Head of Department for Building and Energy, Egedal Municipality

Head of Building and Energy

Do you want to help shape direction, ensure prioritization and further develop Egedal Municipality's Department of Building and Energy in a busy and ambitious workday, where collaboration, frameworks, direction and shared professional practice are central?

Egedal Municipality will in the coming years ambitiously invest in the municipality's buildings. We are constructing new and developing large urban areas for the benefit of the city's children, adults, sports and cultural life. We also take care of the existing building stock and in 2025 have completed a condition assessment of all municipal properties. Based on this knowledge, 40-60 million kroner per year have been set aside for renovation and maintenance of the municipality's buildings in the coming years.

In Building and Energy in the Center for Property and Construction we therefore work on renovating and developing the municipality's building portfolio, we manage construction and renovation projects from idea to commissioning and operation as well as energy optimising the municipality's buildings.

We are in the process of constructing new buildings in the day-care sector and a multi-use hall. We are looking for a person who helps shape our organization and our implementation of the phase model, commissioning, CTS strategy, design manuals, ICT, property strategy, use of condition assessments and sustainability. We want to develop a solid building stock with long-term goals in cross-functional collaboration between users, operation and technical consultants.

We seek a clear and capable department head reporting to the center director with experience to lead the Building Department Building and Energy. The department consists of experienced project managers and energy staff, in a modern town hall, where departments closely collaborate across the house.

A bit about us and your tasks

Building and Energy is a department in the center of Property and Construction, which handles energy management, renovation, construction and administration of the municipality's property portfolio. The Building department collaborates closely with the center's other four areas; Property Services and Administration, Sports and Halls, Town Hall operation and service as well as Building operation and maintenance. In addition there is also Canteen – Operation and service.

One of your main tasks as a leader is to participate in the Property and Construction leadership group and help set the strategic direction for the center's development. By leading and prioritising the department's task performance, including development of the department's staff and ensuring them in project sparring and present support. You will here be responsible for further developing and implementing our phase model for better construction in dialogue with stakeholders.

The department's areas of work and responsibility are

• Political support and case preparation
• Construction projects from idea to commissioning, as well as winding down warranty period
• Involvement of and dialogue with partners – both within your own center and across the municipality
• Prioritisation and planning of renovation projects and financial framework budgets
• Ensure good and flexible framework agreements for technical consulting
• Energy management and optimisation, sustainable building and total economy
• Management and development of the municipality's paradigms in connection with commissioning, CTS strategy, ICT, design manuals and phase model for long-term better construction
• Collaboration with the political level, management, management team, users and the operations organization
• Communication
• Leadership and support of steering committees, reference groups etc.

About you

We imagine that you have a strong professional profile and leadership experience as a construction manager or experience from a client organization with an extensive portfolio of buildings and construction projects. In addition it would be an advantage if you have knowledge of construction processes in a public organization, development of welfare construction and new forms of collaboration within construction and especially with users and operations.

Furthermore we emphasise that you;

• Have good collaboration and communication skills as demonstrated by your ability to make cross-functional collaboration with internal and external partners work at a high level
• Have knowledge of working in a politically led organization and can deliver results
• Can administer agreements at all levels
• Are passionate about personnel leadership, calm and direction
• Are positive, engaged and open, and not least – a person with a good sense of humor who can create a good atmosphere, meaning and willingness to collaborate and a spirit of action around you.

With us you get

• A job where it is possible to influence the strategic direction
• A job with meaning and development potential, both professionally and personally
• A job with strong cross-functional collaboration across professions and areas of responsibility
• A professionally broad qualified and informal environment with engaged colleagues.

Salary and employment terms

The position is full-time. You are employed in accordance with the applicable collective agreement with the relevant professional organization.

You will have the workplace at our attractive and modern town hall within a short walk from Egedal Station, from which S-trains run every 10 minutes during peak hours.

In addition we offer a good canteen scheme, fitness facilities and much more.

Application and start

We must have your application no later than Sunday 18 October 2026. Attach CV, education papers and other relevant documents when you apply. If you have questions you can contact center manager Erik Brown Frandsen at tel. 2217 0517.

We expect to hold interviews on 21 October and 28 October. There will be case and test procedures in connection with the second interview.

Start date as soon as possible.

In Egedal Municipality there is room for the whole person

As an employee of Egedal Municipality there must be room for both a good work life and a good private life. We call it “The flexible workplace”. With the flexible workplace we create the best possible framework for employees and leaders. We believe that there should be an option to adapt your working life to your particular life situation. We do this because we believe that employees who experience coherence in everyday life create good results for our citizens in the municipality. In Egedal there is not a single solution for flexibility; it depends on the specific position and on the specific life situation.

Egedal Municipality has about 45,000 inhabitants and 3,800 employees. We are organized with a directorate, six professional centers and two cross-cutting service centers. In Egedal Municipality we place general emphasis on holistic thinking and cross-cutting collaboration characterized by dialogue, recognition and trust. We are also a workplace that dares to try new ways with close and cross-cutting collaboration under the theme “Together for the task”.

We find it natural to collaborate on tasks that lie between and across organizational pillars and hierarchies. Egedal Municipality wishes to promote equality and therefore encourages all qualified to apply, regardless of age, gender, religion, disability or ethnic background. Read more about us at EgedalKommune.dk

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