Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Materials and Components Surveyor
Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Business: Maritime
Position type: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent Employee
Job ID: 7196
Overview
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
Area Iberia, Italy & Malta is part of DNV Maritime, Region West Europe. The Area includes all maritime business activities and consists of ~60 employees in 11 locations. The Area operates with two Service Lines: Newbuilding and Certification-Verification of materials and components (NB&CMC) Fleet in Service (FiS) organised as part of business Unit FiS West Europe.
We are looking for a Surveyor of materials and components to join our NB&CMC team in Italy, reporting to the local Line Management. 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. 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.
Responsibilities
- Managing our clients together with other relevant parts of our organization.
- Conduct all activities in a safe manner with due regard to your own safety and the safety of others.
- Perform certification and verification of materials and components at the various Manufacturers in Italy, under class and non-class related regimes and associated processes.
- Be occasionally part of DNV team(s) surveying our newbuilding project(s) in the country (e.g. Ancona, Marghera VE, Monfalcone GO, Palermo) and in Region Europe, at relevant project phases.
Requirements
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Position qualifications
- Master’s degree in Naval Architecture or Marine/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the Maritime industry.
- Very good written and spoken English; fluency in Italian will be a plus.
- Willingness to frequently travel (up to 50% of the time) within the country and occasionally within the Area/Region.
- Availability to relocate based on business needs.
- Valid driving license.
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Personal qualities
- Problem-solving mindset towards our customers (internal and external clients).
- Very good communication skills.
- Team player attitude with positive mindset.
- Ability to work flexibly, independently, result-oriented, and self-organized.
- Willingness to learn and always develop competence and skills.
- Eagerness to support new processes and tools to drive digitalization.
What We Offer
- Salary range: 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR as gross annual salary.
- Benefits: Meal voucher and company car.
- 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 the Company
Since 1864, we’ve been dedicated to safeguarding life, property, and the environment. Today we remain at the forefront of new technologies and techniques to help our customers transform for a more sustainable future.
At DNV, you can expect to deliver career and industry-defining work. You’ll be given the time to build your network, the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.
Application Process
You can apply directly through our careers page by submitting your CV and any other documents we require (i.e. university diplomas/transcripts; visas; previous employment reference letters*). Make sure your application is fully completed, and you tailor it to the specific job listing.
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Disclaimer
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