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Vice President Engineering

Drive change and lead as Vice President Engineering in Kongsberg Maritime

Are you looking to make an impact in the offshore industry? Join us as our Vice President of Engineering with the ambition to improve the offshore business while taking part in the green shift.

The Engineering department within Offshore Production System (OPS) is the resource pool within OPS. Our delivery projects are manned with engineers organized in this unit. The team consist of several disciplines with leaders reporting into this position.

We are looking for a new Vice President to further develop and manage our great team and make sure we have the right competence, capacity and culture to meet the needs of a business that is constantly changing and developing.

As our Vice President, you will be expected to have a strategic mindset and a good business mentality. We anticipate you make things happen and accept responsibility for results. We believe the right candidate to be methodical and systematic in its approach and has an inner drive to lead and make the best out of people. Delivering world class solutions requires highly motivated employees with passion and curiosity – and we need our new Vice President to lead the way.

 

Key Accountabilities:

  • Lead and manage the strategic development of the entity and contribute to the strategic development of the Business Unit
  • Full operative management of the department
  • Lead a team of leaders
  • Ensure good collaboration with stakeholders required for the unit to operate efficiently in respect to current and future business
  • Financial budgeting, forecasting and reporting
  • Drive continuous business improvements
  • Strengthen and develop the department to be capable to deliver tomorrow’s projects

 Please note that this employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority. For more information, please visit www.nsm.no.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Minimum 10 years’ experience with management in the industry
  • Managerial experience with leading multi-disciplinary and diverse teams
  • Experience from Management of change
  • International experience and the ability to build a collaborative and effective global workforce
  • Experience with strategic workforce planning will be an advantage
  • Minimum Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • Written and verbal communication skills in English 

 

If you have the right background and a passion for the offshore industry, are a team player while also performing independently, we encourage you to apply for this key position. Submit your resume and cover letter that highlights your relevant experience and qualifications for the role.
The role will report to SVP of Offshore Production Systems

Work location
Kongsberg

Point of contact
Senior Vice President Siri Sortland, Offshore Production System

Available for questions from week 30 due to holiday, , +47 93441594.

 

What we offer
We offer an exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions. You will have professional development and career opportunities and take part in the green shift for the ocean space. You will have the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.

Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries. Kongsberg Maritime is part of KONGSBERG, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defense and aerospace

Our AES Division is responsible for product, supply chain operations and project delivery for all Kongsberg's Automation, Bridge Systems and Electro products and solutions. Since the development of the first Dynamic Positioning system in the 1970's, Kongsberg Maritime has always been in the forefront of developing leading Automation and Bridge Systems, and the Integrated Solutions division is responsible for maintaining and further developing that substantial legacy.

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions.  We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

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