Design Manager - Datacenters

Do you want to design the future of sustainable data centres? Do you have the expertise to lead complex, international engineering projects? Then you may be the Design Manager we are looking for.

Data centres play a vital role in society, and the decisions made today will shape the digital and sustainable infrastructure of tomorrow. At COWI, we are intensifying our focus on data centres and strengthening our capabilities to support clients in delivering the next generation of digital infrastructure.

We are therefore looking for a Design Manager to join us on this journey, becoming an integral part of our growing organisation and helping evolve our data centre environment through your expertise in complex projects.

As Design Manager - Data Centres, you will bring your expertise in engineering and project delivery into multidisciplinary teams, helping translate customer needs into robust and future-ready solutions.

You will be part of a professional environment experiencing rapid growth and strong strategic focus within COWI, with the opportunity to deepen your technical leadership, work on some of the largest data centre projects in the region, and actively influence how COWI delivers international data centre projects.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the technical direction and delivery of complex data centre projects, ensuring high quality and consistency across disciplines.
• Engage strategically with customers to understand business drivers and translate them into scalable, resilient and efficient technical solutions.
• Act as technical lead and trusted advisor on major data centre programmes.
• Drive coordination across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring seamless integration of engineering, architecture and sustainability aspects.
• Support project development from early concept and feasibility through design, tender and construction phases.
• Contribute to business development, including client engagement, proposal development and market positioning.

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

You are driven by a fast-paced and high-energy environment and thrive when working on complex, large-scale projects where collaboration, technical excellence and clear communication are key to success.

On top of that, you will have:

• A relevant educational background in engineering (e.g. electrical, mechanical, civil or similar).
• Extensive experience working with engineering consultancy, technical advisory or complex infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience from data centre projects or other large-scale mission critical facilities.
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical teams and delivering complex engineering projects.
• Strong commercial understanding and ability to engage with senior stakeholders.
• 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, Fredrikstad, Haugesund, Bodø, Tromsø, Hamar, Drammen
• Sweden - Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö
• Denmark - Copenhagen, Kongens Lyngby, Vejle, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg

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

Before you apply

All you need to include in your application is your CV - no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you're interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture. We review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so the role may close as soon as we find the right match.

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.

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.