Associate Technical Director - Power Systems

COWI A/S; Kongens Lyngby; On-site; DKK 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

COWI A/S in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark is seeking an Associate Technical Director for Power Systems Analysis. In this role, you will manage complex projects aimed at supporting renewable energy and digital infrastructure. You will provide leadership across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring high-quality engineering solutions.

The successful candidate will hold a degree in Electrical Engineering and have proven experience in power systems studies. This position offers opportunities for personal growth in a collaborative environment committed to sustainability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering power system studies including load flow and short circuit.
• Experience with electrical infrastructure projects for data centres and renewable energy.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of power systems analysis projects.
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams.
• Perform and oversee power system studies.
• Build relationships with clients as a trusted advisor.
• Mentor and develop engineers.
• Support business development efforts.

Skills

Technical leadership

Power system studies

Client management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PowerFactory

PSCAD

PSS®E

Job description

Can you oversee complex power system Analysis projects that support the energy transition and the digital future? Do you want to work alongside some of the industry's highly experienced experts on renewable energy, power infrastructure, and mission-critical facilities? Then this could be the next step in your career.

Create Solutions that Enable a Sustainable Future

At COWI, we partner with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative projects, supporting the energy transition while enabling the digital infrastructure that powers modern society.

As our new Associate Technical Director – Power Systems Analysis, you will provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of projects, including renewable energy, transmission and distribution networks, grid infrastructure, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and data centre developments. You will join a highly skilled team, with the majority of our Power Systems specialists based in Lyngby, Denmark, collaborating closely across regions to deliver high-quality solutions. You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality engineering solutions, building client relationships, mentoring technical specialists, and driving business growth across both the energy and digital infrastructure sectors.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Manage the delivery of complex power systems analysis projects across renewable energy, grid infrastructure, BESS, and data centres.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to multidisciplinary project teams.
• Perform and oversee power system studies, ensuring high-quality and reliable technical solutions.
• Build and maintain good relationships with clients, acting as a trusted technical advisor.
• Mentor and develop engineers, supporting technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with colleagues across global teams to deliver innovative engineering solutions.
• Support business development by identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, and contributing to strategic growth.

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-performing 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, you will have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related field.
• Proven experience delivering power system studies, including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, stability, harmonics, and grid connection assessments.
• Proficiency in power system analysis software such as PowerFactory, PSCAD, and PSS®E.
• Experience working on electrical infrastructure projects for data centres, renewable energy, or utility sectors.
• Strong leadership, client management, and communication skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

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.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to HoD, Electrical Systems, Carsten Sass Husum at [e-mail].

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. 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.

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.