Technical Lead - Overheadlines

COWI; Vejle; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

COWI in Denmark seeks a Technical Lead to drive design and delivery of overhead transmission line projects. You’ll combine electrical expertise with project leadership, coordinating with clients and stakeholders across sites in Denmark and Energinet offices.

Key requirements include a structural or electrical engineering background, proven HV installation experience, and strong Danish and English communication. Travel and hands-on on-site leadership are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Structural or electrical engineering background with design knowledge.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects in heavy infrastructure.
• Experience establishing high-voltage installations and coordinating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Carry out detailed design for overhead transmission lines, including tower locations and conductor sizing.
• Participate in external meetings with plot owners, municipalities and authorities.
• Specify components with Energinet or procurement teams and evaluate tenders.
• Manage landowner contacts and contribute to substation integration for line connectivity.
• Drive project delivery, lead on-site meetings and document quality assurance and handover.

Skills

Electrical engineering background

Project leadership

HV installations experience

Education

Engineering degree in electrical or structural engineering

Job description

Do you want to help deliver overhead transmission line projects? Can you combine electrical expertise with technical project leadership? And do you have experience establishing high-voltage installations? Then join us as our new Technical Lead!

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

As our project portfolio grows, so does the need for Technical Leads. We are looking for a consultant to take on technical project management tasks in the construction of overhead transmission lines. You will become part of a large community of Electrical Specialists in COWI, in the discipline Power Transmission and Distribution. In this role, travel to sites in Denmark or to Energinet’s offices in connection with the projects will be required.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Carry out detailed design, including tower locations, tower types, insulator fittings, conductor sizing, etc. by use of standard software applications.
• Participating in external meetings with external stakeholders such as plot owners, municipalities, road authorities, etc.
• Specify and procure components and materials through Energinet’s existing framework agreements or in collaboration with the procurement team, and specify requirements for contractor service tenders, including tender evaluation, negotiations together with the procurement team.
• Manage contact with landowners and contribute to substation projects to ensure the overhead lines can connect to the substation bays.
• Drive project delivery, facilitate on-site construction meetings, and handle site testing, quality assurance documentation and handover.

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 are proactive in your approach to tasks, collaborative and solution-oriented, and able to manage several tasks at the same time.

On top of that, you will have:

• A structural or electrical engineering or technical background, for example as an engineer, electrical installer (installatør) or maskinmester.
• Experience establishing high-voltage installations.
• Experience driving projects within your area of expertise.
• 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 [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.