Compressed air technician for the Cooling and Pneumatics Workshop at the Defence Maintenance Service in Frederikshavn

Do you want to work with exciting compressed air systems on naval ships and Defence installations on land? Would you like to be part of a friendly workshop with steady and good colleagues? Are you an electrician, ship fitter, mechanic or do you have a black journeyman’s certificate and are you hands-on, then apply for the position as our new compressed air technician.

About us

The Maintenance Area Frederikshavn is part of the Defence Maintenance Service and is located at the Flotilla Station Frederikshavn. The Maintenance Area Frederikshavn has 4 subordinate workshops and a Operating and Support Element.

The Refrigeration and Pneumatics Workshop is the smallest of the 6 workshops and consists of 16 technicians, 1 planner and 2 workshop supervisors.

The workshop is a workplace with safe limits and visible leadership. We mainly work in pairs and are permanently attached to the workshop.

As colleagues we have a good and trusting tone and we are interested in one another. This means, among other things, that we greet each other every morning. Every Friday we set aside time to eat bread rolls together.

You typically have flexible working hours, your pension scheme is employer-funded and your lunch break is part of the working day, so you can balance your private life as well.

About the position

The work is based in the workshop. Here you work on tasks on ships that are at the naval station and on smaller tasks where equipment can be sent to the workshop from other places in the kingdom. Other tasks require you to travel.

The tasks are all related to service, repair and new installation of compressed air systems. There is no formal education for this, so the first year will involve on-the-job training and course work.

The installations we work with range from small workshop compressors to starting air systems for ships, diving air and breathing air for masks and tanks. It includes both screw and piston compressors and various tank and pipe systems.

You should expect overtime and travel in the position up to 1 week per month. But this is done with great flexibility, both for planning the work and the subsequent time off.

About you

You are an electrician, ship fitter, mechanic or have a black journeyman’s certificate and are hands-on. You are technically oriented, and you understand how to deliver good service and find good solutions for our customers. You take responsibility for the tasks you are assigned and are sufficiently independent to contact the customer prior to completing the task and can engage in dialogue with and guide the customer.

As a person, you are a nice person and you are humble about the task. Likewise, you take pride in performing a good piece of work.

Employment terms

The employment is in accordance with the applicable Central collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organisations – The Public Sector (OAO-S Central Collective Agreement) and the Collective Agreement for craftsmen and technicians.

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is an opportunity for negotiating supplements. There is an employer-financed pension scheme attached to the position.

The workplace is in Frederikshavn.

As an employee under the Ministry of Defence, you are subject to certain special terms. You must, among other things, be security cleared and maintain the security clearance throughout the employment.

As an employee you are obliged to render service outside the country, including with units in international operations with a view to participating in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peace-enforcing, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you want to hear more about the position, you are welcome to contact Overvågningsmester Gustav von der Maase at telephone 2966 6833.

If you have questions about pay and terms of employment you are welcome to contact Personnel Command, HR consultant Mia A. F. Rostermund at telephone 3266 5971.

The application deadline is 30 November 2026 and interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter. The position is to be filled as soon as possible

You apply for the position via the link, and we ask you to attach your application, CV and copies of your journeyman’s certificate. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Defence Maintenance Service, we believe that diversity optimises task resolution. Therefore we encourage all interested regardless of background to apply for the position.

ABOUT THE DEFENCE MAINTENANCE SERVICE

The Defence Maintenance Service is a quality management and safety-conscious service company that maintains, repairs and modif ies the Defence’s materiel. A part of the company is ISO and occupational health and safety certified, which is expected to be extended to the whole organization. The authority employs about 1700 people.

The Defence Maintenance Service consists of a Maintenance Division with six maintenance areas distributed geographically across the country, and a Planning and Coordination Division located in Brabrand. The six Maintenance Areas are specialised in repairing, maintaining and modifying specific materiel systems within their professional pillar. The Planning and Coordination Division consists of a Business Department and an Operations Department, which handle coordinating planning, training, management, controlling and development of the Defence Maintenance Service.

In addition to repairing and maintaining the Defence’s materiel, the Defence Maintenance Service also supports Defence operations and missions with well-trained military technical personnel who are loaned to Defence units in accordance with agreed planning or ad hoc in special cases.