Do you want to become a part of our world leading team of Maritime technical consultants?

Local Unit & Position Description

DNV GL is a world leading company within maritime, oil and gas and renewables and is the world leading Maritime classification society with headquarters in Norway and offices in 100 countries around the world.

Since the DNV GL was established in 1864 our objective has been to safeguard life, property and the environment. We live in a world that is becoming ever more complex, where new solutions and challenges influence the way we develop, operate and control ships and offshore units and adopt to a digital renewable energy future. As industry segments are becoming more and more integrated, we in DNV GL utilize our multi discipline competence across maritime, offshore and renewable energy to help our clients solve operational and strategic challenges. We in DNV GL emphasize the need to see the total perspective including technology, people and organisation. Our purpose of Safeguarding Life Property and the Environment is as important to us today as it was more than 150 years ago.

Our Maritime clients need our help now more than ever, we are therefore looking for new highly motivated, skilled, and enthusiastic colleagues for our Maritime Advisory Ship Lifecycle Management consulting unit in Oslo.

In Ship Lifecycle Management we are working closely with maritime clients on a day-to-day basis. We are combining our world leading technical expertise, detailed industry knowledge and understanding of the balance between business and regulatory issues to provide our customers with the foundation to make risk-based decisions on operational issues in all phases of the ship lifecycle, from early newbuilding stage, during operation, life extension and cost-efficient sustainable recycling at the end of the vessel life cycle.

We always work as a team and collaborate closely with our colleagues in other parts of the world sharing ideas and local knowledge to ensure we provide cost efficient and timely support to our clients.

As a consultant in Ship Lifecycle Management Advisory you will be challenged in all aspects of project management from proposals, project planning, project execution and client follow up. Our client projects vary greatly, we take pride in understanding and dealing with emerging challenges in the maritime industry. You will contribute to idea generation, innovation and service development. We emphasize the importance of close interaction with our clients. We believe that detailed problem understanding ensures good solutions for our clients. Through our global network you will be part of exciting projects together with clients all over the world.

You will help our clients to find their way as the industry moves towards digitalization and decarbonisation of shipping. Following our mission of safeguarding life property and the environment you will be helping our maritime clients sustain a healthy business while navigating the complex regulatory landscape, timely and cost efficiently implementing new technology, utilizing the value of digital technology, ensure better utilization of their assets and safe operations. This will require risk management, project management, change management, safety management, maintenance optimization, technology qualification, reliability management, efficient logistics, smart sensoring, connectivity, remote witnessing, service automation and technical due diligence. You will likely be involved in all of these aspects.

Position Qualifications

• General interest in maritime and technology
• Ability to learn fast and digest information and apply your knowledge on complex technical issues
• Ability to understand and convey the business implication of technical issues
• Ability to look beyond what is apparent to see trends and systemic impacts of underlying facts
• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Excellent communication skills 
• Motivation to take on new challenges
• Pro-active mind-set, creativity, initiative and quality focus
• To enjoy working in teams and sharing your knowledge
• To have high degree of integrity in what you do 

• Education on Master level within engineering (e.g. marine, machinery, risk management, reliability and maintenance)
• Good analytical skills
• Operational experience e.g. from ship management is an advantage
• Good digital skills and programming experience is appreciated 
• Fluent in English and able to understand Norwegian both written and verbal
• Experience: More than 3 years

• Interesting and challenging projects both national and international 
• Position in an international team of dedicated highly competent colleagues with expert knowledge and specialities within the maritime domain delivering 
• Be part of a world leading Maritime company with global reach, headquartered in Norway and more than 12 000 people with large international job opportunities. 
• Chance to develop knowledge and competence and realising your ambitions in DNV GL

Company & Business Area Description

DNV GL is a global quality assurance and risk management company. Driven by our purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, we enable our customers to advance the safety and sustainability of their business.

We provide classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas, power and renewables industries. We also provide certification, supply chain and data management services to customers across a wide range of industries.

Combining technical, digital and operational expertise, risk methodology and in-depth industry knowledge, we empower our customers’ decisions and actions with trust and confidence. We continuously invest in research and collaborative innovation to provide customers and society with operational and technological foresight.

With origins stretching back to 1864 and operations in more than 100 countries, our experts are dedicated to helping customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.

DNV GL is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. We enhance safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental performance of the global shipping industry – across all vessel types and offshore structures. We invest heavily in research and development to find solutions, together with the industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory challenges.

Equal Opportunity Statement

DNV GL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity!