Bourbon, International leader in marine services for modern offshore

HR Policy

By the year 2012, BOURBON aims to become the leader in offshore oil and gas marine services. To meet this challenge while observing the highest standards of quality and excellence, BOURBON, the top recruiter of French Merchant Marine officers, is developing an international recruitment and training program. Thus nearly 5,000 additional employees will join the group. By that time, BOURBON will have doubled its current workforce.

Recruiting will be done on a diversified international basis, through ten BOURBON shipmanagement companies (West Africa, North Sea, Asia, Latin America, etc.), a network of consolidated manning companies (in Ukraine, in Manila, etc.) and local HR service providers, long-term partners. Qualification standards are reached thanks to training programs on board the vessels and at the BOURBON Training Centers. Managers’ development is supported by individualized monitoring with emphasis on potential, expertise and motivation.

With its international focus and the diversity of its operational activities, BOURBON offers tremendous opportunities for advancement. Employees embarking on a lasting professional career with BOURBON enjoy major advantages like a comprehensive range of innovative new generation vessels, extremely diverse activities around the world and active career management.