Senior Marine Engineer (Dynamic Positioning)

Assurance Services is a department of approximately 170 people dedicated to assurance services across various sectors. Our department is organised into two sections: the Project Assurance section, which provides the assurance services from the new building design phase up to the commissioning phase of assets, and the Asset Assurance section, which focuses on providing assurance services for operating assets such as offshore platforms, ships & onshore gas networks. Our complete cycle of services makes us a key contributor to the management of the energy trilemma (energy reliability, affordability, and sustainability) and energy transition. Our markets cover a broad range of energy sectors including upstream Oil & Gas, offshore Renewable Energy and any applications serving the energy industry.

Our Opportunity:

As an engineer in our Dynamic Positioning team, you will join a team of specialists who love finding innovative solutions to our energy industry’s most challenging problems. Based from our Aberdeen office, you’ll be collaborating with forward-thinking customers and technical experts across our business, helping to deliver career and industry-defining projects to help Safeguard Life, Property and Environment.

You will use your marine engineering expertise to support the delivery of Dynamic Positioning (DP) System assurance activities, helping clients verify that their vessels’ Dynamic Positioning systems are safe, reliable, and compliant with industry standards. This will include reviewing technical documentation, attending vessels to witness trials, and acting as an independent technical authority for DP system assurance. 

Key Responsibilities:

•  Attend vessels, as independent witness, recording results from approved trials programmes
• Review FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and Trials programmes in line with industrial guidelines
• FMEA development, including FMEA and Proving Trials authoring
• Review and author IMCA M190 / M191 compliant trials programmes 
   
• Additional: 
  • Offshore client rep attendances
  • Development of marine operating procedures, method statements, and risk assessments
  • Perform SIMOPS assessments and marine risk evaluations for multi-vessel operations. 

Additionally, you will be given development path that includes virtual and in person courses where you will have the opportunity to meet other colleagues across the country and continents, to improve technical skills, and other career goals. We encourage these opportunities for personal growth in DNV, through our 70-20-10 philosophy (70% learning on the job, 20% coaching & 10% training) to support your ongoing career development.