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

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

About us

You will join Maintenance Area Land-based Air Defense, West, which is geographically located at Air Station Tirstrup on Djursland in Syddjurs municipality.

Maintenance Area Land-based Air Defense is organizationally part of the Defence Maintenance Service. Our core task is to ensure effective maintenance that ensures operational deployability through strong competences and a direct dialogue. We take great pride in ensuring credibility and an agreement is an agreement. We do not compromise on the task and the quality and we stand together and help each other towards a fantastic day.

About the position

You will become the leader for the Earth Equipment Workshop, West, and will be overall responsible for:

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

As we are in a build-up phase, you will initially need to help build the workshop capacity and competencies so they meet the operational and planning milestones. In this phase you will actively contribute and take initiative to establish the Earth Equipment Workshop at Maintenance Area Land-based Air Defense, West.

About you

We imagine that you are trained mechanical engineer and bring good technical and leadership experience, and are passionate about making a difference and using yourself and your knowledge.

You work independently and with strong drive, as you do not wait for task management, but proactively identify needs, prioritise efforts and take responsibility to bring 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 we become stronger together and continually lift ourselves. You do not accept the status quo, but are happy to challenge and come with initiatives for improvements.

You demonstrate great responsibility, are strong in cross-functional collaboration and are a skilled communicator. You are transparent and clear, which makes people naturally trust you and the solutions you bring. You have extensive experience with leadership, and you enjoy understanding problems and contributing to creating clarity and direction.

Employment terms

The employment is in accordance with the current General Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organization – The State Sector (OAO-S General Agreement) and the collective agreement for engineers in the country.

Depending on your qualifications and competences, there is an opportunity for negotiation of allowances. The position is tied to an employer-financed pension scheme.

The workplace is Air Station Tirstrup

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 during the entire employment.

You as an employee have a duty to perform service outside the country's borders, including at units in international operations with a view to participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peace enforcement, 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, Chief of Maintenance Area Land-based Air Defense at telephone 7282 1054.

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

Application deadline is October 29, 2026 and interviews are expected to be held in connection herewith. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link, and please attach the application, CV and a copy of your apprenticeship certificate. Note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Defence Agency's organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solutions. 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 health conscious service company that maintains, repairs and modifies the Defence's materiel. Part of the company is ISO and occupational health certified today, 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 specialize in repairing, maintaining and modifying specific materiel systems within their professional pillar. The Planning and Coordination Division consists of a Business Unit and an Operations Unit, 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.

Application deadline: Oct 29, 2026

Department: Sødalsparken 20 8220 Brabrand

Location: East Jutland