Engineer Energy Systems Ministry of Defence
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Engineer Energy Systems Ministry of Defence
Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Business: Energy Systems
Position type: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent Employee
Job ID: 5817
Overview
At DNV, 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
We have a vacancy for a motivated Engineer Energy Systems to strengthen our Ministry of Defence (MoD) team in Arnhem. Our DNV MoD team supports the armed forces as an independent Energy Adviser with their knowledge building, and technology development. Depending on your capabilities and experience you can be employed in execution and/or management of projects. In this you will work closely together with DNV’s program/project manager, DNV project members, representatives of the client, and our consortium partners.
The purpose of the role of Engineer Energy Systems is to support the MoD to realize their goals and ambitions with regards to energy supply of military vehicles and integrated systems. You will work in a team of technical experts focusing on performing knowledge building, technology development, conceptual design engineering, feasibility studies, analysis of risk mitigation options and testing and measurements.
You will be part of a customer-centric team and will actively be working on managing and executing work packages within this program. You will be based at our office in Arnhem, the Netherlands and work for clients in the Netherlands, predominantly for the Defence and Security sector.
Responsibilities
- Execute projects as Technical Expert, Technical Lead or Project Manager
- Responsible to deliver work packages within the program/projects within time, budget and quality
- Work on projects for the Netherlands Ministry of Defence in the areas of future power and energy systems for soldiers, military vehicles, compounds and ships
- Grow commercial mindset and contribute to develop market opportunities
- Contribute to clear and high-quality customer interactions, presentations, and reports
- Contribute to building our standing relationship with customers within Defence and Security sector
Requirements
- Competency Requirements:
- Initiative & Responsibility: Initiatives, makes things happen and take responsibility for results. Is result driven.
- Constructive teamwork: Co-operates well with others; shares knowledge, experience, and information; supports others in the pursuit of team goals.
- Effective communication: Communicates in a clear, precise, and structured way, verbally and written.
- Self-development: Is aware of own strengths and limitations and pursues learning and career development opportunities
- Education: Electrical Engineering / Physics (Bsc, MSc, PhD) background and level of thinking (either through education or experience). You preferably have a few years of experience. If you just graduated, we are also encouraging you to apply if you have affinity with the Defence and Security sector.
- Job Requirements:
- Work experience in the energy industry, would be preferable.
- Actively working towards sustainable business relationships.
- Effective communication skills in Dutch and English language.
- Dutch nationality, due to the handling of sensitive information from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence as our customer.
- You are a team player, and you are aware of your self-development.
- Capable to handle change and adapt to new requests or situations.
- Likes to work on complex (technical) problems.
- Affinity with Defence and Security sector.
- Background screening for security clearance – related to the handling of sensitive information of specific customers in the Defence and Security sector – is part of the application procedure.
What We Offer
- Profit Share: You’ll be part of our global profit share scheme that means we all share in our success as a business. If we profit, so do you.
- Insurance: Taking care of you with travel, life, and accident insurance.
- Pension Schemes: We care about your long-term financial security and prioritize pension and retirement benefits to reflect our caring values.
- Professional Development: We believe in the 70/20/10 learning model, where 70% of your learning comes from performing your everyday tasks and working on different projects, new areas and initiatives to gain new skills. 20% from working with others and mentoring and the rest from formal education.
- Hybrid Working: Adapting to the changing world of work around the world.
- Purpose-led organization: You become part of a world-leading company where we know and live our purpose; to safeguard life, property, and the environment, with the opportunity to tackle global change through your work.
- Supportive and caring culture: We offer opportunities to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community CONNECT, organizes after-work events and informal meetings throughout the year.
- Attractive rewards: We focus on work/life balance and offer employees flexible working hours and workplace, annual vacation allowance, competitive pension, insurance, and a global profit share scheme.
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