Summer student 2026 - Shipping Advisory

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 the role

Maritime Advisory is an Independent Unit (IU) within DNV Maritime and employs around 300 consultants and engineers who support customers in the maritime industry globally in their efforts to make the right decisions to achieve sustainable operations and profitable results.

The Section Shipping Advisory serves a strategic function within Maritime Advisory’s portfolio, concentrating on performance, decarbonization and sustainability initiatives. It offers expertise and services to ship owners, ship operators, ship management, cargo owners, ports and other client groups throughout the maritime value chain. As the maritime sector confronts significant environmental challenges and disruptive transformations, Shipping Advisory is well positioned to support the industry’s ongoing progress.

The Shipping Advisory section consists of thirteen professionals, all located at Høvik, Norway and have a good mix of gender and age.

Typical tasks as a summer student in Shipping Advisory would be:

• Contribute to client projects and internal development projects with data gathering and analysis
• Market analysis, AIS-analysis and similar
• Poseidon Principles reporting
• Miscellaneous support to projects and teamwork tasks

A summer job in Shipping Advisory at our head office in Høvik (outside Oslo) will consist of teamwork on specific tasks guided by our senior consultants. Please indicate your master program specialization and/or main area of study during the application process.

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What we offer

Reasons to work with us

Previous summer students have experienced the summer jobs in DNV to be an excellent opportunity to get to know DNV while obtaining real work experience and valuable business relations for the future.

• Valuable and real-life experience through our projects
• Meet other young professionals through established networks and informal events
• Opportunity to build a professional network
• Well-equipped exercise center (Høvik)
• Close access to the sea and surrounding park with possibility for different outdoor activities
• 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.
• Free parking and shuttle buses to and from Skøyen, Lysaker and Sandvika.

About you

Who are we looking for?

We are primarily seeking 3rd and 4th year students with relevant Bachelor/Master Program specialization in:

• Naval Architechture
• Industrial Economics
• Computer Science / Information Science

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, if possible. If you choose to apply for more than one role in DNV, please state your preference in the application letter.

Application deadline: 14.10.2025. We will evaluate your application after the deadline.

Any questions? Please contact Rolf Ole Jensen, Head of Section, on + 47 9517 6655 or rolf.ole.jensen@dnv.com

We are ready to receive your application – so apply now!

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!