Technical Lead, Cables

COWI; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,250,000; Full time

Job summary

COWI invites you to join as Technical Lead on Energinet projects, leveraging your electrical HV background to lead from detailed design through procurement, construction and handover.

Your role covers concept design, cable routes, HV studies, procurement, tender evaluation, and on-site delivery, with stakeholder coordination. Travel to Erritsø or Ballerup and some remote work is possible.

Fluent Danish and English, and ability to collaborate across disciplines are essential.

Qualifications

• Electrical background withHV installations experience.
• Experience driving projects forward.
• Clear written and spoken Danish and English.

Responsibilities

• Compose concept design, cost estimates, project program timelines.
• Develop detailed cable routes and HDD solutions with environmental considerations.
• Perform cable ampacity design and electrical studies.
• Develop technical requirements for procurement and evaluate tenders.
• Participate in external meetings and manage stakeholder contacts.
• Contribute to substation projects and route cables to bays.
• Drive technical project delivery and lead on-site construction meetings.
• Coordinate factory and site testing, QA documentation and handover.

Skills

Electrical background

HV installations experience

Project leadership

Bilingual communication (Danish & EN)

Education

Electrical engineering background

Job description

Do you want to help deliver high-voltage cable projects? Can you take the technical lead from detailed design through procurement, construction and handover? And do you bring an electrical background and experience with high-voltage installations? Then join COWI and put your expertise to work on Energinet’s projects.

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

As our project portfolio grows, so does the need for Technical Leads to support the delivery of high-voltage cable installations. We are looking for a Technical Lead to join COWI and work as a Consultant on Energinet’s projects.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Compose of concept design, cost estimates, project program timelines etc.
• Develop detailed designs for cable routes, horizontal directional drilling solutions between two or more substations in collaboration with other disciplines in respect to environmental- landowner issues in the project organisation.
• Perform cable ampacity design and electrical studies with standard software applications
• Develop technical requirements for procurement of supply/installation contracts followed up by tender evaluation and contract negotiations
• Participate in external meetings and manage contact with various stakeholders.
• Contribute to substation projects to ensure that cable installations can be routed to the relevant bays.
• Drive technical project delivery and facilitate construction meetings on site.
• Coordinate factory & site testing, quality assurance documentation and handover.

Your primary workplace for the assignment will be at one of Energinet’s offices in Erritsø or Ballerup. When the tasks allow, you will be able to carry out parts of the work remotely or from other locations. Travel in connection with the projects will also be part of the role.

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.

You take a proactive, collaborative and solution-oriented approach to your work and are comfortable managing several tasks at the same time.

On top of that, you will have:

• An electrical background, for example as an electrical engineer, Installatør or maskinmester.
• Experience with the establishment of high-voltage installations.
• Relevant experience in driving projects forward.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills in Danish and English.

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 the Nordic region, 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 Head of Discipline Pia Alrøe 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.

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.