Senior Consultant Energy Storage

Join Our Northern Europe Energy Storage Team

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 Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally in the energy industry.

About the role

*Please be informed that this is a long-lasting recruitment process and our answers can be delayed.

Our Northern Europe Energy Storage team is expanding its presence in The Netherlands. We invite you to make a difference in the energy transition and join the team in this exciting, rapidly developing market. We provide advisory services spanning the entire life cycle of grid-scale BESS projects and systems, including feasibility studies, operational services, and risk assessments. Our clients include developers, investors, suppliers, and authorities. In this role, you will be a specialist, doer-seller, and project manager for the team’s energy storage activities. You will collaborate with our local and international energy storage colleagues as well as DNV colleagues from other areas of expertise to set up and run energy storage projects in The Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe.

As our Senior Consultant Energy Storage, you will lead and work on multidisciplinary technical consultancy projects for most of your time (60 - 70%). Technical topics include identifying risks and mitigating measures for BESS projects, design review, and/or safety and regulatory compliance. The remaining time you will be active in developing the energy storage business in The Netherlands and beyond. You will monitor developments in the energy storage market in The Netherlands and abroad and support the team with making strategic choices and continuously improving our way of working.

Tasks you can expect in your role as Senior Consultant Energy Storage:

• Execute consultancy/engineering projects on energy storage systems, which could include business case assessments, technical due diligence, owner’s engineering, safety/design reviews, and/or training.
• Independently drive business development with a focus on The Netherlands, generate proposals, and build client relationships.
• Manage smaller and larger projects within and across international teams.
• Present DNV’s services at customer meetings and events.
• Support DNV's mission and vision and have fun doing it!

By joining our international team at DNV, you will contribute to the energy transition through enabling widespread and safe deployment and operation of energy storage systems. You will be part of a company working independently as a voice for the industry, making the world safer, smarter, and greener by supporting our customers and their long-term high-impact endeavours. You will be part of a high-performing, innovative team that reflects the equality, respect, and diversity we wish to see in the world. As part of our ambitious and strategically important unit, your professional development will be rapid, comprehensive, and continuously adjusted to your interests and competences.

What we offer

• Attractive total compensation package.
• Access to pension scheme, profit share, and health care programs.
• Flexibility to fit your work with your lifestyle and achieve a good work/life balance.
• Becoming a part of an atmosphere of highly professional, engaged, and knowledgeable people.
• Guidance from colleagues through coaching, mentoring, and participating in networks.
• Competence development plans and training programs tailored to your needs.
• Being a part of a renowned organization with origins dating back to 1864, and a growing and diverse network with 130 nationalities in 100 countries.

Additional Benefits

• Profit Share: You’ll be part of our global profit share scheme that means we all share in our success as a business. If we profit, so do you. This will be part of our Total Compensation approach each year and depends on our year-end results.
• Insurance: Taking care of you with travel, life, and accident insurance.
• Pension Schemes: We care about your long-term financial security and prioritize pension and retirement benefits to reflect our caring values.
• Professional Development: We believe in the 70/20/10 learning model, where 70% of your learning comes from performing your everyday tasks and working on different projects, new areas, and initiatives to gain new skills; 20% from working with others and mentoring; and the rest from formal education.
• Hybrid Working: Adapting to the changing world of work around the world.
• Purpose-led organization: You become part of a world-leading company where we know and live our purpose; to safeguard life, property, and the environment, with the opportunity to tackle global change through your work.
• Supportive and caring culture: We offer opportunities to connect through social and professional networks. Our largest community, CONNECT, organizes after-work events and informal meetings throughout the year.
• Attractive rewards: We focus on work/life balance and offer employees flexible working hours and workplace, annual vacation allowance, competitive pension, insurance, and a global profit share scheme.

Working here

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.

About you

Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrotechnical engineering, sustainable energy technology, or similar.
• Preferably 5+ years of experience in the energy sector or related technologies, especially in The Netherlands.
• Preferably 3+ years of experience with grid-scale energy storage systems/applications/regulations.
• Advanced project management skills and understanding of energy storage in transmission and distribution systems.
• Strong analytical and communication skills in English and Dutch.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV.

Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.