Head of Discipline Pollution

Can you see yourself leading specialists and project managers within the area of Pollution and at the same time contribute to our projects with your own large knowledge in this area? And are you excited about leadership? Then, here is your chance to convert aspirations into actions.

To further build and cultivate this important discipline of Pollution, we are looking for a Head of Discipline to join our team. We are 22 skilled employees working alongside our customers on some of Norway’s most significant og exciting projects, like for instance Bybanen, SUS, Arna-Stanghelle and Bodø Lufthavn. We are also proud to have contributed to projects across Norway from Kirkenes to Lista. You will be responsible for professional development in your discipline and have a commercial mindset in order to maintain a competitive team of employees.

Turn challenges into sustainable solutions

To lead our discipline for Pollution in our newly established Executive unit Water and Environment, we are looking for a Head of Discipline to join us. Environment numbers 100 people and is at the forefront of the value chain in our customers' journey towards a more sustainable future. The department has grown organically with 10-15 persons a year to meet internal demands and to support our clients with our expertise in contaminated sites and buildings, waste handling, circular economy and regulatory aspects and plays a vital role in executing on COWIs strategy FUTURE-NOW, delivering these services on projects within all our prioritized sectors.

As Head of Discipline, you will be the day-to-day people manager of a team of 22 dedicated environmental advisors.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead and role model according to COWI's leadership behaviours and values
• Well-being of your employees and ensuring a good working environment
• Facilitating personal development for your employees
• Evaluating need for new hires and consequently hiring process
• Coordination with the other Head of Disciplines, market and project directors and Vice President
• Project management or specialist input to projects

You will be part of the department management team – and you will have 4 other Head of Disciplines and a Technical director as your closest colleagues and peers. You will report to the VP, Head of Engineering Environment.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future

Like us, you believe that leadership success comes from setting a clear and meaningful direction for your team and supporting them in taking ownership of their work. You always delegate responsibility and ensure an open and safe dialogue, and you coach your people to achieve their aspirations through constructive, fact-based feedback. Attracting and nurturing a diverse group of high-potential team members is at the top of your agenda, as is creating an inclusive, caring and trusting culture in your team.

On top of that, we expect that you already are:

• Preferably an experienced leader of others, but also project management experience can be relevant
• Experienced with aspects of the Pollution, contaminated sites or other
• Minimum bachelor level in geology, environmental studies
• Well versed with working in consultancy where quality of services, customer needs and engagement of colleagues go hand in hand
• Fluent or minimum B2 level Norwegian or other Scandinavian languages, oral and written

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 100 per cent of 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 Scandinavia, the UK, North America and India, we are currently 7,800 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer

• The opportunity to build up your expertise in exciting projects
• The opportunity for self-development through a personal development plan, the COWI Academy and the COWI Connect mentoring scheme
• National and international collaboration across organizations and disciplines. We have approx. 70 different professional networks in COWI
• An active company social team, salary meetings and company cabins
• Flexible working hours, home office, five weeks holiday and time off between Christmas and New Year
• A good working environment - it is important for us to be generous and stand up for each other, which is also reflected in well-being and employee surveys

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Bjørn Christian Kvisvik, VP, Head of Engineering at bckv@cowi.com or phone +47 416 67 693.

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.

Equal opportunity employer

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.