Leading / Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Offshore Wind
Hamburg
Permanent, full-time
Hybrid
Are you passionate about the green transition and making renewable energy solutions happen? Do you want to work closely with leading global developers and support the development of future offshore wind projects? Are you equipped to lead great projects and great people, ensuring operational and technical quality? Then, here is your chance to convert aspirations into actions!
Turn challenges into sustainable solutions
The green transition is rapidly accelerating. To solve the energy challenges of tomorrow, we are looking for a Leading / Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our Offshore Wind Energy Team. We are approx. 175 enthusiastic colleagues in our European team and working alongside our customers on some of the world's most innovative projects in offshore wind. We are thrilled to have contributed to projects like Empire Wind (North America), St. Nazaire (France), Nordlicht (Germany), Choshi, Akita North and Yurihonjo, Katagami (Japan).
Your key activities will be:

• Providing technical expertise and leadership to the project team as discipline lead for projects worldwide, for floating and bottom-fixed structures, as well as geotechnical site assessment feeding into foundation design.
• Contributing alongside experts to the internal competence development.
• Facilitating an innovative geotechnical disciplinary environment.
• Ensuring application of state of art design.
• Coordinating with the certification authority to ensure technical compliance with standards
• Access to further learning, including technical and business development courses.
• Participate and contribute to internal training aimed at improving your skills and of younger colleagues in the offshore wind industry.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you will have:

• A M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering or similar. In addition, a Ph D or post-doc experience is an advantage.
• Experience within geotechnical design and installation of offshore structures is an advantage.
• Experience with soil laboratory and field testing, interpretation of geotechnical data and basic knowledge on data science and regression of geotechnical data.
• Knowledge in computational geomechanics, FE analysis and constitutive modelling.
• Competencies within programming languages e.g., Python, Matlab, or C++ is an advantage.
• Fluent in English and German.

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. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.
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, Germany, the UK, North America and India, we are currently close to 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.
Some of our benefits include:

• Good technical networks and knowledge-sharing communities (areas of expertise).
• Expat opportunities to work at another COWI office
• An internal mobility programme committed to supporting you in exploring new opportunities in COWI.
• 30 days’ vacation per year (25 Standard days + 5 days extra vacation)
• Company paid leave on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
• Yearly Holiday bonus (1% of yearly gross salary)
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Banking of overtime hours which can be used as vacation/flex-time
• Company Smartphone, laptop and ancillary equipment
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Frequent social events
• Company provided Deutschland-Ticket (when located in Hamburg)

Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Head of Discipline in Hamburg, Luis Berenguer Todo Bom at +49 1719422490.


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.
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