Structural Engineer – Digital Twin condition monitoring

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

Do you want to advance your career as a Structural Engineer in DNV’s Maritime Advisory?

DNV is the trusted voice to tackle global transformation and the independent expert in risk management and assurance, with almost 12,000 employees operating in more than 100 countries. Through our broad and deep expertise, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. We use our knowledge to advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry benchmarks, inspire and invent new solutions together with the industry to safeguard life, property, and the environment.

Maritime Advisory is the consultancy part of DNV Maritime and employs about 300 engineers who support customers in the maritime and offshore industry globally in their efforts to make the right decisions, understanding the rules and requirements, and achieve safe and sustainable operations, with profitable results.

What to expect as an engineer in the Structures section of Maritime Advisory?

You will be part of a diverse team of 20 talented engineers offering world-class advisory services within structures for ships and the offshore industries.

The keyword for our section is FEM, finite element analysis, including fatigue and ultimate response. We help our customers with the most difficult and non-standard deliveries in the industry - meaning our projects are unique and offer new learnings every time and throughout your career. You will be teamed up with our experts who are behind DNV’s rule development, who are leading international committees, and are having years of experience with software, tools, and simulations.

Working as an engineer in the Structure section gives a wide exposure to the field of maritime structures, but also a close collaboration with the experts within other disciplines in Maritime Advisory, such as hydrodynamics, noise and vibration and life cycle management. We work across borders with units in China, Singapore, Hamburg, and Poland. This is a truly international and multidisciplinary environment that fosters learning, collaboration, and knowledge sharing through challenging projects.

We have large focus on continuous development and offering new digital solutions, including fully digital services and our own in-house software. We use leading industry tools such as DNV’s Sesam package and the commercial finite element program Abaqus.

The Structures section is the perfect place for engineers to shape the future of their careers among experts and like-minded talents.

Our section offers a wide array of services to the maritime and offshore industries, such as:

• Structural condition assessment and monitoring
• Digital Twin for hull condition monitoring
• Fatigue analyses from full stochastic to prescriptive calculations (FLS)
• Extreme response covering buckling, collision, and extreme loading (ULS and ALS)
• Alternative fuels and containment systems for gas and emerging technologies, such as liquid hydrogen and CO2 transport, including carbon capture and storage (CCS).

We have always been leaders in the technical discipline of structural analyses in the maritime and offshore industry, covering complex assets such as cruise ships, LNG carriers, FPSOs and wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV). In the last years, we have been leading the development of digital twins for structural condition monitoring and offering fully digital online services to our customers. We truly believe this is one of the few workplaces where you work at the forefront of the technical field of maritime structures, close to industry experts, academia, rule developers and varied customers within many segments.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a candidate with experience in some of the competence areas below, who is particularly interested in working with us on our Digital Twin development for condition monitoring.

In addition to knowledge and experience in ship structural analysis, we expect you to be forward-leaning, positive, and open to acquiring new skills, helping the maritime industry get fit for the future, and increasing the uptake of new solutions.

Technical / Professional Expertise and Qualifications

• Deep technical background, experience and interest in finite element analyses for ships and Digital Twins
• Knowledge of application development / scripting in Python
• 2-10 years of working experience
• Experienced with FE Software such as DNV’s Sesam Package (including GeniE, Sestra, Stofat) or ABAQUS, Patran, etc. (linear and nonlinear FE analysis)
• Strong academic background and MSc or PhD within naval architecture, marine structures, hydrodynamics, physics, mechanics, construction or similar
• Knowledge of relevant rules such as DNV-RU-SHIP Pt.3, DNV-OS-C102, DNV-CG-129, DNV-RP-C208, Common Structural Rules or equivalent
• Project Management experience from multidisciplinary projects involving customer contact and sales is beneficial
• Experience with ship structures (structural arrangements, understanding of technical drawings etc) of specific asset types such as Wind Turbine Installation Vessels, FPSO, LNG carriers, Cruise ships, etc. is a benefit
• Fluent English (written and spoken)

Personal qualities

• Analytical and solution-oriented
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and produce results
• Curious, creative, and open to new ideas
• Communicates clearly and collaborates well
• High integrity and must identify with DNV’s values - “we care, we share, we dare”
• Consultancy mindset with the ability to understand customer needs and find ideal solutions within the given budget and timeline.

Reasons to work for us

Attractive rewards. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 6 weeks annual vacation, subsidized canteen, health services, and competitive pension, insurance, and parental leave agreement, in addition to a global profit share scheme.

Work/life balance. We offer flexible working hours and have a focus on work/life balance for our employees and all overtime is paid for.

Supportive and caring culture. Our international culture embodies diverse colleagues who value teamwork and inclusion across business areas and borders. You may also join employee associations to establish networks through social and professional activities. Our largest society CONNECT throws after-works and informal meetings all year long for you to join.

Career and development. The possibilities to grow and develop your competencies and ambitions within DNV are extensive. We have a strong company culture with emphasis on growth mindset, competence sharing and professional and personal development.

By joining DNV you become part of a world-leading company whose purpose is to safeguard life, property and the environment. You will also be part of a culture where our values “we care, we share, we dare” characterize how we act towards each other, our customers and perform our work.

At our Høvik office, we are located in beautiful surroundings by the sea and can offer sports clubs with access to sailboats, kayaks, tennis courts, etc. We have more than 30 activity groups for you to join, as well as two gym facilities with sauna located on our premises.

It is also worth noting that we offer free parking and shuttle buses from Skøyen, Lysaker and Sandvika.

DNV has company cabins in multiple locations in Norway, that are available for the employees to use.

Interested? How to apply

All documents should be in English. Applicants without this information will not be considered.

Application deadline: October 6, 2024, but applications will be evaluated continuously

Please contact Head of Section Astrid Holmsen Kjesbu if you have any questions at +47 918 82 972

We are looking forward to receiving your application – apply now to take the first step towards your future career!