, problem-solving, and risk-based decision support

• Good understanding of reliability, maintainability, lifecycle cost, and asset integrity principles

• Excellent communication skills in English

Preferred Experience

• Experience with multiple SCM platforms and supplier technologies

• Offshore operator experience or exposure to the Norwegian Continental Shelf

• Reliability engineering, RCA, and technical integrity management

• Obsolescence management, repair strategies, spare parts management, and life extension programs

• Portfolio management and standardization across multiple assets or projects

• Scandinavian language skills

Personal Qualities

• Senior technical authority with strong analytical capabilities

• Structured, proactive, and able to work independently

• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills

• Comfortable communicating complex technical topics to both specialists and decision-makers

• Passion for knowledge sharing and building technical capability within the organization

Location

Stavanger, Norway