Electrical Lead - Data Centres

COWI; Drammen; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

COWI is seeking an Electrical Lead to spearhead the electrical discipline on hyperscale and mission-critical data centre projects. You will shape robust electrical solutions, lead cross-border teams, and translate client requirements into scalable designs within an international project setting.

You will drive design strategy from concept through to commissioning, collaborating with Senior Project Managers, Directors, and Design Managers across Nordics and UK.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Experience from engineering consultancy or complex infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated background working with data centers or other mission-critical facilities.
• Solid understanding of data centre design, including electrical infrastructure, redundancy principles, and ELV systems.
• Professional proficiency in English for international environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for the electrical discipline on international data centre projects, accountable for design strategy, quality, compliance, and coordination.
• Design and advise on mission-critical electrical systems, including power distribution, redundancy strategies, and high-availability solutions.
• Serve as key electrical authority within project teams, supporting project leadership and ensuring clear cross-disciplinary interfaces.
• Engage with international clients to translate requirements into robust design solutions across project stages (e.g. RIBA).
• Support projects across full lifecycle from concept through design, construction, and commissioning.

Skills

Electrical engineering

International project delivery

Data centre experience

English proficiency

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Power system design

Job description

Are you experienced with hyperscale data centres and complex international projects? As Electrical Lead in COWI, you will play a key role in delivering hyperscale and mission‑critical data centre projects, shaping robust, future‑ready electrical solutions within large, multidisciplinary teams working across borders. Grow COWI’s international data centre business Data centres are a strategic growth area at COWI. As we scale our presence in this market, we are enhancing our multidisciplinary capabilities and working closely with clients to develop reliable, efficient and sustainable data centre solutions. In this role, you will engage closely with clients, colleagues and partners to develop and deliver data centre projects from early concept through design and implementation. As Electrical Lead, you play a critical role in the delivery of complex, international data centre projects, contributing deep electrical expertise within large, multidisciplinary and cross‑geographical project organisations. You work closely with Senior Project Managers, Project Directors and Design Managers to translate international client requirements into robust, scalable and future‑ready electrical solutions. You will operate in an English‑speaking, international project environment, collaborating with colleagues across the Nordics and the UK. Within COWI’s rapidly growing and strategically focused data centre business, you will have the opportunity to deepen your technical leadership, work on some of the region’s largest hyperscale and mission‑critical projects, and help shape how we deliver future‑ready data centre solutions. Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Act as technical lead for the electrical discipline on international data centre projects, accountable for design strategy, quality, compliance, and coordination
• Design and advise on mission‑critical electrical systems, including power distribution, redundancy strategies, and high‑availability solutions
• Serve as key electrical authority within project teams, supporting project leadership and ensuring clear cross‑disciplinary interfaces
• Engage with international clients and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust design solutions aligned with project delivery stages (e.g. RIBA)
• Support projects across the full lifecycle, from early concept and feasibility through design, construction, and commissioning
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary, international teams and contribute to consistent, high‑quality delivery across projects and partners

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future. To succeed in this role, you are motivated by collaboration in complex, international environments. You communicate clearly, respect different cultures and ways of working, and own your tasks in demanding delivery contexts. You combine solid technical expertise with a solution‑oriented and pragmatic mindset. In addition, you bring:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar
• Experience from engineering consultancy, technical advisory, or complex infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated background working with data centers or other mission‑critical facilities
• Solid understanding of data centre design, including electrical infrastructure, redundancy principles, and ELV systems
• Familiarity with relevant standards and structured delivery frameworks (e.g. EN 50600, TIA 942, RIBA or equivalent)
• Ability to contribute at senior level or lead technical teams in international environments, with professional proficiency in English

Work location. The role can be based in any of our offices across Scandinavia. This includes offices in:

• Norway – Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Oslo and Fredrikstad
• Sweden – Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö
• Denmark – Copenhagen, Kongens Lyngby, Vejle, Esbjerg, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg

We work in international and multidisciplinary teams, and many of our projects are delivered across offices and borders.

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 Scandinavia, 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. 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.