Head of the Ground Equipment Workshop for the Ground-Based Air Defense Maintenance Area, West

Do you want to lead the building of the Ground Equipment Workshop at Tirstrup Air Base and help lay the foundation for the maintenance of Denmark's new ground-based air defense? As the leader you will be responsible for establishing a new workshop organization, building a strong professional team and developing the processes that ensure an efficient, safe and robust maintenance production. You will become a central key person in establishing the Maintenance Area Ground-Based Air Defence, where your leadership will have direct impact on the Defence's operational readiness and ability to deliver when it matters.

About us

You will join the Maintenance Area Ground-Based Air Defence, West, which is geographically located at Tirstrup Air Station on Djursland in Syddjurs Municipality.

The Maintenance Area Ground-Based Air Defence is organizationally part of the Defence Maintenance Service. Our core task is to ensure effective maintenance that ensures operational deployability through strong competencies and direct dialogue. We take great pride in ensuring credibility and a promise is a promise. We do not compromise on the task and quality, and we stand together and help each other toward a fantastic day.

About the position

You will become head of Ground Equipment Workshop, West, and will be overall responsible for:

• Operationally ready and safe material capacity
• Leadership and development of the workshop staff
• Work environment and safety
• Operations, documentation and financials
• Operational support and readiness
• Cross-cutting coordination

As we are in a development phase, you will initially be involved in building the workshop capacity and competencies so that they meet the operational and planning milestones. In this phase you will thus actively contribute and take the initiative to establish the Ground Equipment Workshop at the Maintenance Area Ground-Based Air Defence, West.

About you

We envision that you are a trained mechanical engineer and bring solid technical and managerial experience, and are passionate about making a difference and using yourself and your knowledge.

You work independently and with pronounced drive, as you do not wait for task management, but proactively identify needs, prioritise efforts and take responsibility for bringing your analyses and perspectives into play. You demonstrate great responsibility, judgment and clear communication.

You like to take the lead on tasks and find solutions, so that we become stronger together and continually lift ourselves. You do not accept the status quo, but gladly challenge and come up with initiatives for improvements.

You show great responsibility, are strong in cross-functional collaboration and a skilled communicator. You are transparent and clear, which makes people naturally trust you and the solutions you bring. You have extensive leadership experience, and you enjoy delving into problems and helping to create clarity and direction.

Employment terms

Employment is carried out in accordance with the current Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees’ Organizations – The Public Sector (OAO-S Collective Agreement) and the organization agreement for mechanical engineers in the land.

Depending on your qualifications and competences, there is a possibility of negotiating a supplement. The position has an employer-financed pension scheme.

The workplace is Tirstrup Air Station

As an employee within 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 at 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 Major Ole Brandt, Head of the Maintenance Area Ground-Based Air Defence at telephone 7282 1054.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Command, HR consultant Sofie Gadegaard at telephone 3266 5585.

The application deadline is 29 October 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 the application, CV and a copy of your diploma. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Ministry of Defence's organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. 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 occupational safety-conscious service organization that maintains, repairs and modifies the Defence's equipment. Part of the organization is currently ISO and occupational safety certified, which is expected to be expanded to the whole organization. The authority employs about 1700 staff.

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 specialize 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, responsible for coordinating planning, training, management, controlling and development of the Defence Maintenance Service.

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