Graduate Structural Engineer
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
Do you enjoy solving real-life problems and learning from industry leading experts? Do you want to work on a variety of projects that touch all aspects of the energy transition? Here at DNV, what we do matters. Whether it's helping the Energy Industry transition to a more decarbonised and sustainable future or helping safeguard life, property and the environment, every day, what you do will make a difference. This is our shared purpose and one our people are proud to be part of.
Our highly respected Risk Advisory department in the UK and Ireland, is primarily responsible for the delivery of consultancy-based safety, integrity, and risk management services. We provide high quality advisory services to the onshore and offshore oil and gas sector (upstream, midstream and downstream) and increasingly, provide similar services to the evolving hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and renewables sectors. Within this, our specialist integrity teams deliver a range of critical consultancy services such as failure investigation, fitness for service assessment, stress analysis of fixed and floating structures, life extension, risk-based inspection, asset health assessment, vibration assessment and risk management, to operators in support of their ongoing operations.
We are also leading our industry in advising clients how to repurpose their existing assets for the transportation of hydrogen or carbon dioxide to support the energy transition and deliver the innovative solutions that our industry and planet needs. This multi-disciplinary approach, with materials and integrity engineers working alongside our other discipline experts drawn from safety, flow assurance, and rotating equipment, is what makes what we do, unique.
Our Opportunity
As a Graduate Structural Engineer within our growing Asset Integrity Section and Fixed and Floating Structures Team, you will join a diverse and experienced team of structural and mechanical engineers delivering high quality structural consultancy services to a wide range of clients. We have a strong track record of developing talented engineers into industry experts and welcome candidates who are keen to apply their technical background within the offshore and renewables sectors.
Using your Structural, Civil or Mechanical Engineering degree, you'll contribute to the delivery of technical work and project activities, while also supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues as you progress. Your technical foundation will support the delivery of structural analyses in line with international codes and standards, ensuring quality, timeliness, and cost efficiency.
You will also have opportunities to gain exposure to project management and commercial activities, including supporting and leading technical proposal development:
- Linear and non-linear structural analyses
- Detailed finite element analysis (FEA)
- Fatigue and Fracture mechanics assessments
- Risk based inspection (RBI) planning and management
- General structural engineering assessments
- Assessment of fixed jackets and topsides
- Modelling, hydrodynamic and structural assessment of floating structures
- Assessment of helideck structure
- Blast analysis
- Passive Fire Protection (PFP) optimisation studies
Our structured Graduate Programme, therefore, provides a fantastic start to your career, enhancing both your technical and professional skills, whilst supporting your journey towards chartership and becoming an expert in your field. There will also be opportunities for working across our other specialist Asset Integrity / Risk Advisory teams and wider DNV group, on a range of exciting, energy asset technology projects. You will have opportunities to travel to client sites across the UK to support on site data collection activities.
You’ll be stretched but always supported, so don’t worry if the Energy industry or some of the terminology is unfamiliar to you, we’ll teach you all you need to know. Upon joining, you’ll receive a buddy to help you settle in, a mentor to enhance your technical knowledge, as well as ongoing on-the-job coaching and support from your colleagues.
Primarily based at our office in Aberdeen, you’ll initially be in the office most days, helping you get fully immersed with your colleagues and the work you will be doing. Once you’re settled into the role and fully up to speed, we offer a more hybrid model of working—typically a 3/2 split between office and home—to give you the best balance of collaboration and autonomy.
The role will also include some work at customer offices and sites in the UK and overseas, with offshore assignments a possibility, and will therefore require flexibility and a willingness to work on short to medium term assignments as required.
What we offer
We value all our people and the contributions they make to our business, so it’s important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package, allowing you to choose the things that matter most to you, including;
- Minimum Starting salary of £33,750
- Non-contractual profit share scheme
- Structured Graduate Programme, development and excellent career progression opportunities
- Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, hybrid/flexible working options
- Wellbeing benefits: (inc. Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance). Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health and we provide free fruit in our offices
- Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use)
- Re-imbursement of relevant Professional Membership Fees (up to £570)
- Access to employee retail discount site for high street and on-line shopping
Next Steps
We appreciate that applying for a Graduate opportunity, for some, can be a new or daunting experience, which is why we try to make our process as simple, transparent, and as engaging as possible.
- Follow the link to apply and answer a few simple eligibility questions.
- Complete a fun, online game-based assessment.
- Learn more about the role via an online briefing with members of our team.
- Attend a virtual Assessment Day to learn more about our team and opportunity, have an interview, take part in an interactive team activity and spend time with some of our current/recent graduates.
- Receive a decision and constructive feedback.
Our process really is as simple as that, so what are you waiting for? Good Luck! Our application deadline is Sunday 19th April 2026 and we anticipate that our Assessment Centre will take place week commencing 18th May 2026. 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.
