Data Centre Design Lead - Cross-Discipline Delivery

COWI; Kristiansand; Hybrid; NOK 950,000 - 1,250,000; Full time

Job summary

COWI seeks a Design Manager to lead the design and technical delivery of data centre projects across Norway and beyond. You will coordinate electrical, mechanical, structural, and architectural interfaces, ensuring coherent, cost-effective solutions that meet client requirements.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams across multiple offices, driving design quality and stakeholder alignment while supporting business growth in the data centre sector.

Qualifications

• Direct experience from the design and delivery of data centre projects.
• Educational background in electrical, mechanical, civil or related engineering.
• Experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design teams.
• Experience across different design and delivery phases of large-scale engineering projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing experience.
• Good understanding of the commercial aspects of project delivery.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design management and technical delivery of data centre projects, ensuring quality and consistency across disciplines.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and manage technical interfaces between electrical, mechanical, structural, architectural and other disciplines.
• Work closely with customers to understand project requirements and support technical decision-making throughout the project.
• Manage the design process from early concept and feasibility through detailed design, tender and construction phases.
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies and design changes throughout project delivery.
• Support effective collaboration across project teams, COWI offices and external partners.
• Contribute to client engagement, proposal development and the continued development of COWI's data centre business.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Data centre design

Leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

COWI seeks a Design Manager to lead the design and technical delivery of data centre projects across Norway and beyond. You will coordinate electrical, mechanical, structural, and architectural interfaces, ensuring coherent, cost-effective solutions that meet client requirements.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams across multiple offices, driving design quality and stakeholder alignment while supporting business growth in the data centre sector.