Senior HR Business Partner (Interim Assignment) , Energy International, Lyngby

Do you want to be part of driving the green agenda in COWI? Do you have a passion for developing leaders and growing teams? Do you have a keen eye for making HR pragmatic and impactful? If yes, then join us in COWI!

The position is an interim assignment for 15 months starting from September 2021 to December 2022. As COWI is on a strong growth track, there may be opportunity for a permanent position, at the end of the period.

At COWI we combine global presence with local knowledge to provide clients with innovative and sustainable solutions to complex challenges within transportation, energy, environment, water, industry, buildings and planning. Together with our 7,200 dedicated professionals, COWI pushes the boundaries of engineering design around the globe.

COWI is a leading consultancy in the energy sector and the green transition. Therefore, we have high demand for employing and building team influencing the key transition of the Danish and international energy and transport systems.

We are looking for a structured, proactive and solution-oriented Senior HR Business Partner, who can partner closely with the Senior Vice President for Energy International, in driving the right organisational measures to support high growth, setting strong leadership team and ensuring diversity across our business.

JOIN OUR INTERNATIONAL HR TEAM
You will be part of the HR team in Business Line International where we play a key role in driving the business agenda from the people and organisation perspective. We are responsible for driving initiatives to support the current business priorities as well as for delivering people processes, to support a health organisation and culture.

Joining our International Business Line, you will partner to the Senior Vice President of BU Energy International. You will work from our Lyngby office and have the flexibility to work from home 1-2 days per week. You will be a key player in shaping and growing the business unit of more than 400 skilled energy and marine specialists across Scandinavia, Germany, and South East Asia. Our specialists are involved in driving the green transition and climate adaptation agenda, through projects such as offshore wind, Power to X, future energy systems, coastal development and protection projects.

Reporting to the Head of HR for COWI International, you will be part of an international team of 12 HR colleagues. We enjoy working together and believe an informal and fun tone, to be an important part of going to work. We collaborate on developing ideas and support each other through sparring and collaboration on key initiatives. You will also be working together with our skilled team in Group HR, who assist on Learning and Development, Recruitment, Labour Relations and Mobility.

APPLY YOUR SKILLS TO DRIVE CHANGE AND ACCELERATE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
You will be responsible for driving the strategic HR agenda for the BU, with special focus on leadership and organisational development, as well as:

• Be a trusted advisor for the SVP, and connect with senior leaders, and their teams to drive greater performance and employee engagement through a period of high growth
• Create the local HR strategy together with the SVP for Energy International and deliver structured support to reach the ambitions set
• Drive leadership and organisational development, to also embed strong culture and values
• Accelerate the Talent pipeline for Project Managers, Leaders and Specialists
• Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in close collaboration with the business leaders
• Drive the HR cycle of engagement survey and people review
• Implement new policies and support roll-out of Group-based initiatives
• Maturing the compliance level within HR operational processes
• Liaise between leaders and Group functions on recruitment, mobility and other people issues.
• Certification in MBTI and Papi Profiles an advantage

YOUR SKILLS. OUR TEAM. TOGETHER WE DESIGN THE FUTURE

Your passion to bring change and develop a business function through a period of rapid growth and your ability to make things pragmatic will be key to succeed with the above. Your will need to communicate well and build trust with your stakeholders. Additionally, your ability to influence decision processes and navigate across different cultures, are equally important qualities.

As there are many competing agendas, we are looking for a structured person, who can organise and lead initiatives independently. An analytical mindset and ability to speak with numbers is an advantage, in an engineering company.

Other valuable experiences are:

• Hold a bachelor's degree in HR or a related discipline
• Minimum 6 years' experience within HR, predominantly as an HRBP
• Experience from an international environment and/or the energy sector
• Solid HR toolbox knowledge, especially Leadership and Organisational development
• Have successful track record of driving change including coaching leaders at all levels of an organisation
• Be comfortable using data, when advising the leaders on organisational decisions
• Be able to communicate fluently in English written and spoken, Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

If you would like further information on the position, please contact Head of HR for BL International Anne Daugaard, +45 40448954

HOW TO APPLY
Click on the link below and tell us why you are the right person for this role. We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible since the recruitment process is ongoing over the summer.

EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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ABOUT COWI
COWI is a leader within our field, because our employees are leaders within theirs. We invite you to learn from the best and expand your potential in an outstanding environment, where we collaborate on shaping tomorrow's societies. Alongside your manager, you outline the path for your development and build your expertise on a day-to-day basis, working on global and local assignments. For more information, please visit www.COWI.com/about