About you
As a Graduate, we do want you to share our passion for your career development within our industry and demonstrate your desire to develop yourself within this exciting area. We try to keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few essential things needed to qualify for this position:
- Minimum 2:1 Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical, Civil, or Structural Engineering
- Passion for developing your skills both professionally and personally, including the commitment to complete the appropriate professional registration in your field (Chartership)
- Excellent numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills along with ability to produce clear and concise technical reports for our customers
- Motivation to contribute to the energy transition, including the repurposing of existing infrastructure
- Pro-active willingness to learn new skills, displaying a willingness to 'get stuck in' and undertake work outside your 'comfort zone', demonstrating appropriate balance between asking for help and using own initiative / thinking through the problem
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills, confident in building professional relationships and demonstrating first class written, verbal communication and presentation skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to plan and prioritise own time and activities, to meet deadlines and achieve project objectives
We would also hope that you would possess an interest and developed some understanding in some of the following technical areas as part of your studies:
- Data analysis, finite element modelling, including hydrodynamic analysis
- Familiarity with DNV SESAM/USFOS and/or Abaqus is preferred; experience with similar analysis tools is also valuable
- Understanding of fixed and floating structures, stress analysis, materials behaviour, or structural mechanics
If you possess the curiosity and initiative to become an expert in this exciting area and potentially one of our future leaders, then this role could be for you.
Benefits
Please note, benefits may depend on your contract type, please confirm with your recruiter.
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.
Personal Development
You’ll have a lot of opportunities to learn and grow. Whether it’s building your network, having resources to plan and realise your career goals or enjoying genuine freedom to satisfy your curiosity, we’ll make sure you’re always growing and developing.
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.
Hybrid Work Model
We work in a hybrid model (three days from the office) and have flexible starting hours. This means you can fit your work and life together in a way that works for you.
Pension Schemes
We care about your long-term financial security and prioritise pension and retirement benefits to reflect our caring values. Through our pension scheme, we will contribute up to 9% of salary in addition to your contributions.
Annual Leave
As a full-time employee, you’ll be entitled to 26 days of annual leave a year, plus 8 paid bank/public holidays. Special leave can also be granted for bereavement, caring responsibilities, volunteering and sabbaticals.
Family Friendly Leave
We offer enhanced leave to support you through various stages of starting and growing a family. Our enhanced paid leave entitlement includes Fertility Treatment, Neonatal Care, Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leaves.
Personal insurances
To support you with some of life's challenges, we offer a range of insurance benefits. These include Private Medical, Dental, Life and Income Protection insurances.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At DNV, our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not only an ethical choice, but also a business decision. Diversity, fairness, and a sense of belonging are a source of strength for our people, our business, and our customers, and help us to deliver on our purpose, vision, and values.
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.
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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
Do you enjoy solving real-life problems and learning from industry leading experts? Do you want to work on a variety of projects that touch all aspects of the energy transition? Here at DNV, what we do matters. Whether it's helping the Energy Industry transition to a more decarbonised and sustainable future or helping safeguard life, property and the environment, every day, what you do will make a difference. This is our shared purpose and one our people are proud to be part of.
Our highly respected Risk Advisory department in the UK and Ireland, is primarily responsible for the delivery of consultancy-based safety, integrity, and risk management services. We provide high quality advisory services to the onshore and offshore oil and gas sector (upstream, midstream and downstream) and increasingly, provide similar services to the evolving hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and renewables sectors. Within this, our specialist integrity teams deliver a range of critical consultancy services such as failure investigation, fitness for service assessment, stress analysis of fixed and floating structures, life extension, risk-based inspection, asset health assessment, vibration assessment and risk management, to operators in support of their ongoing operations.
We are also leading our industry in advising clients how to repurpose their existing assets for the transportation of hydrogen or carbon dioxide to support the energy transition and deliver the innovative solutions that our industry and planet needs. This multi-disciplinary approach, with materials and integrity engineers working alongside our other discipline experts drawn from safety, flow assurance, and rotating equipment, is what makes what we do, unique.
Our Opportunity
As a Graduate Structural Engineer within our growing Asset Integrity Section and Fixed and Floating Structures Team, you will join a diverse and experienced team of structural and mechanical engineers delivering high quality structural consultancy services to a wide range of clients. We have a strong track record of developing talented engineers into industry experts and welcome candidates who are keen to apply their technical background within the offshore and renewables sectors.
Using your Structural, Civil or Mechanical Engineering degree, you'll contribute to the delivery of technical work and project activities, while also supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues as you progress. Your technical foundation will support the delivery of structural analyses in line with international codes and standards, ensuring quality, timeliness, and cost efficiency.
You will also have opportunities to gain exposure to project management and commercial activities, including supporting and leading technical proposal development:
- Linear and non-linear structural analyses
- Detailed finite element analysis (FEA)
- Fatigue and Fracture mechanics assessments
- Risk based inspection (RBI) planning and management
- General structural engineering assessments
- Assessment of fixed jackets and topsides
- Modelling, hydrodynamic and structural assessment of floating structures
- Assessment of helideck structure
- Blast analysis
- Passive Fire Protection (PFP) optimisation studies
Our structured Graduate Programme, therefore, provides a fantastic start to your career, enhancing both your technical and professional skills, whilst supporting your journey towards chartership and becoming an expert in your field. There will also be opportunities for working across our other specialist Asset Integrity / Risk Advisory teams and wider DNV group, on a range of exciting, energy asset technology projects. You will have opportunities to travel to client sites across the UK to support on site data collection activities.
