VP, Head of Engineering - Power Systems and Offshore Wind

Do you want to shape the renewable energy business in COWI together with colleagues across borders? Can you drive engagement, development and performance for around 110 employees across Denmark? And do you have profound managerial experience?

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To develop our energy business, we are looking for a Vice President, Head of Engineering to join the Renewable and Energy division in Lyngby. In this role, you will report to Senior Vice President, Klaus Winther Ringgard, and lead a diverse team of highly skilled professionals. As Head of Engineering, you will be part of the senior leadership team in Renewable Energy, where we focus on collaborative teamwork and the will to win jointly.
You will play a key role in creating close collaboration and shared ownership across teams, helping support the development and growth of our renewable energy business across wind, solar, and grid infrastructure.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Guide and role model according to COWI's values and leadership behaviours.


• Support optimal project delivery and high profitability by ensuring ideal staffing, resolution to technical obstacles, and participation in customer and senior project team meetings.


• Closely interact with the Market team to facilitate COWI has the right capabilities for future projects.


• Stay up to date and define overall needs for technical development across disciplines, translating growth plans and strategic direction into resource planning and plans for development and talent acquisition.


• Supervise, spare with and manage performance of teams of Technical Directors and Heads of Disciplines to ensure their ability to perform well.


• Build engagement and enable a motivated, diverse and inclusive culture with professional and individual development that set COWI up for sustainable growth.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
Like us, you believe that leadership success comes from building purpose and inspiring the leaders you lead. Developing your people, encouraging them to apply their strengths in their work, and moving their performance forward through dialogue are at the centre of what you do. So are attracting a diverse group of leaders and promoting an open, caring and trusting culture. And breaking down silos and collaborating across the organisation are inherent to the direction you set for your leadership team.

On top of that, you have:

• A relevant technical professional degree, with 10+ years of experience.


• Comprehensive management experience.


• Experience in the energy sector, including an understanding of renewable power generation from solar and wind, power systems engineering, grid and transmission.


• An existing network within the energy and electrical sector in DK to support future market growth.


• Professional proficiency in Danish and/or English.

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. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
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 expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Work location
The position is based at our headquarter in Lyngby or our large regional office in Aarhus, Denmark, where you will lead your team while actively collaborating with colleagues and project teams across our other offices.

Want to know more?
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve 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.