Approval Engineer

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About Maritime
We help enhance the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of our customers in the global shipping industry, covering all vessel types and mobile offshore units. As a partner to industry, we offer services in testing, certification, training, and technical advisory through the energy value chain. That means we’re continually investing heavily into R&D for new services and solutions while proactively assessing what the industry needs today and tomorrow.

About the role

The Fire Safety & Life-Saving section is part of the Approval Center Europe in DNV Maritime Ship Classification. We are international and Cross-location team with colleagues working in Oslo, Hamburg or Gdynia.

As an approval engineer in our unit, you will become part of a highly qualified team focusing on ship safety. We perform Type Approval and MED (Marine Equipment Directive) Certification of Fire Safety and Life Saving Equipment as DNV has been appointed by Norwegian and German authorities to undertake MED assessment procedures as a Notified Body for Norway and for Germany. The directive applies to equipment placed onboard new or existing ships flying the flag of an EU country, Norway or Iceland.

We continuously strive at being perceived as a highly competent resource unit by giving valued support to both external customers and our DNV stations worldwide. As a member of this community, you work in a professional, competent and service oriented environment with great possibilities to enhance your personal competencies and expertise. You will work in an international environment interacting directly with both customers and colleagues around the world, enabling you to build a strong network across locations.

It is expected that training for acquiring the relevant MTAS (competence confirmation element) shall be provided by us, so that in due time the successful candidate will be able to work independently and provide high-quality solutions to our internal and external customer’s challenges within the framework of our rules and instructions.

Typical work tasks as approval engineer within fire safety and lifesavings:

• Approval of drawings/plans for fire safety systems and lifesaving equipment. This includes, but is not limited to the following types of plans:
  • Structural fire protection plan
  • Fire control and safety plan
  • Fixed Fire detection system documentation
  • Fixed Fire extinguishing system documentation
  • Escape route plans
  • Lifesaving equipment arrangement plan
• Meetings with customers and internal stakeholders on projects
  • Bigger multi-discipline projects start with internal kickoff meetings, and usually include kickoff meetings with customers as well
  • Meetings with customers to determine the scope of work is also common.
• Handling and distributing incoming orders/alteration requests from customers
  • This is usually done by the part of the section primarily working with conversions.
    • Provide discipline input to larger conversion/alteration projects and administrates smaller single discipline projects
• Involvement in revision of DNV-rules
  • During the revision of DNV-rules most of the section is involved in one way or another. Either writing/revising the rules, providing feedback to rule revisions or through the implementation of the new rules into DNV’s “Rules and Standards” database.
• Participation processes related to projects beyond plan approval
  • HAZIDs
  • Pre-contract meetings
  • Alternative design processes
• Other projects and responsibilities given to the section:
  • Update of internal SOLAS course
  • Participation in different work groups: IMO, IACS, Naval Ship Code.
  • Witness testing of various extinguishing systems or other systems.

In addition to various work tasks, we approve documents for a lot of different vessel types. From passenger ships, High Speed Crafts, different types of cargo vessels, offshore supply vessels, naval vessels, fishing vessels and occasionally barges and yachts.

We also use a various set of rules and regulations during approval. National regulations, SOLAS, different IMO Codes, in addition to DNV-rules.

The section is also heavily involved in the implementation of new fuel types in the maritime industry as these poses new challenges with respect to fire safety.

What we offer

• International working environment and possibilities to grow and develop your competencies and ambitions within DNV nationally and internationally
• Interesting and technically challenging tasks with the possibility to develop both specialist competence as well as a broader, more general competence.
• A strong company culture and dedicated colleagues who value teamwork and support
• Flexible working hours
• Possibility to join social and professional networks within DNV
• Benefits depending on local working conditions and regulations

DNV 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.

About you

Qualifications:

• MSc or BSc within Naval Architecture, preferably with competency in Fire safety and Life-Saving.
• 2-5 years of work experience
• Thorough, with good analytical skills
• Customer oriented
• Result driven
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English
• Team player with a positive attitude who strive to obtain results for the team
• Experience in performing tests of fire safety / LSA equipment
• Motivated and eager to expand your skills
• Dedication for ship safety systems and innovative solutions, high integrity
• Flexibility with regard to work tasks, ability to adapt to the situation.

Personal Qualities:

• You are a strong team player with ability to handle multiple tasks
• You are able to represent the section both internally and externally and talk to customers worldwide
• You have good communication and presentation skills
• You have good administrative skills, be systematic and structured
• You are service-minded, proactive, solution-oriented, and flexible
• You have strong personal integrity

Please apply with a CV and Cover Letter in English.