Bridge and winter duty for the Danish Road Directorate's Operations Center

Would you like to be part of a strong sense of teamwork, where we help each other and ensure that road users and sailing traffic can move easily and safely, both when the sun shines and the snowstorm rages? Then you might be our new colleague.

At the Danish Road Directorate we work every day to create safe mobility for the many road users who use the Danish state roads. The Operations Center is the Road Directorate's operations center for Winter Service and the remotely operated drawbridges. We monitor the roads and dispatch for de-icing and snow removal in the winter season. In addition, we ensure year-round that the state-owned drawbridges open safely for the sailing traffic.

Your tasks

As a bridge and winter duty you will be based in the Operations Center, where the work is carried out in close collaboration with your colleagues and among other things includes, among other things, to:

• monitor the sailing traffic on the water and the road and pedestrian traffic on the bridges
• operate the drawbridges in accordance with applicable regulations and agreements
• monitor weather conditions on the state roads in winter
• decide to initiate anti-ice and snow removal, and make dispatches and manage the ongoing response

Your profile

We are looking for a colleague who

• thrives in a job with rotating working hours
• can keep a cool head in pressured situations, maintain an overview and navigate independently
• can communicate clearly and accurately in Danish in both written and spoken form, and make themselves understood in English
• can ensure smooth collaboration with both internal and external partners
• has strong IT skills
• has administrative abilities and can document tasks accurately

It is an advantage if you have good technical understanding of mechanics, electricity and hydraulics or an interest in it. Regardless of background, we ensure to warmly welcome you to the position and give you a thorough introduction to the tasks, where you are fully supported by skilled and dedicated colleagues who are there for you.

Welcome to the Operations Center

You will become part of the Operations Center, which consists of about 25 dedicated and capable employees. We work closely together in a professional and informal environment with high professionalism and support each other in any situation.

You will become part of a professional environment in Aalborg, where we are about 90 employees from different departments in the Danish Road Directorate.

Your salary and terms of employment

You will be employed and paid according to the applicable state collective agreement with the possibility of negotiating allowances based on your qualifications.

As Bridge and Winter Guard you will be employed under the then-current Joint Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations – The Public Sector (OAO-S Joint Collective Agreement) and the collective agreement for Cleaning Assistants, Sanitors, Trades Workers and certain trained professionals etc. in the state (3F). OAO-S joint collective agreement and collective agreement for Cleaning Assistants, Sanitors, Trades Workers and certain trained professionals etc. in the state (3F).

The position is as a rule placed in salary group 6 (Danish Road Directorate) according to the applicable organizational agreement.

You will, as a rule, have a fixed shift cycle with 12-hour shifts, covering both day and night shifts. Your working hours will be distributed throughout the year.

The appointment is as of 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible.

The Danish Road Directorate is an agency under the Ministry of Transport. Your area of employment will be the Ministry of Transport with the institutions that belong to it from time to time. You will be employed at the Danish Road Directorate at Niels Bohrs Vej 30, 9220 Aalborg Øst.

Read more

If you want to know more about the Danish Road Directorate, and what it means to work with us, you can read more about our tasks and employees at www.vejdirektoratet.dk.

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact department head Dan Knudsen at phone number 29212023 and/or e-mail. [email protected].

Are you interested?

Submit your application no later than 3 November 2026. We expect to conduct interviews in week 45

Apply for the position by clicking the link "Søg stillingen" or via our website www.vejdirektoratet.dk. Attach your application, CV and other relevant documents.

If you progress from the initial interviews, references from previous employers may be requested.

We believe that an inclusive and diverse work environment strengthens the community and the way we solve tasks. We prioritize an employee composition that reflects society and provides equal opportunities for all. Therefore we encourage all qualified to apply for positions regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political view, disability, political view or ethnic origin.