Geotechnical Design Lead — Offshore Wind (Hybrid)

COWI; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Hybrid working

Private health care

Cycle-to-work

EV lease

Gym membership

Rail card

Job summary

COWI in the UK is seeking a Geotechnical Design Lead for Offshore Wind to coordinate geotechnical design across foundation projects. You will lead analyses, supervise specialists, and collaborate with cross‑disciplinary teams to deliver safe, efficient offshore solutions.

The role requires a degree in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering, hands‑on experience as a design lead, and strong data interpretation, PLAXIS FE analysis, and programming skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering.
• Experience as a geotechnical design lead on offshore wind foundations.
• Strong knowledge of soil testing and geotechnical data interpretation.
• Experience with PLAXIS and FE analysis.
• Programming skills in Python, MATLAB, or C++ advantageous.
• Excellent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead geotechnical discipline on foundation design projects.
• Lead geotechnical design analyses and engineering support for offshore wind projects.
• Participate in geotechnical interpretation, assessment and design activities.
• Lead and perform advanced numerical modelling and analyses using PLAXIS.
• Act as discipline lead towards our customers.
• Develop, maintain and improve engineering tools, scripts and automated workflows using Python, MATLAB or similar technologies.
• Contribute to automation, AI and digital engineering within geotechnical processes.
• Support efficient management, analysis and visualisation of geotechnical data.
• Collaborate with geotechnical, structural and digital specialists across projects and disciplines.
• Lead technical development initiatives and knowledge sharing within the Offshore Geotechnics team.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Offshore wind

Numerical modelling

PLAXIS

Python

MATLAB

C++

FE analysis

Data interpretation

Communication in English

Project leadership

Education

Geotechnical/Civil Eng degree

Tools

PLAXIS

Python

MATLAB

C++

Job description

COWI in the UK is seeking a Geotechnical Design Lead for Offshore Wind to coordinate geotechnical design across foundation projects. You will lead analyses, supervise specialists, and collaborate with cross‑disciplinary teams to deliver safe, efficient offshore solutions.

The role requires a degree in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering, hands‑on experience as a design lead, and strong data interpretation, PLAXIS FE analysis, and programming skills.