Principal Project Manager

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.

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.

Are you ready to shape the future of energy by leading complex and high-impact M&A transactions across multiple energy technologies and helping grow strategic customer accounts?

Do you thrive at the intersection of technical expertise, commercial judgment, innovation and strategic deal-making, helping investors make smarter decisions in a rapidly evolving energy market?

DNV Energy Systems North America is seeking a Principal Project Manager with deep technical and commercial expertise in energy technologies (e.g. wind, solar, storage, electric-vehicle infrastructure, decarbonization, midstream infrastructure, thermal generation, data centers, or other emerging energy infrastructure), and/or practical experience with project financing for our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory Services team. The successful candidate will combine complex project delivery leadership with account growth, commercial ownership, and team capability development.

Join us!

Our M&A team operates at the cutting edge of the energy industry providing technical due diligence and advisory services to diverse customers in the North American market and beyond, primarily in support of M&A transactions such as purchases, sales, divestments, and capital raises of projects and platforms. Our technical work contributes to the efficient functioning of the equity markets which are increasingly driving energy transactions in North America.

In this role, you will lead the most complex, high-value M&A engagements, serving as a trusted advisor on critical transaction decisions and a senior escalation point for customers and project teams facing complex technical, commercial, or delivery challenges. You will provide senior-level project management and technical advisory services, exercise judgment across technical, commercial, and delivery trade-offs, grow key customer relationships, serve as Project Sponsor or senior reviewer for selected engagements, develop Senior Project Managers (SPMs), Project Managers (PMs), and Associate Project Managers (APMs), and translate experience into repeatable methods, tools, and best practices.

Ideally, this position can be based out of any of our current advisory offices including Seattle, WA;
Portland, OR;
San Diego or Oakland, CA;
Austin, Houston, or Dallas, TX;
Medford, MA;
Arlington, VA;
New York, NY, 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.

• Lead the most complex, high-risk, multi-discipline and multi-technology due diligence engagements, acting as the senior point of contact accountable for scope, schedule, budget, quality, customer confidence, and commercial outcomes. Identify technical risks and opportunities associated with potential investments, synthesize key findings, and clearly communicate their transaction implications to customers.
• Leverage experience, expertise, and…