Resource Manager

Are you experienced within the consultancy industry and passionate about workforce planning? At COWI, we are looking for a talented Resource Manager to help drive excellence in our engineering disciplines within Roads, Airports, Traffic Planning & Mobility.

Be a key player in COWI’s Transportation division
You will be part of a dynamic and international team, working closely with our engineering experts and leadership. Your primary role will be to ensure the best possible match between our skilled professionals and the diverse projects that define our industry. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on collaboration, has a strategic mindset, and wants to help shape the future of resource management in engineering.

You will also collaborate with our Resource Manager for Rail Engineering and Digitalization, ensuring a seamless and holistic staffing approach across our business areas.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide ongoing support to our Head of Engineering, coordinating staffing requests from bids and projects in collaboration with Head of Disciplines and the market organization
• Report weekly on short-to-mid-term capacity levels in disciplines, as well as potential specific gaps in capabilities, with responsibility for keeping accurate and up-to-date data on resource supply and demand
• Facilitate coordination with other Resource Managers and the Indian, Polish and Lithuanian colleagues to optimize resource utilization and have good understanding of the work in relation to cross-disciplinary projects; this across Disciplines and Engineering areas in Transportation and other Executing Units in close collaboration with the Head of Disciplines
• Support Head of Engineering in the overall workforce planning processes
• Engage in close collaboration with Project Managers, including multidisciplinary teams and business development
  
  

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to effective collaboration in this role is that you are willing to work with the people around you across the COWI organization. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your way but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A background in staffing and workforce planning from the consultancy industry, preferably combined with an understanding of how a project-based company operates
• The ability to manage and maintain an overview of multiple ongoing activities and projects in a structured manner
• Strategically identifying and addressing challenges along with effective capability to maintain constructive and continuous dialogue with key stakeholders, including Project Managers, Heads of Disciplines, and Market Directors
• To succeed in this role, it's important that you thrive in an outward-facing position with a broad stakeholder landscape and are comfortable engaging proactively across all levels
• A proficient verbal and written communication skills in English and Danish, with a focus on clarity and conciseness
• Keen attention to detail and commitment to ensuring high data quality in staffing and planning processes. 
  
  

Moreover, you will embark on a learning journey and contribute to shaping the resource manager role as it evolves within COWI. The Resource Manager role is still new in COWI and we do not have all the answers yet, hence you will join us on a learning journey - and you as Resource Managers will help shape the solution as we go.

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 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.

Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Global Talent Acquisition Specialist, Charlotte Rod, at [email protected].

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

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.

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