Engineering Intern for Geotechnics and Foundations

Would you like to kickstart your career in geotechnics, and would you like to learn how geotechnical investigations and consulting are planned and carried out on some of Denmark's largest road projects? Then you might be our new intern for spring 2027.

At the Danish Road Directorate (Vejdirektoratet) we work every day to create coherence for the many road users who use the Danish national highways.

On the basis of Infrastructure Agreement 2035, we have gained many new projects at the Road Directorate, where we will build new roads and expand the existing road network. In connection with planning, design and construction, the Geotechnics and Foundation department is responsible for planning and procuring geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations as well as the accompanying consulting and design. The work is carried out by external consultants and suppliers, while we as the client order, coordinate and follow up on the deliveries in close collaboration with the projects and other disciplines.

“As an intern you will have the opportunity to follow and influence the geotechnical tasks from the initial investigations to the consultants' deliverables and further into the road project. You will gain insight into both the professional assessments and the role of a professional client,” says department head Kim André Larsen.

Your tasks at Geotechnics and Foundation

Together with the department's geotechnicians, hydrogeologists and other technical specialists you will among other things:

• plan and order geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations and geotechnical consulting/design
• participate in coordination and follow-up on the consultants' work, schedules and deliverables
• contribute to professional acceptance checks of geotechnical reports
• work with structuring and communication of geotechnical data and results
• work closely with the project's professionals within e.g. road planning, drainage, environment and structure as well as project managers
• gain insight into the Road Directorate's rules, guidelines and requirements within geotechnics and foundation.

“You will be professionally challenged through tasks tailored to your experience and your competencies, so you get a learning and development-oriented internship,” concludes Kim André Larsen.

Your profile

We hope you

• have a good theoretical foundation that you can use in your daily tasks
• approach your share of the tasks with enthusiasm, curiosity and good humor
• can communicate in Danish or English both spoken and written

Welcome to Geotechnics and Foundation

You will be part of a professionally strong environment with geotechnicians, hydrogeologists and other specialists.

The projects and tasks are broad, and you will have the opportunity to get involved in many different things, from smaller intersection rebuilds and bike path projects to the large expansions and new construction on the motorway network.

You will become part of an organization where flexibility, professional development and work-life balance are high on the agenda.

Salary and employment terms

The internship follows the regulation on the education to the professional bachelor's as a diploma engineer. It is a condition for the position that you are a student.

The internship is paid and the Road Directorate follows IDA’s indicative rates for engineering interns, which currently amount to 16,650 DKK (2026 rate) per month.

Your working time will be 37 hours per week, and the internship period lasts about 20 weeks excluding holidays depending on your study program.

Your expected start date is February 1, 2027.

The Road Directorate is an agency under the Ministry of Transport. Your employment area will be the Ministry of Transport with the institutions associated at any given time. You will be employed at the Road Directorate at the address Thomas Helsteds Vej 22, 8660 Silkeborg.

Read more

If you would like to know more about the Road Directorate, and what it means to work with us, you can read more about our tasks and employees at www.vejdirektoratet.dk under Jobs and Careers.

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact department head Kim André Larsen by email [email protected] or phone +45 72 44 28 74.

We are also seeking interns for our other departments. You can read more about it on our website.

Are you interested?

Submit your application as soon as possible and no later than November 29, 2026. We will invite to interviews on an ongoing basis and hire when we have found the right candidate.

Apply for the position by clicking the link “Søg stillingen” or via our website www.vejdirektoratet.dk.

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