Emergency Response Service 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

Technical Support in Ship Classification offers global support to all DNV regions for vessel operations. Technical Support Norway is divided into 7 sections, with 5 units in Høvik and 2 technical helpdesk units in Houston, and Singapore. Emergency Response Service (ERS™) is one of the three groups in ERS™, Hull and Materials section in Technical support Norway.

Since its establishment in 1992, ERS™ has been at the heart ot DNV’s purpose “To safeguard life, property and the environment”.

In its essence the service provides shore-based damage control support and drift predictions to ships and floating offshore units of all types. In emergency response situations such as collisions, groundings, cargo shifting, loss of stability, water ingress, structural collapse, bulk cargo liquefactions, drifting and alike, endanger the survivability of a vessel, we perform calculations of residual buoyancy, stability and strength, evaluate the results and provide advice to the crew on board and to the shipping company on shore. We deliver the support by our duty teams consisting of duty team leader, stability expert, strength expert, offshore expert and drift prediction expert.

DNV ERS™ is leading provider of the service and is recognized by ship owners/managers, authorities, and marine insurers and is on standby 24/7 for over 4300 subscribed ships and offshore units. We work continuously to adapt, develop and improve the service, so that we can support vessels and operating companies in various emergency scenarios.

We are seeking an enthusiastic team member to join us and our dynamic multinational group in the daily work and in support to distressed vessels, training of customers, increase of market share, develop and maintain competence and to bring ERS™ into the future.

The work in ERS™ offers variety of tasks:

• Communication with customers
• Contracting and sales with preparation and follow up of offers and contracts.
• Customer meetings, internal and external presentations, seminars, webinars, etc.
• Preparation of input for marketing material and publications
• Preparation of ERS™ computer models and onboard documentation for the subscribed vessels.
• Taking part in the duty teams supporting vessels in distress
• Coordination and scheduling of damage control exercises
• Taking part in the duty teams supporting vessel and companies’ damage control exercises
• Maintenance and development of our systems, tools and deliverables.
• Taking part in joint industry projects

Assignment and tasks

• Successful applicants will be assigned with combination of ERS™ tasks depending on their qualifications and experience. On the job training will be provided to ensure best fit.

What we offer

• A strong company culture with an emphasis on competence development
• Great colleagues who value teamwork and support
• Attractive total compensation package
• 6 weeks annual vacation
• International working environment
• Interesting and challenging projects being run all over the world
• Possibility for future assignment abroad
• Flexible working scheme with the opportunity to work from home and focus on work/life balance
• Well-equipped exercise center, a large selection of company cabins, and over 30 different company sport clubs
• Free shuttle bus from Sandvika and Skøyen

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

Successful applicants will be evaluated upon possession and combination of the following:

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Naval Architecture and or Marine Engineering
• 3-5 years of experience as ship surveyor
• Experience as Master Mariner, Chief officer, Chief or second engineer or other equivalent positions on board ships and offshore units
• Experience as stability and/or hull approval engineer
• Experience with NAPA software
• Experience as salvage naval architect
• Experience in customer interaction, presentations and sales
• IT programming skills would be an advantage

Personal qualities:

• Resilience: Ability to stay focused under time constraint and to deliver quality work when under pressure
• Strong organizational skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Adaptability: Willingness to adjust to changing circumstances and new challenges.
• Effective communication: Clear and concise communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proactive mindset: Taking initiative to anticipate and solve problems before they arise.
• Problem solving: Be result and solution oriented
• Attention to detail: Ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in all tasks.

Language proficiency:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Additional language skills would be an advantage

If you have any questions about this position, please contact Tatiana Tzeferakou, Head of Section - ERS, Hull and Materials at +4797015558