Graduate 2026 - Shipping Advisory

DNV; Oslo; On-site; NOK 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A global quality assurance firm is seeking motivated graduates for the Maritime Advisory section, focusing on decarbonization and sustainability. Responsibilities include supporting clients with technical solutions and conducting market analyses. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, flexible hours, and opportunities for career growth in a collaborative environment. Join a diverse team and help tackle environmental challenges in the maritime industry.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible working hours

Career development opportunities

Access to sports facilities and activity groups

Qualifications

• Highly motivated graduates with ambition to work in a consulting role.
• Mastery of Norwegian and English for communication and reports.
• Proactive and creative problem-solver.

Responsibilities

• Support customers in managing decarbonization challenges.
• Develop and implement sustainability strategies.
• Perform market analysis for alternative fuels and freight.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Self-driven team player

Customer-oriented mindset

Interest in maritime industry

Education

Recent graduate

Job description

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

Shipping Advisory serves a strategic function within Maritime Advisory’s portfolio, concentrating on performance, decarbonization and sustainability initiatives. It offers expertise and services to ship owners, ship operators, ship management, cargo owners, ports and other client groups throughout the maritime value chain. As the maritime sector confronts significant environmental challenges and disruptive transformations, Shipping Advisory is well positioned to support the industry’s ongoing progress.

The Shipping Advisory section consists of thirteen professionals, all located at Høvik, Norway and have a good mix of gender and age.

The unit has a high level of engagement, and we are now looking for young professionals who are ready to start their journey with us in August 2026.

What to expect as a Graduate in Maritime Advisory, section Shipping Advisory:

• Support customers managing the decarbonization challenge through efficient operations, technical solutions, and new concepts
• Develop sustainability strategies (ESG) and support the implementation processes
• Perform market analysis for companies, products and alternative fuels
• Strategic planning of fleet development and maritime logistics
• Work with green technologies and solutions
• Using data to get insight and create customer value
• Marketing, sales and business development

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What we offer

Reasons to work with us:

• Attractive rewards. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 6 weeks annual vacation, subsidised canteen, competitive pension, insurance, and parental leave agreement, in addition to a global profit share scheme.
• Work/life balance. We offer flexible working hours and workplace, with focus on work/life balance for our employees.
• Supportive and caring culture. Our international culture embodies diverse colleagues who value teamwork and inclusion across business areas and borders. We offer opportunities for our employees to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community CONNECT, throws after-works and informal meetings all year long for you to join.
• Career and development. DNV offers extensive possibilities to grow and develop your competencies and career ambitions. We have a strong company culture with emphasis on growth mindset, knowledge sharing, and professional and personal development.
• By joining DNV you become part of a world-leading company whose purpose is to safeguard life, property, and the environment. Our values “we care, we share, we dare” characterize how we work and behave towards each other and our customers.
• Our Høvik office is located in beautiful surroundings by the sea and can offer access to sailboats, kayaks, tennis courts etc. We have more than 30 activity groups for you to join, as well as gym facilities and a kindergarten located on our premises. It is also worth noting that we offer free parking and shuttle buses to and from Skøyen, Lysaker and Sandvika.

About you

Who are we looking for?

• Highly motivated graduates with an ambition to work in a consulting role
• The right candidates combine strong applied technical and commercial skills, consultancy mindset and genuine interest in the variety of challenges the maritime industry is facing
• Genuine interest in shipping and maritime industry
• Pro-active, commercial mind-set: Self-driven, team player, creative, sociable, customer-oriented and quality focused
• Demonstrate strong communication skill, presentation skill, and technical writing (Norwegian and English)
• Strong analytical skills and mindset (quantitative and qualitative): able to look beyond what is apparent to see trends and systematic impacts of underlying facts
• Excellent ability to collect, process and structure information

Interested? How to apply

To be considered for this role, please register your CV, application letter, and grade transcripts in our application tracking system (Oracle) electronically. All documents should be in English, if possible. If you choose to apply for more than one role in DNV, please state your preference in the application letter.

Application deadline: 7th of October 2025. We will evaluate your application after the deadline.

We are ready to receive your application – so apply now!

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 a global quality assurance and risk management company. Driven by our purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, we enable our customers to advance the safety and sustainability of their business.

We provide classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas, power and renewables industries. We also provide certification, supply chain and data management services to customers across a wide range of industries.

Combining technical, digital and operational expertise, risk methodology and in-depth industry knowledge, we empower our customers’ decisions and actions with trust and confidence. We continuously invest in research and collaborative innovation to provide customers and society with operational and technological foresight.

With origins stretching back to 1864 and operations in more than 100 countries, our experts are dedicated to helping customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.