Technical Director

Technical Director – Buildings & Industry South-East

Do you want to strengthen our continued position as a technical and innovative leader in the Buildings & Industry market, and ensure that our technical capabilities and innovative solutions are developed internally?

Key responsibilities:

• Leads and acts as a role model according to COWI’s leadership behaviors and values
• Participate in the planning, execution, and delivery of significant engineering projects that require state-of-the-art technical/innovative capabilities. Reviewing project work to ensure high quality, use of appropriate (innovative) solutions and compliance with internal QM processes, client specifications, and external rules and standards.
• Point of contact for technical leads and disciplines, both nationally and internationally.
• Acts as an ambassador for COWI is dialogue with customers and in the broader public. Engages with key customers to build strong business relations beyond the duration of individual projects. Making COWI's expertise visible in relevant press and/or other national arenas.
• Commercial market focus where specialist disciplines are used for upselling and contract extensions in the projects in which they are involved in early stage.
• Assisting Project Managers & Directors in making informed technical decisions.
• Keeps an up-to-date view of the technical competencies needed in the executing units and gives input to remaining leadership to ensure efficient people & capability development in the executing unit. Provides guidance to select technical communities.
• Assistance in connection with strategic recruitments.
• Support use of EDC, both in the main disciplines and specialist disciplines.
• Strengthening special disciplines in line with market needs.
• The role will be developed according at handbook (not yet released).

Key Qualifications:

• Relevant M.Sc.
• 10 years of relevant experience from planning, executing and delivering technical engineering projects.
• Professional communication skills in Norwegian and English (oral and written).

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Frode Fjeldstad, at ff@cowi.com/ +47 918 42 756 or Ingrid Husan, inhu@cowi.com/+47 918 42 756.

Deadline: 6th of september. We will start the interviewing process immediately. We look forward to receiving your application.