Environmental professional for Water and Nature in the Climate, Environment and Technical Administration

Are you passionate about working with the aquatic environment, and would you like to work with regulatory tasks? Then our open position might be something for you.

We are looking for an engaged colleague who has competencies within our area. Maybe you know something about water quality in the harbor and the Oresund, about bathing water, discharge permits, climate adaptation or wastewater. It could be that you have experience from other parts of the industry and would like to try working as an authority.

The job and your tasks

Our tasks are very diverse and all revolve around the aquatic environment. Your tasks will as a rule be in our Marine Team. You will work with discharge permits and participate in the Marine Team's other tasks depending on your competencies.

The team’s tasks include, among others

• discharge permits – smaller and time-limited permits in connection with construction and civil engineering projects
• discharge permits – more complex permits, including for example heavy rain tunnels, climate adaptation projects and the Nordhavnstunnelen and discharges from treatment plants etc.
• permits to affect polluted sediment, among other things in connection with harbor construction projects
• tasks in the bathing water area as the bathing water authority
• supervision of water quality in the harbor and the Øresund and handling of pollution cases
• responses to inquiries about questions within our area
• initiation of various investigations in the harbor, conducted by a consultant to support our work, and because we also have a focus on biodiversity

We experience that there is great interest in our work with the aquatic environment in the municipality, and we are often involved in developing and rethinking, especially in relation to flood risk work. It requires that we are solution-oriented and at the same time can uphold the environmental requirements that the legislation frames.

About you

We expect that you have relevant education within the environmental field. In addition, we expect that you

• have knowledge of and preferably experience within the environmental and wastewater area in a public administration
• are motivated by a strong professional community and can keep several balls in the air
• are good at teamwork, but can also work independently
• are good at articulating yourself in Danish, both written and spoken, and can explain technical issues understandably
• take shared responsibility for your tasks, both in daily operations and the team’s development
• provide good service to those we cooperate with, both internally in the administration, citizens, private developers and supply companies
• have experience with the relevant legislation in the area
• can work within the framework of a politically governed organization

About us

In Water and Nature we face professional challenges daily, and there are rarely two days that are the same. We are an inclusive unit with high professional standards and room for sparring. We are 26 dedicated employees in the unit, which among other things works with regulatory tasks related to the water environment, wastewater and nature. We are organized into four teams: Marine, Fresh, Wastewater and Nature.

You will be assigned to the Marine Team, where there are eight people who work with Copenhagen Harbor and Øresund. We are environmental and chemical engineers and biologists. We have a strong professional foundation, good collaboration and professional sparring across the team and with the other teams in the unit.

It is wonderful to be part of a highly specialized team where there is opportunity for professional sparring, and where you can also relax and socialise after work , says Mia, environmental employee, about your upcoming workplace.

Terms of employment

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement. The position is a permanent position, and the working time is 37 hours per week

We wish to fill the position as soon as possible and no later than 1 January 2027. The workplace is Copenhagen Municipality, Climate, Environment and Technical Administration, Water and Nature, Njalsgade 13.

Further information

If you have questions about the job, you are very welcome to contact unit head Ina Nielsen at 41 77 02 53 or environmental case handler Anders Cold at 30 52 49 92.

Apply via the link no later than Friday 6 November 2026

We expect to hold employment interviews on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 November 2026.

About the Climate, Environment and Technical Administration

The Climate, Environment and Technical Administration performs regulatory tasks and serves citizens and businesses, among other things within the environmental area, local planning, urban renewal, building case processing and the transport sector. In addition, it is the Climate, Environment and Technical Administration that handles cleaning, maintenance and development of the city’s roads and parks and conducts parking enforcement. We employ about 2,700 staff and manage a gross budget of just under 4.8 billion DKK.