DNV is looking for a newbuilding surveyor in the North of Portugal

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

The Maritime Area Iberia, Italy includes all maritime business activities and operates with two Service Lines: Newbuilding and Certification/Verification of Materials and Components (NB&CMC), while Fleet in Service (FiS) is organized as part of business Unit FiS West Europe.

Our customers require a wide range of certification activities: from materials and welding procedures to pressure vessels, pumps, compressors, gears, thrusters, electrical installations, automation systems, lifting appliances, complex offshore packages. The classification of big and complex ships, from design phase to final delivery, is part of our service portfolio.

From this traditional background, we started a journey covering also advanced future technology: fuel cells, new types of turbines, advanced electrical drives, and lithium batteries for ship propulsion, to name a few.

We aim to be the front runner in innovation, digitalization, and customer centricity. Based on this ambition, new ways of working are continuously assessed and implemented for various disciplines. Recent examples are electronic certificates, remote inspections, additive manufacturing, sensor-based maintenance, alternative fuels, autonomous ships. Customer needs and carbon footprint reduction are key priorities in our activities.

We are looking for a Surveyor to join our NB team in Viana do Castelo/ Portugal, reporting to the local line manager.

Main Responsibilities

• Perform new building surveys on passenger ships according to rules and regulations.
• Ensure smooth execution of projects in collaboration with the PM and PTMs on-site.
• Proactive and smooth communication with the shipyard and owner’s representatives
• Certification and verification of materials and components underclass and non-class related systems and processes
• Manage a group of customers and interact with colleagues from all over the world to follow up on their needs.
• Be the advisor of our customers to guide them in the regulatory landscape of the maritime industry and support their development.
• Conduct all activities in a safe manner with due regard to your own safety and the safety of others.

What we offer

• Work with a highly engaged team in an environment where trust, teamwork, and innovation are core values
• An interesting technical function, where you will be responsible for the certification of a variety of technical products
• The opportunity to grow and develop in a desired expertise role
• A job that continuously evolves due to technological developments
• A flexible but also demanding job with high responsibility, where you meet interesting clients and products
• A job where you can grow and develop professionally as well as personally
• Location: Viana do Castelo/ PT
• Local conditions apply

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

Position qualifications

• Master/bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical/marine engineering (or other relevant disciplines)
• Min. 5 years of experience in the Maritime Industry
• Excellent written and spoken business-standard English is essential
• A valid driver’s licence is required
• Willingness to frequently travel within the country is crucial

Personal qualities

• Ability to work flexibly, independently, result-oriented, and self-organized
• Customer-oriented approach
• Demonstrate an initiative/ eagerness to work and learn
• Team player with a positive attitude
• Prepared for active support of our processes on the way to transformation in a new digital world
• Inspired by working autonomously and by taking ownership