Graduate Materials and Corrosion Engineer

Location: Loughborough, United Kingdom; Hybrid

Are you motivated by solving real-life engineering challenges and developing your skills from industry-leading experts? Do you want to work on a diverse portfolio of projects that drive and support the global 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 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, life extension, risk-based inspection, asset health assessment, vibration assessment and risk management, to clients across multiple areas of their operations, ensuring the effective and efficient continuation of their ongoing activities.

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 Materials and Corrosion Engineer, you’ll join a dynamic team of technical experts, curious, forward‑thinking specialists who thrive on solving some of the most complex challenges in our industry. 

From your first day, you will take on meaningful responsibilities, working closely with customers and technical experts across the business to deliver impactful, career defining projects. You will have the time to grow your network, access to resources that support your development, and plenty of space to explore your interests and build your expertise.

Working from our office in Loughborough (Leicestershire), you will:

• Collaborate with senior engineers to provide world-class technical consultancy in areas including materials selection, corrosion risk assessment, cathodic protection, and risk-based inspection
• Develop your understanding of how materials challenges play a vital role in the transition and repurposing of energy infrastructure in the UK and globally
• Engage directly with clients to understand their needs as they work to make the energy industry safer, more resilient, particularly focusing on energy transition
• Build expertise in the team’s service delivery areas, including CO₂, hydrogen (H₂), and Biomethane
• Work alongside multidisciplinary teams across DNV to experience how different expertise comes together to solve major industry challenges
• Conduct forensic failure investigations on process plant, pipework, and other energy sector assets using our well-equipped materials laboratory in Loughborough
• Apply forensic techniques such as microscopy, metallography, and chemical analysis.

 

At DNV, you will be encouraged to push yourself, while receiving strong support throughout. No prior experience in the energy sector is required. We will provide all the training you need. You’ll be assigned a buddy to help you settle in, a mentor to support your technical development, and continuous guidance from colleagues. Our structured Graduate Programme offers an excellent foundation for your career, enhancing your technical and professional skills while supporting your journey toward chartership and subject‑matter expertise.

This role is a full‑time position primarily based in our Loughborough (Leicestershire) office. 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, Flexibility and a willingness to travel are therefore essential.

About Us

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.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.