Leading Geotechnical Engineer

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

• Category: Geotechnical Engineering

Description

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Do you envision developing solutions for renewable energy and contributing to the green transition? Do you want to work closely with leading global developers and support the development of future offshore wind projects? Are you ready to help shape large and complex projects as part of a highly motivated team, while ensuring operational and technical quality? Then this is your chance to transform your goals into reality!

Turn challenges into sustainable solutions
The energy transition is rapidly gaining momentum. To deal with tomorrow’s energy challenges, we are looking for a Leading / Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our Offshore Wind Energy Team. We are approx. 175 motivated colleagues in Europe working alongside clients on some of the world's most innovative offshore wind projects, such as Empire Wind (North America), St. Nazaire (France), NorLight (Germany), Chokshi, Akita North and Yuri Honjo, Katagiri (Japan).

Your key responsibilities:

• Offering geotechnical knowledge and guidance as a specialist or discipline leader for domestic and international offshore wind initiatives.
• Planning for foundation structures and conducting geotechnical site assessments feeding into foundation design.
• Supporting the development of an innovative geotechnical discipline environment.
• Collaborating with our experts to contribute to internal knowledge development and competence building.
• Ensuring state-of-the-art design practices and technical compliance with standards.
• Coordinating with clients and certification bodies during certification and/or permitting processes.
• Participating in and contributing to internal training, sharing your knowledge with junior colleagues.

Your skills. Our team. Together, we create 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:

• M.Sc.in Geotechnical Engineering (PhD/post-doc a plus).
• 10+ years in offshore wind monopile design (discipline lead experience preferred).
• Well-versed in lab/field testing, data science, and geotechnical regression.
• Proficient in finite element analysis, computational geomechanics, and constitutive modelling.
• Programming(Python/Matlab/C++) and fluency in English & German.
• Structured, decisive, and collaborative across international teams.

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% 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 the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What We Also Offer:
Fair compensation goes beyond fair pay—we value our employees professionally and personally.

Our benefits include:

• Career Growth– Internal mobility, expat opportunities, personal development plans.
• Learning & Development– Technical networks, training, mentoring, upskilling.
• Work-Life Balance– 30 days leave, overtime→flex time, hybrid work, company holidays.
• Perks– Vacation bonus (1%), tech provided, team events, sports facilities.
• Location Support– Deutschland-Ticket subsidy (Hamburg).

Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Christina Ongkowasito at crog@cowi.com or +49 151 1842 7312.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we aim to accomplish and what life is like at COWI.

We do our utmost to ensure that our recruitment process is as fair and unbiased as possible. You can help us by not including a photo in your CV when you apply.

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. We take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do this because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do. 

Company

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COWI

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.