Graduate 2027 - Lifecycle Management Maritime Advisory

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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

Maritime Advisory Life Cycle Management (LCM) is a section based in Oslo, London and Miami / Houston providing maritime advisory services add substantial value to the business of DNV’s maritime customers and strengthening the development of customer relationships. Due to a high workload we are seeking to hire an enthusiastic and motivated graduate with strong analytical and interpersonal skills to join our section for Lifecycle Management at Høvik/Oslo. The section offers technical advisory and due diligence for owners and stakeholders of ships and mobile offshore units.

We have developed and tailored tools and methodology to help our clients improving its performance of vessels and fleets whilst ensuring compliance with charterer and regulatory requirements. We cover the full lifecycle including newbuild, operations, layup and ship recycling.

We are looking to strengthen our team with a consultant with a relevant higher academic / technical degree. Relevant professional experience is an advantage, but not a requirement. We are looking for somebody with a flexible mindset to take on projects for multiple facets of tasks and challenges triggered by many different individual client needs.

Successful candidates will join our team of highly competent consultants involving collaboration with maritime advisory teams across our organization. The role will draw on the totality in DNV capabilities to participate in and execute multidiscipline projects. Typical projects in our section include technical due diligence, remnant useful life assessment, life cycle analysis, new build advisory and project risk, regulatory gap analysis and technology qualification. We will facilitate on the job training, mentoring and formal training for the successful candidates to ensure a smooth transition into the activities and projects in the section.

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What we offer

• Interesting and challenging projects – regional and international
• A unique combination of analytical and practical activities including inspection of vessels and fleets across multiple segments in the maritime industry
• Work with dedicated and competent colleagues with a high experience and specialization level in an international environment
• Interaction with advanced customers with complex and exciting operational and technical challenges in shipping and offshore
• Be part of a global company with 15 000 employees, world leading professional networks and diverse internal job opportunities
• The possibility to grow and develop your competencies and ambitions within DNV
• Focus on good work – life balance
• Our Høvik office is located in beautiful surroundings by the sea and can offer access to sailboats, kayaks, tennis courts etc. We have more than 30 activity groups for you to join, as well as gym facilities and a kindergarten located on our premises. It is also worth noting that we offer free parking and shuttle buses to and from Skøyen, Lysaker and Sandvika.

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

• Relevant academic / technical MSc (e.g. Naval Architecture / Marine Engineering / Industrial Economy and Technology Management)
• Ability to apply knowledge and analytical skills to solve complex technical challenges and work on several projects in parallel
• Self-propelled and energetic
• Quality centered and accurate
• Excellent team player
• Ability to apply digital solutions, analytics and modelling in an advisory context
• Creative and innovative with the ability to approach challenges from different angles
• Strong communication skills
• High proficiency in English

Interested? How to apply:

To be considered for this role, please register your CV, application letter, and grade transcripts in our application tracking system (Oracle) electronically. All documents should be in English. The candidates without these documents will not be considered. If you choose to apply for more than one role in DNV, please state your preference in the application letter.

Note: It is important that you upload your diplomas and transcripts with your application:

1. Upload your CV in our portal
2. Scan diplomas and transcripts and upload them

Application deadline: 16.10.2026. We will evaluate your application after the deadline.

Any questions? Please contact Hans Petter Ellingsen, on +4747675638

We are looking forward to receive your application!

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