Graduate 2025 – Materials & Welding Engineer (m/f/d) in Hamburg

About us

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 the 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

Graduate 2025 – Materials & Welding in Hamburg

Looking to jumpstart your career in Materials & Welding? We are seeking a recent graduate from the 2024/2025 cohort to join our Materials & Welding team in Hamburg, Germany, starting in 2025!

We are currently seeking a graduate to join our Materials & Welding team in Germany. You'll be joining a dedicated group whose members are motivated and skilled, committed to providing consistent, high-quality services to support our customers.

Materials & Welding is a section within the Approval Centre Europe of Maritime Ship Classification. This centre includes six production departments spread across Gdynia, Poland; Hamburg, Germany; and Oslo (Høvik), Norway. The main service offered involves the approval, verification, and certification of various maritime assets in accordance with our regulations along with the development and upkeep of these regulations.

Working at the Approval Centre Europe, you operate in a professional, skilled, and service-focused setting with opportunities to develop your skills and expertise and connect with colleagues across different sites.

Section/Task description

We are recruiting in the section Materials & Welding. The section comprises 18 skilled engineers based in Høvik, Gdynia, and Hamburg, handling material and welding issues, approvals, rule development, and technical support globally. This typically covers metallic materials, various welding techniques (including additive manufacturing), and non-metallic materials used in the shipping industry.

The duties of an approval engineer in the section generally include, but are not limited to:

• Approval of manufacturers for metallic materials
• Approval of welding workshops
• Approval of welding consumables and non-metallic materials
• Verification of essential welding procedures
• Providing technical support to our global surveyor network and customers
• Attending expert network meetings globally for Materials & Welding
• Updating and maintaining DNV rules and instructions for Materials & Welding in line with market trends

For this graduate program, DNV is looking for graduates who are ready to start their journey with us in August 2025.

About you

We're seeking a new team member keen to contribute their expertise early in their career, to join our dynamic group, and foster innovation in our projects.

We expect that you:

• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture, or Materials Science
• Have expertise in metallic materials and welding methods
• Are a strong team player with a positive attitude and the ability to handle multiple tasks
• Are eager to learn and grow
• Have a systematic and well-structured working style, supported by strong administrative skills
• Are service-oriented, proactive, solution-focused, and flexible
• Uphold strong personal integrity
• Have good communication and presentation skills in English, knowledge of German language will be highly preferred

We offer

Benefits for full-time permanent employees generally include:

• Regular working time of 39 hours per week with flextime account and home office possibility
• Yearly profit share scheme – company-based performance bonus
• 100% employer-funded pension scheme
• Yearly review of individual career plan and development, including an annual salary review
• 30 vacation days per year
• Subsidized public transport ticket (Deutschlandticket)
• Voluntary sickness supplement up to 12 months
• Company sports and Urban Sports Club membership
• Bike leasing (JobRad)
• Discounted meal offers depending on location

Other additional benefits: sabbatical, employee assistance program, corporate benefits

Interested?

To apply, upload your CV, application/motivation letter, and all relevant grade transcripts/diplomas. Please ensure all documents are in English. If you're applying for multiple roles at DNV, indicate your preference in the application letter.

Please note: It is important that you upload your diplomas and transcripts with your application. Combine your diplomas, transcripts, and cover letter into a single document.

Application deadline: 31.10.2024. We will evaluate your application after this deadline and will be able to offer you more feedback then, thank you for your patience.

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.