Laborer for the Surface Treatment Workshop Aalborg at the Defence Maintenance Service

We need a new colleague. We are looking for a skilled worker for cleaning and plastic blasting tasks of our materiel, especially aircraft and aircraft components, so if you want to become part of a daily life with meaning, camaraderie and high professionalism, we would like to hear from you.

About us

Maintenance of helicopters and combat aircraft as well as component maintenance is a central part of our task. You will become part of an organization with about 360 engaged colleagues, distributed across seven specialized workshops, a logistics element and a planning section. Together we develop specialized solutions that support and strengthen the Armed Forces' capabilities across services and emergency preparedness.

The Surface Treatment Workshop has a workshop manager, two assistant workshop managers and 28 colleagues with mixed backgrounds and a surface treatment apprentice. We consist mainly of civilian employees.

We are a unique workplace where high quality in work within aircraft maintenance and documentation must be delivered.

We value a high professional level, and we appreciate the social environment at the workplace, which is based on security, trust and mutual respect. Safety is a natural part of daily life and we offer a meaningful daily life where you help ensure, among other things, the Defence's flying materiel. In addition we offer flexible working hours incl. lunch break, employer-funded pension and secure terms of employment as well as opportunities for professional and personal development including through travel activities and skills development.

About the position

You get close collaboration with experienced colleagues, among other things through knowledge sharing across the workshops. We carry out a broad range of tasks within surface treatment as well as inspection and assessment of the condition of aircraft and components.

Your main tasks include assistance within the following areas

• Cleaning and plastic blasting tasks on the Defence's materiel, especially aircraft and aircraft components
• Cleanup and daily cleaning of the workshop facilities in collaboration with other staff, including cleaning of process equipment
• Assist in maintenance and cleaning of the environmental hall and storage function
• Assistance to colleagues in connection with various workshop tasks

About you

We are looking for a colleague who is a team-player. Someone who wants to contribute to a good working environment, a nice sense of community and values creating positive frameworks for cooperation between internal and external actors.

In addition

• You should be able to read, understand and write technical English, as all reporting is in English.
• You are structured and quality-conscious with a sense for detail and documentation
• You have good IT skills.

Experience with SAP is an advantage, but not a requirement, as it will become part of your skill development, for example through training. The most important is that you are eager to learn new things, curious and want to develop in a role with high professionalism.

Employment terms

The employment is in accordance with the current Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations – The Public Sector Agreement (OAO-S Collective Agreement) and the Organization Agreement for cleaning assistants, sanitators, skilled workers and certain vocationally trained etc. in the state (3F).

Depending on your qualifications and competences, there is a possibility for negotiating allowances. There is an employer-funded pension scheme attached to the position.

The workplace is in Aalborg.

As an employee within the Ministry of Defence, you are subject to some special terms. You must, among other things, be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance during the entire employment.

As an employee you have a duty to render service outside the country, including at units in international operations with a view to participating 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 the assistant workshop manager Klaus B. K. Kristensen on telephone 2566 4377 or email [email protected] .

If you have questions about salary and employment terms, you are welcome to contact Personnel Command, HR consultant Katrine Glyngbo on telephone 3266 5542.

The application deadline is 23 October 2026 and interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter. The position is to be filled on 1 December 2026.

You apply for the position via the link, and we ask you to attach application, CV and copies of educational certificates. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Defence Ministry'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 safety-conscious service company that maintains, repairs and modifes the Defence's materiel. Part of the company is ISO and work environment certified, which is expected to be extended to the entire 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 Department and an Operations Department, 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 supports Defence operations and missions with well-educated military technical personnel, who are lent to Defence units according to agreed planning or ad hoc in special cases.