Fleet in Service/Certification of Materials and Components/Newbuilding Surveyor

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.

DNV Japan is seeking a surveyor to be engaged primarily with the Japanese shipbuilding industry:

• Certification of Materials and Components (CMC) survey toward local manufacturers.
• Fleet in Service (FiS) survey and audit.
• New Building (NB) Survey at Shipyard.
• Smooth execution of surveys or audits in cooperation with local and international customers.
• Proactive and smooth communication with the local manufacturers and the ship's crew.

The candidate will also be responsible for enhancing and strengthening the DNV Maritime position in Japanese shipbuilding industries.

It should be noted that there will also be opportunities for the candidate to experience and learn about technical issues more deeply through discussions internally with other surveyors stationed globally as well as through actual CMC, FiS, and NB jobs.

The successful candidate will be provided with internal training and qualification schemes.

• Flexible work arrangements for better work-life balance.
• Generous paid leaves (Annual leaves, Sick leaves).
• Medical benefits (Standard medical check-up, Maternity Health Care).
• Pension and Insurance Policies (Group Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Welfare insurance, Unemployment insurance, Accident Insurance).
• Training and Development Assistance (Training Sponsorship, On-The-Job Training, Training Programme).
• Additional Benefits (Long Service Awards, Mobile Phone Reimbursement, Car Allowance, Commuting Allowance, Professional Membership Fees, Congratulation and Condolence allowance).

*Benefits may vary based on position, tenure/contract/grade level.*

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.

DNV is looking for a person with ideally at least a Bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering, and actual experiences for shipbuilding industries or in other classification societies.

The candidate is:

• a team player, self-driven and thrives for opportunities to put your skills and personality to use creating customer value.
• understanding the importance of collaboration.
• supportive in initiating and developing leads to cope with challenges.
• confident in his/her own competence, at the same time aware of his/her limitations.
• structured, flexible and result-oriented.
• having good communication skills, verbally and written in both English and Japanese.
• sociable, creating a good atmosphere and recognizing that feedback is the fuel of high performing teams.
• respecting different cultures.
• Language: Japanese (Native level) is a must.
• Candidate needs to be flexible with the working location as they may be temporarily required to travel to the New Building (NB) location whenever required.