Head of Section, Measurements

About the role

DNV Energy Systems’ Renewables and Power Grids is seeking a Head of Section, Measurements to lead the section's strategic growth and operational excellence. The role involves optimizing business operations, enhancing service delivery, fostering innovation, and developing a high-performing culture.

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 in the industry.
• Empower employees, foster professional growth, and retain talent through personnel evaluation, coaching, and mentoring.
• Create a flexible workforce and automate workflows to manage variable workload.
• Build and strengthen a strong internal culture based on company values.
• Support the Head of Department in strategy and decision-making.
• Stimulate a high-performing culture, set direction, and act as a role model for employee experience.
• Ensure employees have the required technical competencies and own the pipeline for technical talent.
• Foster an inclusive culture where employees can grow, feel valued, and have a sense of belonging.

Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred 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.

What We Offer

• 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

What We Are Looking For

• Communicates effectively, is pragmatic, builds strong relationships, and influences others.
• Creates trust through robust delivery and strong relationship building.
• Promotes, respects, and understands diversity, equity, and inclusion values and can connect with, communicate, and relate to a number of personnel at different stages of their careers.
• Holds collaborative leadership skills and ability to engage, develop, and motivate own employees.
• Delegates and leads with a distributed and authentic leadership style.
• Has strong coaching skills to enable and empower teams.
• Keeps a positive and proactive attitude, with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Embraces Operational/Sales mindset and focuses on client relationship building.
• Is self-motivated, resilient, and copes with work pressure in a healthy manner.

About DNV

DNV is the independent expert in assurance and risk management. We empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. We use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations. DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. For more information, visit https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal.