Head of Section, Measurements

About the role

DNV Energy Systems’ Renewables and Power Grids is seeking a Head of Section, Measurements to support the strategic ambitions of the department and ensure future readiness. The Head of Section will optimize business operations, enhance service line activities, and drive technical competence development aligned with Energy Systems' strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build, implement, and maintain the Measurements and Testing business plan.
• Ensure efficient and consistent delivery of services in line with customer expectations.
• Optimize business performance through delivery management, cost-efficient business operations, and improved utilization rate.
• Drive innovation by proposing new improvements, tools, and business practices to maintain leadership position in the industry.
• Empower employees, foster professional growth and progression, and encourage retention through personnel evaluation process, coaching, and mentoring, and training.
• Create a flexible workforce and automate workflows to manage variable workload.
• Build and strengthen a strong internal culture based on company's values.
• Support the Head of Department in strategy and decision-making.
• Stimulate a high-performing culture, set direction, act output-driven, and act as a role model for employee experience.
• Ensure the right number of staff with the right capabilities and strive for a high-performing collaborative culture and exceptional employee experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5+) years of relevant industry experience.
• Three (3+) years of professional experience in Measurements, Power Curve Testing, Resource Assessment.
• Experience in managing a team, with the proven ability to develop a high-performing culture in a fast-paced, changing, and complex environment.
• Proven leadership skills to engage, develop, and motivate employees.
• Demonstrated excellence in written English communication and presentation abilities.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in relevant field such as engineering or physical science.
• Willingness and ability to travel, up to 25% of the time.
• Five (5+) years of leadership experience with the ability to strategize, inspire, and achieve goals.
• Two (2+) years in an innovation and/or product management role.

Skills

• Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Pragmatic approach and influence others.
• Trustworthiness through robust delivery and strong relationship building.
• Respect for diversity, equity, and inclusion values.
• Collaborative leadership skills and ability to engage, develop, and motivate employees.
• Distributed and authentic leadership style.
• Strong coaching skills to enable and empower teams.
• Positive and proactive attitude, solution-oriented mindset.
• Operational/Sales mindset focused on client relationship building.
• Self-motivation, resilience, and coping with work pressure in a healthy manner.
• Continuous improvement and high-quality delivery mindset.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days).
• Multiple medical and dental benefit plans to choose from, vision benefits.
• Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA.
• Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits.
• Education reimbursement program.
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities.
• Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program.
• Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company.
• Career advancement opportunities.

Pay

The actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. The range of starting pay for this role is $100,000 - $165,000 USD.

Schedule

This role is based at our DNV offices in various locations across the United States, presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site.