You’ll be stretched but always supported, so don’t worry if the Energy industry or some of the terminology is unfamiliar to you, we’ll teach you all you need to know. Upon joining, you’ll receive a buddy to help you settle in, a mentor to enhance your technical knowledge, as well as ongoing on-the-job coaching and support from your colleagues.
Primarily based at our office in Aberdeen, you’ll initially be in the office most days, helping you get fully immersed with your colleagues and the work you will be doing. Once you’re settled into the role and fully up to speed, we offer a more hybrid model of working—typically a 3/2 split between office and home—to give you the best balance of collaboration and autonomy.
The role will also include some work at customer offices and sites in the UK and overseas, with offshore assignments a possibility, and will therefore require flexibility and a willingness to work on short to medium term assignments as required.
What we offer
We value all our people and the contributions they make to our business, so it’s important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That’s why we offer a flexible reward and benefits package, allowing you to choose the things that matter most to you, including;
- Minimum Starting salary of £33,750
- Non-contractual profit share scheme
- Structured Graduate Programme, development and excellent career progression opportunities
- Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, hybrid/flexible working options
- Wellbeing benefits: (inc. Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance). Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health and we provide free fruit in our offices
- Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use)
- Re-imbursement of relevant Professional Membership Fees (up to £570)
- Access to employee retail discount site for high street and on-line shopping
Next Steps
We appreciate that applying for a Graduate opportunity, for some, can be a new or daunting experience, which is why we try to make our process as simple, transparent, and as engaging as possible.
- Follow the link to apply and answer a few simple eligibility questions.
- Complete a fun, online game-based assessment.
- Learn more about the role via an online briefing with members of our team.
- Attend a virtual Assessment Day to learn more about our team and opportunity, have an interview, take part in an interactive team activity and spend time with some of our current/recent graduates.
- Receive a decision and constructive feedback.
Our process really is as simple as that, so what are you waiting for? Good Luck! Our application deadline is Sunday 19th April 2026 and we anticipate that our Assessment Centre will take place week commencing 18th May 2026. 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.
About you
As a Graduate, we do want you to share our passion for your career development within our industry and demonstrate your desire to develop yourself within this exciting area. We try to keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few essential things needed to qualify for this position:
- Minimum 2:1 Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical, Civil, or Structural Engineering
- Passion for developing your skills both professionally and personally, including the commitment to complete the appropriate professional registration in your field (Chartership)
- Excellent numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills along with ability to produce clear and concise technical reports for our customers
- Motivation to contribute to the energy transition, including the repurposing of existing infrastructure
- Pro-active willingness to learn new skills, displaying a willingness to 'get stuck in' and undertake work outside your 'comfort zone', demonstrating appropriate balance between asking for help and using own initiative / thinking through the problem
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills, confident in building professional relationships and demonstrating first class written, verbal communication and presentation skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to plan and prioritise own time and activities, to meet deadlines and achieve project objectives
We would also hope that you would possess an interest and developed some understanding in some of the following technical areas as part of your studies:
- Data analysis, finite element modelling, including hydrodynamic analysis
- Familiarity with DNV SESAM/USFOS and/or Abaqus is preferred; experience with similar analysis tools is also valuable
- Understanding of fixed and floating structures, stress analysis, materials behaviour, or structural mechanics
If you possess the curiosity and initiative to become an expert in this exciting area and potentially one of our future leaders, then this role could be for you.
Benefits
Please note, benefits may depend on your contract type, please confirm with your recruiter.
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.
Personal Development
You’ll have a lot of opportunities to learn and grow. Whether it’s building your network, having resources to plan and realise your career goals or enjoying genuine freedom to satisfy your curiosity, we’ll make sure you’re always growing and developing.
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.
Hybrid Work Model
We work in a hybrid model (three days from the office) and have flexible starting hours. This means you can fit your work and life together in a way that works for you.
Pension Schemes
We care about your long-term financial security and prioritise pension and retirement benefits to reflect our caring values. Through our pension scheme, we will contribute up to 9% of salary in addition to your contributions.
Annual Leave
As a full-time employee, you’ll be entitled to 26 days of annual leave a year, plus 8 paid bank/public holidays. Special leave can also be granted for bereavement, caring responsibilities, volunteering and sabbaticals.
Family Friendly Leave
We offer enhanced leave to support you through various stages of starting and growing a family. Our enhanced paid leave entitlement includes Fertility Treatment, Neonatal Care, Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental leaves.
Personal insurances
To support you with some of life's challenges, we offer a range of insurance benefits. These include Private Medical, Dental, Life and Income Protection insurances.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At DNV, our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not only an ethical choice, but also a business decision. Diversity, fairness, and a sense of belonging are a source of strength for our people, our business, and our customers, and help us to deliver on our purpose, vision, and values.
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.
