Mechanical Lead - Data Centres

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 Mechanical Lead 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.

Data centres are a strategic growth area  we scale our presence in this market, we are enhancing our multidisciplinary capabilities and working closely with clients to develop reliable, efficient and sustainable data centre solutions. In this role, you will engage closely with clients, colleagues and partners to develop and deliver data centre projects from early concept through design and implementation.

As Mechanical Lead, you will bring your expertise in mechanical systems 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 opportunities to deepen your expertise, grow alongside the organisation, and play an active role in shaping our approach to data centre projects and customer collaboration.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Contribute to the design and delivery of data centre projects, ensuring high technical quality within your discipline.
• Engage in dialogue with customers to understand their needs and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Lead and contribute to data centre projects, ensuring coordination across multidisciplinary teams.
• Support project development from early concept stages through design, tender and construction.
• Collaborate with colleagues across engineering, architecture, sustainability and environmental advisory.

Examples of discipline-specific responsibilities may include:

• Lead mechanical design and advisory for data centre facilities.
• Act as mechanical lead within projects, ensuring technical quality and coordination.
• Contribute to detailed technical dialogue with clients and project stakeholders.
• Support project development from concept to detailed design.
• Contribute to innovative and sustainable data centre solutions.

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 relevant educational background in engineering.
• Experience working with design of data centres, engineering consultancy, technical advisory or complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience from data centre projects or other large-scale mission critical projects.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Additional role-specific qualifications may include:

• Experience with mechanical systems for data centres.
• Experience working with large-scale infrastructure or industrial facilities.
• Experience leading technical teams or complex engineering projects.

The role can be based in any of our offices across Scandinavia.

This includes offices in:

Norway – Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Oslo and Fredrikstad

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.

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…