Head of Section, Measurements

DNV•Seattle, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

DNV Energy Systems’ Renewables and Power Grids is seeking a Head of Section, Measurements to enable Energy Systems to achieve its strategic ambitions and become future fit. This role is crucial for driving business operations to meet customer expectations and continuously improving work processes. The Head of Section will be responsible for further growing the Measurement services within Renewables & Power Grids. This position optimizes business operations and enhances the long-term performance of the section. Key responsibilities include working on commercial opportunities to strengthen and expand the business, fostering a doer/seller culture, directing service line activities, and driving technical competence development within the Measurements practice in alignment with Energy Systems strategy. The role emphasizes delivery, innovation, and utilization, aiming to achieve greater efficiency within the section. The Head of Section will partner with Key Account Managers (KAMs), Account Managers (MAMs), and Segment Leads to ensure an excellent customer experience and promote collaboration within the team and across the organization. Ensuring the right number of staff with the right capabilities and cultivating a high-performing, collaborative culture with an exceptional employee experience are also critical aspects of this role.

Requirements

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.
Coaching skills to empower team.
Ensures continuous improvement and high-quality delivery mindset.

Responsibilities

Build, implement and maintain the Measurements and Testing business plan.
Ensures efficient and consistent delivery of services in line with customer expectations.
Optimizes business performance through delivery management, cost-efficient business operations, improvement of the utilization rate and an aligned workforce plan.
Drive innovation by proposing new improvements, tools, and business practices to further our leadership position in the industry.
Empower employees, foster professional growth and progression, and encourage employee retention through personnel evaluation process, coaching and mentoring, and training.
Creates a flexible workforce and automates workflows to deal with variable workload.
Builds and strengthens a strong internal culture based on company’s values.
Supports the Head of Department in strategy and decision making.
Stimulates a high performing culture, sets direction, is output driven and acts as a role model for and inspires employee experience.
Ensures that employees have the required technical competences and own the pipeline for technical talent.
Promotes team capabilities internally and externally.
Actively collaborates with Service Area Leaders and corresponding role(s) in other business lines to evolve the service portfolio and capture customer opportunities.
Owns talent pipeline and development of technical talent/future needed capabilities.
Foster an inclusive culture where employees can grow, feel valued and have a sense of belonging.