Structural Lead - Data Centres

Contribute to advancing COWI’s work on data centre projects. As Structural Lead, you will manage design delivery on complex international projects, working with global clients and teams to create efficient, scalable and sustainable solutions.

Grow COWI’s international data centre business

Data centres play a critical role in enabling digitalisation, AI, and the energy transition and the decisions made today will define the resilience and sustainability of tomorrow’s digital infrastructure. At COWI, we are intensifying our focus on data centres and building our expertise to support clients in delivering the next generation of digital infrastructure.

We are therefore looking for a Structural Lead to join us on this journey, becoming an integral part of our growing organisation and helping evolve our international data centre environment through your expertise in complex projects.

As Structual Lead, you will bring your expertise in structural engineering into multidisciplinary teams, helping translate customer needs into robust and future-ready solutions.

You will be part of a professional environment experiencing rapid growth and strong strategic focus within COWI, with opportunities to deepen your expertise, grow alongside the organisation, and play an active role in shaping our approach to data centre projects and customer collaboration.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Act as Structural Lead on international data centre projects, accountable for scope, budget, and schedule for structural works.
• Engage with international data centre clients and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust design solutions aligned with project delivery stages (e.g. RIBA stages).
• Support projects across the full lifecycle, from concept and feasibility through design, construction, and commissioning.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary international teams to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
• Contribute to the development of the department’s international market presence and business growth.
• Guide and mentor structural engineers and designers.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A degree in civil or structural engineering with solid experience from data centre projects or other large-scale mission critical projects.
• Experience working with engineering consultancy in multidiciplinary industrial projects, or complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading structural engineering teams.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Work location.

The role can be based in any of our offices across Scandinavia. This includes offices in:

Norway – Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Oslo, Bodø, Drammen, Hamar, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Tromsø and Fredrikstad

Sweden – Stockholm, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Karlstad, Skövde, Stenungsund, Vänersborg, Växsjö, and Malmö

Denmark – Copenhagen, Kongens Lyngby, Vejle, Aarhus, Odense, Esbjerg, Ringsted and Aalborg

We work in international and multidisciplinary teams, and many of our projects are delivered across offices and borders.

Do you have more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Senior Global Talent Acquisition Specialist, Charlotte Lind, at CCRO@cowi.com.

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

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 support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. 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 Scandinavia, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

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.

We review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so the role may close as soon as we find the right match.

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.