Offshore Wind Geotechnical Lead

COWI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' holiday and public holidays

Formalised development plans and promo

Private health care

Flexible and hybrid working

Pension via salary exchange

Life assurance

Maternity Leave benefits

Paternity Leave benefits

Cycle-to-work scheme

Electric vehicle lease

Corporate gym membership

Annual Rail card

Job summary

COWI is seeking an Offshore Wind Geotechnical Lead in the UK to drive geotechnical strategy for offshore wind foundations. You will lead analyses, interpretation and numerical modelling, collaborating across disciplines to deliver high‑quality designs.

This role requires strong leadership, advanced geotechnical expertise and a track record of delivering complex projects. You will work in a hybrid setup (office/home) with UK offices, and contribute to automation and digital engineering

Qualifications

• Recognised specialist in offshore wind geotechnical engineering.
• Experience as geotechnical design lead on offshore wind foundation projects.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering or related field.
• Experience with soil testing and interpretation of geotechnical data.
• Knowledge of computational geomechanics and FE analysis.
• Programming in Python, MATLAB, or C++ is advantageous.
• Experience delivering projects to time, cost, quality across lifecycle.
• Strong English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the 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 using PLAXIS.
• Act as discipline lead towards customers.
• Develop, maintain and improve engineering tools, scripts and automated workflows (Python, MATLAB or similar).
• 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.
• Lead technical development initiatives and knowledge sharing within Offshore Geotechnics team.

Skills

Geotechnical engineering

Project leadership

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering or related

Tools

PLAXIS

Python

MATLAB

C++

Data analysis

Job description

Offshore Wind Geotechnical Lead

London/Glasgow
Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to lead the strategy for sustainable infrastructure? Can you continue our growth? Are you experienced in offshore project delivery? Then, shape a sustainable and liveable world with us!

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

To support our UK Offshore Wind team, we are looking for Geotechnical Lead to join us. Working on multiple Offshore projects, you’ll join a dynamic team of specialists and project managers working across the renewable value chain, including market advisory and feasibility, design, and construction advisory. With a focus on innovation, we have a track record for delivering solutions even under the most demanding conditions – deep waters, on challenging soil, and in regions with high seismic activity.

On a day-to-day basis, you'll be responsible for:

• Lead the 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 tools such as 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 the application of 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.

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.

Furthermore, you'll:

• Be a recognised specialist in the field of offshore wind geotechnical engineering
• Have demonstrable experience as a geotechnical design lead on offshore wind foundation projects
• Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree or PhD in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Have experience with soil laboratory and field testing, interpretation of geotechnical data and knowledge on data science and regression of geotechnical data.
• Knowledge in computational geomechanics, FE analysis and constitutive modelling.
• Competencies within programming languages e.g., Python, Matlab, or C++ is an advantage.
• Have previous experience of delivering projects to time, cost quality standards across all stages of project lifecycle
• Have good communication skills in English (oral and written)

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 primarilylocatedin the Nordic region, the UK, Ireland, NorthAmericaand India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring theirexpertisein engineering, architecture,energyand environment into play.

What we also offer:

To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include:

• 28days' holidayplus all UKbank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you anda contribution from you foryour immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Maternity Leave: 1-20weeks full pay, 21-26 weeks half pay, 27-39Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)

Optional benefits include: Cycle-to-work scheme

• Electric vehicle lease
• Corporate gym membership
• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s)

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or we have to offer, please reach out to Katie Pattrick 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.

Equal opportunity employer

.COWIprovidesequal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin,ageor disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring,placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.