If your ambition is to make a real difference? Join our Maritime Technical Trainee program 2025!

If your ambition is to make a real difference and seek opportunities beyond business, this could be the perfect start for your career!

We are now looking for graduates who want to join our Technical Trainee Program within the Maritime Business starting August 2025.  

We are primarily hiring candidates with relevant Master Program specialization from:

• Marine Technology
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Maritime Operations
• Engineering and ICT
• Computer Science or equivalent
• Fire Safety Engineering
• Cybernetics and/or Robotics (with some maritime courses)

We will select coming graduates based on business needs aligned with your education, experience, and background. Please indicate your master program specialization and/or main area of study during the application process. 

We trust you as a relevant candidate are triggered by our purpose of safeguarding life, property, and the environment, which is key in our projects.  

What to expect as a Technical Trainee in Ship Classification?

• The program lasts for 16 months and will be split into three- or four-month modules where we aim to give you a solid start on your career within Ship Classification. The modules will introduce you to our daily operations within Ship Classification and you will be working within different, relevant technical disciplines.
• You will be a part of our Maritime organizations and be involved in the daily life of surveyors, approval engineers and technical support. You will work together with some of our most experienced and knowledgeable employees and gain valuable technical experience
• You will become well acquainted with the DNV company culture and organization, expand your network and gain relevant work experience. We can promise you it will be an interesting, challenging and fun experience!

Who are we looking for? 

• We are interested in hearing from you who finalize your degree in spring 2025.
• We believe you have a passion for science and technology and can identify yourself with our values, purpose, and standards. It is important to us that you fit well into the organization and working environment.

As a person you would typically fit into one or more of the following descriptions: 

• Passionate about engineering and technical work
• Strong interpersonal skills (communicate well in any environment) and ready to spend 4-6 months abroad
• Quick learner 
• An open and innovative mindset, and interested in the future maritime industry with connected vessels
• Self-driven and willing to share your knowledge, thoughts, and work
• Comfortable with new challenges and a personal drive to achieve goals
• Desire to take part in solving complex issues (not only pointing at the problem)
• The ability to build networks
• Analytical, structured, and systematic
• Adhere to the Growth Mindset thinking
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written

What we offer:

• Attractive rewards. We offer a competitive salary and benefits, including 6 weeks annual vacation, a good pension and insurance package and parental leave agreement, in addition to a global profit share scheme. 
• Work/life balance. We offer flexible working hours and workplace, with focus on work/life balance for our employees.
• Supportive and caring culture. Our international culture embodies diverse colleagues who value teamwork and inclusion across business areas and borders. We offer opportunities for our employees to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community CONNECT, throws after-works and informal meetings all year long for you to join.
• Career and development. DNV offers extensive possibilities to grow and develop your competencies and career ambitions. We have a strong company culture with emphasis on growth mindset, knowledge 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. Our values “we care, we share, we dare” characterize how we work and behave towards each other and our customers.
• 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. It is also worth noting that we offer free parking and shuttle buses to and from Skøyen, Lysaker and Sandvika

Interested? How to apply:

To be considered for this role, please ensure that you upload your CV, application letter, and grade transcripts in our application system. 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.

DNV expects all candidates to be open and share all relevant information about themselves during the recruitment process. DNV AS is comprised by the Norwegian laws and regulations regarding Export Control. As part of our security assessment candidates are asked about affiliation to high-risk countries. Furthermore, background checks are performed on all final candidates and any offer is conditional upon background check verification.

Type of position: Permanent. 

Application deadline: 06.10.2024, 23:59 pm CET. We will evaluate your application after the deadline and thank you for your patience. 

For more information, please contact Head of Department, Technical Support Norway: Stener Stenersen: +47 414 64 995, Head of Department, Gas Technology, piping & safety: Trond Underland Berntzen: +47 976 60 226 or Head of Department, Electrical & Automation Systems: Marit Laumann: +47 980 77 707.