Senior Consultant Asset Management – Power Failure Investigations

DNV has carried out power failure and other non-conformity investigations since its inception over a century ago and has since built up a wealth of experience in such investigations, as well as a structured approach taking all possibilities into account in our fully impartial and independent way. DNV performs failure investigations on both system and component levels and investigations on components with degradation signs. Expertise is available for all power grid components like transformers, switchgear, (land and submarine) power cables, overhead lines, insulators, transmission towers, surge arrestors, capacitor banks, storage systems, rotating machines, secondary equipment, power system stability, earthing, protection, EMC, cyber security, etc. The combination of the various expertise areas is often required, as failures happen in a network where components are linked together and interact. This, together with our structured approach and our world-class leading laboratory possibilities enables us to investigate each failure with the highest quality and highest chance to get to the actual root cause of the failure.

Are you a Senior Consultant with strong knowledge of electricity grid components (one or several/all) who is looking for a new challenge? Do you want to support DNV GL’s team of Power Failure Investigators to help our customers in the Energy sector? Then we have the job for you.

As a Senior Consultant for Power Failure Investigation, you will act as the trusted senior advisor of our customers and support them by conducting and leading Power Failure Investigations, both on a component and a system level. This varies from small observed deviations on single-grid components to large-scale blackouts. The projects you will be part of will perform site inspections, perform dismantling of components, study relevant information, conduct interviews, perform a thorough analysis and deliver reports and presentations on the root cause of the problem. Such investigations often involve a broad spread of expertise and skill, as well as very deep expertise in some areas. You will find this expertise within (or outside) DNV GL and lead the team towards a high-quality result. You will also incorporate testing or other methods to collect further evidence. You will incorporate structure methods as well as visualization methods to bring the message to customers and possibly other involved parties (like insurance companies, investors, lawyers and courts).

As a senior consultant, you will not only work with a team of professionals, you will be responsible for the acquisition, management and execution of projects. Understanding our customers and their assets, being flexible and especially delivering high-quality content are key characteristics of a Power Failure Investigation Consultant within our team. You will also support business development as a selling consultant.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic team player who understands the technical aspects of grids and components, as well as the business consequences of failures for our customers. Flexibility, analytical power and a creative, open but also critical mind are essential characteristics.

And:

• You have 8-10 years of experience with (one or more) electricity grid components on medium and high-voltage levels, a specialization in power cables is a pre
• You have a deep understanding of the failure mechanisms of grid components and the behaviour of power system grids.
• You have experience in performing asset failure root cause analysis and understand FMECA analyses, and risk assessments on power system and equipment fleet levels.
• You have a bachelor’s degree in Electrical /Mechanical Engineering and preferably a Master of Science in respective engineering fields.
• You have experience as a project manager and the ability to lead (inter)national projects
• You can write clear and high-quality reports and commercial offers for target audiences that are both technical and managerial.
• You have an existing and growing professional network in the energy industry.
• You have excellent English communication skills
• You are available to travel (inter)nationally on a regular basis.

Your home office will be in Arnhem, the Netherlands.