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HEAD OF SECTION – GROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND MARINE GEOTECHNICS

Location:
Lyngby
Closing date:
09/05/2014
​Do you want to be part of the management team in a unique professional environment within Ground Engineering?
​Every day at COWI, you'll get a golden opportunity to use your world class knowledge to solve the most challenging problems and deliver 360° solutions to our customer. With us, your knowledge will make a difference.
Head of Section – Ground Investigations and Marine Geotechnics
For our office in Lyngby, Denmark we are currently looking for a senior geotechnical engineer to lead our Section for Ground Investigations and Marine Geotechnics.
The section currently employs 19 dedicated geotechnical engineers and geologists and is part of a unique professional and international environment with more than 120 employees working with ground engineering in COWI's offices worldwide.
You will be part of the management team in the Department for Marine and Foundation Engineering with approximately 90 staff that work with ground engineering, offshore wind, marine terminals, ports and coastal engineering all over the world. We are part of COWI's Major Business Line - Bridge, Tunnel and Marine.
Our team of geotechnical engineers and geologists work as an integrated part of the projects in all phases from feasibility studies, site investigations and conceptual design to detailed design and construction supervision.

Your knowledge

  • Strong background in ground engineering and particularly marine geotechnics
  • Experience with the geotechnical aspects of key markets areas of the department
  • Experience from leading teams of highly knowledgeable employees
  • Great communication skills in English (oral and written)


Your personality

  • You are able to maintain an overview in a complex environment
  • You are empathic and trustworthy 
  • You are able to work across disciplines and to manage cultural differences
  • You can act as sparring partner to young colleagues 
  • You are able to handle customer relations and participate in technical meetings


POWERING YOUR 360° SOLUTIONS

COWI is a leading consulting group that creates value for customers, people and society through our unique 360° approach. Based on our world-class competencies within engineering, economics and environmental science, we tackle challenges from many vantage points to create coherent solutions for our customer.
With offices all over the world, we combine global presence with local knowledge to take on projects anywhere in the world – no matter how large or small. At any given moment, we are involved in more than 17,000 projects.
We have more than 80 years experience in the business, and COWI is a leader within its field because our more than 6,200 employees are leaders within theirs. Together with our customers, we create coherence in tomorrow's sustainable societies.

SEND APPLICATION

​Please send your application by email before May 9, 2014 to:
Rikke Hitscher
rihi@cowi.dk