
Senior/Principal Pipeline Engineer
Pipeline Technology Engineer – Shape the future of Offshore Energy

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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 the role
Are you interested in working in one of the world's leading competence centers for offshore pipelines, a section with a proud history, strong foundation and a big impact on the future of energy transport? This might be your chance!
Our teams of pipeline engineers create and deliver world-class services that range from early concept, through engineering and operations, to decommissioning and abandonment of pipelines. We are a competence centre focusing on the full life cycle of offshore pipelines, and take on the role as expert, advisor and standard setter for our clients and the industry.
We deliver certification, verification, and technical advisory services related to design, technology qualification, integrity management and fitness for service assessments, life extension studies,s and operation support. Our main market is the North Sea, but we get involved in projects all over the world and especially the difficult ones that stretch the limits of steel and pipeline design.
We also invest heavily in R&D in close co-operation with the industry, using our accumulated knowledge to develop tomorrow's standards and software products. The Pipeline Technology Section in Høvik (Oslo) is the home of the world-leading submarine pipeline standard, DNV-ST-F101, and its unique suite of recommended practices.
Typical tasks and expectations are:
- Carry out technical work within projects and deliver consultancy services to customers
- Quality assurance of work done by others
- Work with the development and maintenance of DNV codes and standards
- Participation in R&D projects
- Management of multi-disciplinary projects
- Work and integrate well with the pipeline, subsea teams in the department and the wider DNV organization.
Our working day is dynamic and provides opportunities within a large variety of demanding projects. This is a unique opportunity to work and contribute as part of a team of world-leading experts, and for personal and professional development in a highly international context.
What we offer
- A strong company culture with an emphasis on competence development
- Great colleagues who value teamwork and support
- Attractive total compensation package
- International working environment
- Flexible working hours and focus on work/life balance
- Interesting and challenging projects, both national and international
- Be part of a world-leading company that has a global reach with more than 12 000 employees around to world and is headquartered in Norway.
- The possibility to grow and develop your competencies and ambitions within DNV
If you require further information on this position prior to applying, please contact Stian Andre Quist-Hanssen – Team leader of Pipeline Technology Norway, stian.quist-hanssen@dnv.com.
The candidate will typically have a MSc or PhD degree in physics, mathematics, mechanical, marine or structural engineering, have 5+ years of experience in relevant industry, and should preferably possess one or more of the following qualifications:
- Experience with DNV-ST-F101 and related RPs
- Experience from project work and project engineering
- Experience from pipeline engineering / design
- Experience with structural analysis, FEM etc.
- Experience with programming (python, C/C++ etc.)
We expect that you are:
- A team player, with a positive attitude and a good sense of humor
- Able to combine theoretical knowledge and practical skills
- Eager to learn and develop yourself
- Motivated and ambitious
- Having good communication skills with colleagues and our clients
- Having high professional integrity

DNV 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.