COWI operates a 6,900-person engineering and architecture practice across Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, anchored by a domain-specific tech stack built around CAD (AutoCAD, Revit, Tekla), simulation (PLAXIS, FLAC, COMSOL), and BIM workflows. Engineering dominates hiring (288 of 348 active roles), with heavy seniority concentration in senior and principal levels—typical of capital-projects delivery where deep expertise in tunnels, bridges, transit, and energy systems commands premium pricing. Active projects span immersed tube tunnels, airport infrastructure, and E39 motorway work, with pain points clustering around complex soil-structure interaction, sustainable building design, and digital delivery scaling.
Tech Stack 69 technologies
What COWI Is Building
◆Challenges
- Complex transit infrastructure projects
- Growing demand for complex and sustainable buildings
- Risk mitigation
- Increasing demand for sustainable energy solutions
- Strengthening capacity and competence
- Strengthening digital delivery capability
- Environmental demands
- Complex soil-structure interaction problems
- Designing energy efficient smart buildings
- Scaling products internationally
▲Active Projects
- Stormwater and cloudburst planning projects
- Tunnel projects
- Nye bodø lufthavn
- Hydraulic and hydrologic modelling
- Heavy civil transit projects
- Byggeplan og fou-prosjekt rv.706 hovedsykkelrute gildheim – lean
- Reguleringsplan for e6 moelv-roterud (inkl. ny mjøsbru) for nye veier
- Totalentreprise e39 mandal-blørstad (inkl. ffb-bru over mandalselva) sammen med hæhre for nye veier
- Immersed tube tunnel portion of the new fraser river tunnel project (frtp)
- Statnett stjørdal stasjon detaljplanlegging
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Associate Project Director, Project Director, Discipline Lead, Piping Lead Engineer, Head of Discipline
