Engineering/ Design Manager Offshore Wind, Hamburg

Engineering/ Design Manager Offshore Wind

Hamburg | Permanent | Full-time, hybrid

Are you motivated by implementing solutions for renewable energy and contributing to the green transition? Do you want to work closely with leading global developers and support the development of future offshore wind projects? Are you ready to help shape large and complex projects as part of a highly motivated team, while ensuring operational and technical quality? Then this is your opportunity to turn passion into action!

Lead the Future of Offshore Wind Engineering

Join our team in Hamburg as an Engineering Manager, where you will play a key role in advancing sustainable energy solutions through innovative offshore wind projects. We are approximately 175 offshore wind experts in Europe working alongside our customers on some of the world's most innovative offshore wind projects, including Empire Wind (USA), St. Nazaire (France), Nordlicht (Germany), and Choshi/Akita (Japan).

As Engineering Manager - Offshore Wind, you will:

Lead Engineering and Project Delivery

• Oversee FEED and detailed design of offshore wind foundations.
• Manage risk, quality, cost, document control, and contracts.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams, including discipline leads and design teams.
• Develop cohesive, multi-location project teams with support from our Engineering Design Centre.
• Resolve technical queries and ensure project delivery aligns with COWI's global best practices.

Provide Technical Leadership

• Offer specialist advice to clients, stakeholders, and international colleagues.
• Ensure high technical standards and innovative solutions across all projects.
• Act as a key technical authority in offshore wind engineering.

Champion Business Development

• Contribute to bids, tenders, and client engagement with the Market Director and bid team.
• Develop valuable partnerships with clients to boost COWI's presence within the industry.
• Support recruitment and growth of our offshore wind teams in Germany.

Strengthen Technical Community

• Champion best practices and technical excellence across projects.
• Ensure consistent application of engineering standards and promote technical innovation.
• Collaborate with COWI's international community to deliver integrated, high-quality services in Germany.

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, Structural, Mechanical Engineering or a related field (BSc, MSc or PhD)
• Extensive experience in offshore wind project delivery - design, owner's engineer, or similar
• Demonstrated ability in managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams and complex projects
• Deep knowledge of offshore wind foundation types and sector-specific engineering challenges
• Proficient communication skills in both German and English, written and spoken

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% 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 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.

What We Also Offer:

Fair compensation goes beyond good pay-we value our employees professionally and personally.

• Career Growth- Internal mobility, expat opportunities, personal development plans.
• Learning & Development- Technical networks, training, mentoring, upskilling.
• Work-Life Balance- 30 days leave, overtime→flex time, hybrid work, company holidays.
• Perks- Vacation bonus (1%), tech provided, team events, sports facilities.
• Location Support- Deutschland-Ticket subsidy (Hamburg).

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Christina Ongkowasito at crog@cowi.com or +49 151 1842 7312.

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

We do our utmost to ensure that our recruitment process is as fair and unbiased as possible. You can help us by not including a photo in your CV when you apply.

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. We take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do this because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.