Electrical Lead - Data Centres

COWI; Hamar; Hybrid; NOK 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

COWI is seeking an Electrical Lead for data centre projects across the Nordics and beyond. The role demands leadership of electrical design teams, client interfaces, and the development of robust power systems architecture for critical facilities.

You will work in an international, English-speaking environment, coordinating across offices and disciplines to deliver complex data centre solutions while shaping COWI’s electrical design approaches and delivery methods.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience leading electrical design on large-scale data centre projects.
• Strong English communication and ability to work in international teams.
• Familiarity with data centre standards such as EN 50600, TIA-942 is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical electrical lead toward clients and external stakeholders.
• Lead electrical design teams and take overall responsibility for delivery.
• Plan and manage the electrical design process across project stages and interfaces.
• Develop data centre electrical power systems architecture including critical power, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, redundancy, ICC, BMS and ELV interfaces.

Skills

Electrical engineering leadership

Data centre experience

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Electrical Lead – Data Centres Bergen, Bodø, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Hamar, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim Permanent Hybrid

Do you have the technical expertise and leadership experience to lead electrical design delivery on large-scale data centre projects?

As Electrical Lead at COWI, you will take a central technical role in some of our largest and most complex data centre projects. You will lead electrical design teams, act as a key technical interface with clients and partners, and have the opportunity to shape how COWI develops and delivers electrical design for data centres across the Nordics and internationally.

Grow COWI’s international data centre business

Data centres are a strategic growth area at COWI, and we are continuing to strengthen our capabilities and position in this market. As Electrical Lead, you will combine technical leadership on major projects with significant influence on how we approach electrical design and develop consistent ways of working across our data centre business.

You will work closely with clients, Senior Project Managers, Project Directors, Design Managers and multidisciplinary engineering teams across different project stages. You will work in an English-speaking environment alongside colleagues across the Nordics and the UK.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Act as the technical electrical lead towards clients, partners and other external stakeholders, translating project requirements into appropriate technical solutions
• Lead electrical design teams on large-scale data centre projects, with overall responsibility for the electrical design delivery.
• Plan and manage the electrical design process, coordinating resources, activities, interfaces and deliverables across project stages and delivery teams.
• Lead the technical development of data centre electrical power systems and technical architecture, covering critical power, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, redundancy and resilience, as well as ICC, BMS and ELV systems and their interfaces with other technical disciplines.
• Ensure technical quality and consistency of the electrical design, providing senior technical direction and supporting key design decisions and complex interfaces.
• Contribute to the continued development of COWI’s data centre capabilities, helping shape our technical approaches and ways of working across projects and international delivery teams.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

To succeed in this role, you combine strong electrical engineering competence with the ability to lead people and complex technical deliveries. You are comfortable taking technical responsibility in demanding project environments and representing the electrical discipline towards clients and project partners.

You have the technical breadth and engineering judgement to lead the overall electrical design delivery and guide specialists across the wider electrical scope. You communicate clearly, work effectively across disciplines and bring a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to complex engineering challenges.

To be considered for this role, you should have:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Direct experience from large-scale data centre projects.
• Proven experience leading or taking significant technical responsibility for electrical design and engineering in complex projects.
• Strong understanding of data centre electrical design and sufficient technical breadth to lead the wider electrical scope and its key technical interfaces.
• Experience leading engineers or technical teams, combined with the confidence and communication skills to represent the electrical discipline towards clients and senior project stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills in English and the ability to work effectively in international project teams.
• Familiarity with relevant data centre standards and structured delivery frameworks such as EN 50600, TIA-942, RIBA or equivalent is an advantage.

Data centre experience is a requirement for this position.

Some projects may be subject to specific security requirements, and the ability to obtain relevant security clearance may be required.

Work location

The role can be based in any of our offices across Norway. This includes offices in: Bergen, Bodø, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Hamar, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Tromsø and Trondheim. We work in international and multidisciplinary teams, and many of our projects are delivered across offices and borders.

Do you have more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Sophia Walfridsson Haugen at [e-mail]. Get to know our work with data centre projects even better here: Can you make tomorrow’s digital infrastructure feel at home?

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.