Head of Discipline_BIM

Do you have strong experience in promoting collaboration and leading initiatives that drive value creation and innovation, fostering both team and organizational growth? Can you envision yourself guiding specialists while prioritizing customer needs and the well-being of your colleagues, all while successfully delivering projects? And are you an enthusiastic leader who can build a team? Then this position is for you.

Join our Tunnels and Underground Structures team in Gurgaon

We belong to the COWI's Infrastructure sector, specialising in the Tunnels and Underground Infrastructure. As an integrated multi-disciplinary team of 450 enthusiastic colleagues from India, Denmark, UK and North America, we have a track record of delivering robust, sustainable, and future-ready infrastructure for both public and private sector clients including mass transit tunnels, utility networks, and fixed-link structures. We embrace cultural diversity and highly value our social and friendly environment.

COWI's Tunnels and Underground Structures team in India is rapidly growing and to support the growth we are looking for a BIM – Head of Discipline

As part of your daily responsibilities, you will:

• Act as a role model in the team in terms of values, culture and behaviour and set standards within the same
• Engage with key stakeholders within COWI's Infrastructure Sector, Executing Units internationally to grow the pipeline of work for the team. The stakeholders include Line Managers, Discipline Leads, Project Managers, Delivery Managers and Specialists.
• Develop and spar with individual staff members on their professional and personal development leading to enhanced efficiencies
• Provide technical direction, quality reviews and guidance to the project teams
• Handle project resource allocations, ensuring that the staff with relevant skills and proficiency are assigned
• Handle all organisational and staff related matters for the team, including recruitment and performance management
• In close collaboration with key stakeholders, develop the strategy for the competence development and growth of the team, tying into COWI's overall strategic ambitions
• Act as Team leader or Technical leader on complex projects
• Advise project managers on topics related to the planning of BIM-related processes, production environment and deliveries on the project
• Participate proactively in the professional forum for digitization in COWI and contribute with development initiatives and professional sparring to the other employees within BIM
• Driving digitalization and automation in the projects, ensuring compliance and best practices.

Your Skills, Our Team. Together we design the future

The first step to growth in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Work across borders and disciplines, share knowledge and build positive relationships. Additionally, you showcase the ability to solve complex tasks, a positive mindset, great interpersonal skills and commitment towards both your team and the organization.

Moreover, you will :

• Hold a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. Master's degree is preferable

• Have demonstrated experience of at least 10 years in BIM on complex projects, and overall, more than 15 years of industry experience, providing quality reviews in the area of speciality, leading and delivering Tenders, feasibility/ concept studies, and detailed design in metro, rail and underground projects. Overall industry experience can be relaxed in case of deserving candidates

• Strive to develop the BIM section as the Centre of Excellence for Infrastructure Sector

• Have experience as BIM Manager or Head of Section, and familiar with digital tools, workflows and has the flair to learn new methods
• Support implementation / management of BIM during design, construction, and handover (level of involvement varies on a project basis)
• Have in-depth understanding of quality management systems
• Have knowledge of BS/PAS1192/ ISO19650 and BIM tools like Revit, Civil 3D, MicroStation, Aecosim, OpenBuilding Designer, Navisworks, BIM 360 etc
• Have demonstrated experience of working in multi-cultural and multi-national team environment. Working experience within North America, Scandinavian or UK markets would be advantageous
• Demonstrate impeccable English communication skills – verbal and written
• Be self-driven and intrinsically motivated to make a positive difference for the team, COWI and self

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, Poland and India, we are currently 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and the environment into play.

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Equal opportunity employer

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. 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.

Application deadline

23 October 2025

Recruitment type

Full-Time, Permanent

Country

India

Location

Gurgaon

Req. ID

60011