Associate Technical Director
Gurgaon (Hybrid)
Permanent
Are you enthusiastic about joining an organisation that supports green transition ? Are you passionate about sustainability management with expertise in sustainability, resource efficiency and life cycle assessment? Then this position is for you! Join our BIM – Tunnels and Underground Structures team in Gurgaon
We are part of the Tunnels and Underground Structures department, consisting of more than 150 enthusiastic colleagues working from India, Denmark, Germany, Norway, South Korea and Taiwan, while collaborating closely with colleagues in the United Kingdom and North America. We have a proven history of making wind energy solutions possible even under the most complex conditions – deep waters, challenging soil conditions, and regions with high seismic activity and typhoons/hurricanes. For offshore wind, we design both floating and bottom-fixed structures. We are part of COWI's International business line, we embrace cultural diversity and highly value our social and friendly environment. Since 1980, we have been involved in more than 1,000 wind power projects in 70 countries. We are currently looking for an Associate Technical Director to lead Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Sustainability within infrastructures to join our team of experts which includes planners, engineers, and designers. With expertise within sustainability, resource efficiency and life cycle assessment, you will work through innovative solutions with a set of highly professional colleagues in multi-disciplinary teams to transform challenges into opportunities and create good solutions for our customers which are typically public asset owners and large international contractors. Our largest customers are primarily in Scandinavia, North America, United Kingdom and Singapore. Additionally, as an Associate Director in LCA and Sustainability, you will move in a unique interdisciplinary role between market-leading advisors within planning, engineering, and design of large infrastructure on the international market, such as bridges, tunnels & underground and marine infrastructures within the transportation, energy and water sectors. Your base office will be Gurgaon, Haryana, India and report to the Vice President, Tunnels and Underground Structures :
Your key responsibilities will be: - Lead and coordinate LCA and Sustainability objectives on our large and complex international projects
- Lead and contribute to trainings and seminars and development of work procedures and digital tools within LCA.
- Lead, train and develop talent to support the sustainability and LCA functions on the projects.
- Lead Sustainability management during various phases of the project - from pre-bid to lessons-learned.
- Work, guide, or support on preparation of EPD's for construction materials and processes.
- Coordinate and collaborate by teamwork across disciplines and departments, nationally and internationally and with a wide range of clients.
- Build external and internal relationships that support business development and cross-collaboration
Your Skills, Our Team. Together we design the future
The first step to growth in this role is 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.
To succeed in this position, we believe that you are a specialist in LCA with 10+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
- Successful delivery of international projects through efficient team leadership in your speciality
- Experience in LCA and Sustainability Management
- Experience using LCA software, such as GaBi,SimaPro and One Click LCA
- Development of carbon footprint inventories based on relevant standards
- Sustainability certification schemes DGNB, LEED, BREEAM Infrastructure (former CEEQUAL) or Envision
- Furthermore, you are:
- An accomplished leader in your field of specialisation
- A result-oriented individual with focus on quality, thoroughness, and business
- Analytical, detail-oriented and takes pride in getting projects done on time
- A collaborator with a desire to create something bigger together, one who enjoys an international working environment and developing talent
- An effective communicator in English, including that you can engage in a multicultural stakeholder’s business environment
- An educated scientist or engineer within environmental science (university degree of minimum 3 years)
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, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
Get to know us even better at our website, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Partner [Nimisha Gulati] at [email protected]
Get to know us even better at our website, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
Equal opportunity employer
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. 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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