Head of Discipline, Transformation

COWI is on the lookout for a Head of Discipline to manage transformational projects and enhance our strategy in Building and Industry. Leverage your leadership and engineering abilities to create impactful outcomes and promote a collaborative atmosphere.

Set the course for our sustainability agenda at COWI

Our strategy, FUTURE-NOW, has increased our growth in the segments of transformation within building and industry, hence we are on the lookout for a new Head of Discipline for our transformation unit, you will be engaged in guiding a skilled team of approximately 18 specialists. Your leadership will affect the future of COWI’s transformational projects ensuring technical high standards, encouraging a culture of engagement, and managing projects to effective completion.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Contributing and implementing strategies, action plans, and initiatives that promote business growth and effective results for the transformation discipline.
• Serving as a senior specialist, project manager, or discipline lead on key projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Guiding the discipline group beyond project work by encouraging professional growth, maintaining a clear overview of employees’ skills, and ensuring effective staffing including recruitment, promotions, and optimizing team capacity.
• Providing coaching and mentorship to team members, developing them through individualized plans and constructive feedback.

What we are looking for?

We are searching for someone who understand the importance of balancing business needs with employee development, and you create an environment where team members are valued and motivated.

On top of that, you will have:

• A degree in engineering, coupled with substantial experience in managing or delivering transformational projects or similar.
• Comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge in the transformational sector, both within Denmark and on an international scale.
• A minimum of 2 years of leadership experience.
• As a person you are characterized as a team supervisor and excel in empowering your employees.
• Effective communication abilities in both Danish and English, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity - and sometimes even our courage - to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their skills in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please contact Peter Schjørmann Thorsen, Head of Engineering at psth@cowi.com or Charlotte Rod, Global Talent Acquisition Specialist at ccro@cowi.com.

Get to know us even better at our website www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, our goals, and what life is like at COWI.

Before you apply

All you need to include in your application is your CV - no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

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