Head of Discipline, Railway

COWI; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working conditions

Kafeteria MyBenefit

Private medical care

Group insurance

Job summary

COWI, a global engineering company, seeks a Head of Discipline to lead the Railway, Roads and Airports team across Kraków, Wrocław and Gdańsk. You will provide functional leadership, set discipline direction and standards, and enable delivery through project teams.

You will develop collaboration with stakeholders, manage discipline employees, support resource management, recruitment, salary reviews, and foster inclusion. Travel may be required abroad, and fluency in English is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in civil engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in design for rails, roads or airports.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership to the discipline and set direction and standards.
• Lead the Rail/ Roads/ Airports team across Kraków, Wrocław and Gdańsk and enable project delivery.
• Manage discipline employees: timesheets, overtime, allocation, and development.
• Coach and support staff, promote collaboration, and feedback.
• Oversee recruitment, promotions and salary reviews with senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Head of Engineering, Project Managers and HR on organisational changes.

Skills

Leadership

Team development

Resource management

International experience

Travel flexibility

Fluent English

Education

Master's degree in civil engineering

Job description

Do you want to level up your career and start contributing to value creation and solutions as line manager? Can you see yourself leading specialists and putting customer needs and colleagues' well-being at their highest while delivering on projects? And are you an enthusiastic leader who can build a Rails, Roads and Airports team? Then, this could be the next adventure in your career.

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

As the Head of Discipline, you will be responsible for developing Railway, - team of experts located in Wrocław, Kraków and Gdańsk along with providing technical expertise on customer projects. You will provide functional leadership, set discipline direction and standards, and enable effective delivery through project teams.

A key component of your work will be to enable, promote, and grow collaboration across COWI by building relationships and trust with key stakeholders within the COWI network, as well as other Head of Disciplines.

Furthermore, on a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Contribute to projects using your subject expertise
• Engage in the development and implementation of the department's strategy, action, and growth plan.
• Perform day-to-day people management for the discipline's employees including weekly timesheet follow up, monthly overtime follow-up, checking hours allocation, operating local and global time registration systems etc.
• Give guidance and support to discipline's employees by promoting collaboration and providing continuous and objective feedback.
• Be responsible for employees’ technical and professional development, organizing IDD’s and quarterly follow up along with setting clear targets for competency & performance development and employee engagement for discipline's employees.
• Provide close support to the Head of Engineering in ongoing resource management, in collaboration with BL Heads of Projects, Project Managers and Resource Managers.
• Supporting enrolment of organisational changes on the discipline level.
• Collaborate with Head of Engineering, Managing Director and HR Business Partner on topics such as recruitment, promotions, salary review and terminations.
• Promote employee engagement and help build a culture of inclusion and diversity within the discipline group.

Your Skills. Our Team. Together We Design the Future

Like us, you believe that leadership success comes from setting a clear and meaningful direction for your team and supporting them in being responsible for their work. You always delegate responsibility and ensure an open and safe dialogue, and you coach your people to achieve their aspirations through constructive, fact-based feedback. Attracting and developing a diverse group of high-potential team members is at the top of your agenda, as is creating an inclusive, caring and trusting culture in your team.

On top of that, you have:

• Master's degree in civil engineering or related specialization with at least 10 or more years of relevant experience in the design related to min. one of the disciplines: rails, roads or airports
• Demonstrated experience in short and long term resource management.
• Experience in inspiring people and teams to perform at a high level.
• Exposure to international project delivery environments will be an advantage.
• Flexibility to travel on short business trips abroad for up to 2 weeks and a few times per year.
• Fluency in the English language both written and verbal.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable 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 the Nordic region, the UK, North America, Poland and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their skills in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we offer?

• Making a tangible contribution to creating a sustainable and livable future worldwide
• Access to the range of professional software tools
• Cooperation with qualified specialists in an international and multicultural environment
• Opportunity for professionaland personal development
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Attractive employment conditions and employee benefits: Kafeteria MyBenefit, private medical care, group insurance

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Agnieszka Talalas, Head of Engineering, [e-mail] or Vinay Jakhmola, Talent Acquisition Lead, [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

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. 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.