SOLAS and Load Line expert

About us

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

Join DNV – Maritime Ship Classification as a SOLAS & Load Line Expert.

Are you passionate about safeguarding life at sea? Here's your chance to make a real impact!

At DNV Maritime, we are a global team dedicated to supporting the safety and sustainability of ships worldwide. Our Statutory Support Unit in Høvik is looking for an expert in SOLAS and Load Line to join our highly skilled team. You'll become part of a team that provides technical support to ship operators and DNV surveyors, within the topics fire safety, lifesaving, radio communication, navigation equipment and load line.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide day-to-day support to external customers and DNV surveyorson load line, fire safety, and lifesaving matters
• Communicate with Flag Administrationson technical statutory matters
• Follow development of IMO regulationsand other international regulatory bodies.
• Contribute to the development of service documents used by our maritime organization.

What we offer

We continuously strive to be a highly competent resource unit by giving valued support to external customers and to our DNV stations worldwide. As a member of this community, you will work in a professional and customer centric culture with great possibilities to enhance your personal skills and expertise. You will work in an international environment and have direct interaction with customers and colleagues around the world, enabling you to build a strong network across locations. You will be part of a highly qualified and motivated team, working with various ship types.

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

To maximize your chances, you need:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree relevant to the role, such as: naval architecture, mechanical engineering, nautical, environmental technologies, or data analytics,
• Experience working with a Classification Society or Flag Administration,
• Sailing experience as a Captain or Deck Officer,
• You are available for a full-time employment.

It's a bonus if you also have:

• Strong knowledge of SOLAS Chapters II-2 & III and relevant DNV Rules,
• In-depth understanding of the Load Line Convention,
• Hands-on experience with plan approval, installation, or survey of lifesaving equipment and fire safety systems,
• Participation in regulatory and standardization work (IMO/IACS/Class/ISO/IEC).

Personal qualities we value:

• A passion for working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with daily contact with customers around the world,
• The ability to find pragmatic solutions for urgent issues and handle multiple cases at once,
• Flexibility, service-mindedness, and a positive attitude,
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a strong can-do attitude,
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
• A desire to learn and adapt to new ways of working,
• Honesty and commitment to DNV’s purpose, vision, and values,
• A structured, systematic approach to work,
• Comfort with a busy workday and being productive under pressure,
• The ability to work well both independently and as part of a team, contributing to the team’s success,
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

If you have the above qualifications, enjoy communicating with different corners of the world and would like to increase your knowledge within a broad spectrum of disciplines, we look forward to hearing from you!

To apply for this position, please follow these steps:

• Prepare your CV in English.
• Prepare an motivation letter explaining your motivation and why you are a good fit for this position
• Click on the "Apply" button and fill out the online application form. If applying from an external job portal, make sure you're redirected to our career portaland apply from there.
• Attach your CV and motivation letter to the application form and submit it as soon you’re ready.

We will review all applications and reach out to selected candidates for a brief chat with our recruiter. If the feedback is positive, we will then arrange an interview with the hiring manager and the team.