Maternity leave cover - Environmental technician for soil contamination, groundwater and wastewater

Are you interested in the environment, regulatory work and concrete solutions? Do you thrive with a mix of professional in-depth tasks, dialogue with citizens and businesses, and collaboration with colleagues across disciplines?

We are looking for a colleague to work with soil, groundwater and wastewater, but who also wants to contribute to other tasks in the department.

A versatile job with professional responsibility and room for initiative

You will become a part of the Nature and Environment department, where we work with a wide range of regulatory tasks. We solve the tasks in close collaboration with each other and with citizens, companies, utility companies, advisers and other partners.

Your primary tasks will be within soil contamination, groundwater and wastewater. The concrete task distribution will be adapted to your competences, experiences and the department's needs.

You will, among other things, come to work with

• Soil contamination – regulatory handling, assessments, permits and concrete cases on soil management and contaminated areas.
• Groundwater – groundwater protection, drinking water interests, permits, supervision and dialogue with, among others, waterworks, bore owners and advisers.
• Wastewater – regulatory tasks concerning wastewater, including wastewater planning, applications for connection and discharge, etc.
• Cross-disciplinary environmental tasks – depending on your competences and the department's need to take on tasks in other areas, for example companies, agriculture or waste.

You will have the opportunity to both deepen your primary areas of expertise and contribute to the department's overall task-solving. We emphasize that we use our competences flexibly and help each other when tasks require it.

Who are you?

We imagine that you have a relevant education or experience in one or more of the fields we work with. You could be a geologist, engineer, biologist or have another relevant natural science background. In the end, the most important is to find the right team player with drive and a desire to contribute to the team's task solving.

You may be experienced and ready to take independent responsibility from the start. You may also be earlier in your career and want to develop professionally in a municipal environment.

We place particular emphasis on that you

• Have a professional interest in soil, groundwater, wastewater or related environmental areas.
• Can translate your professionalism into practical solutions and understandable regulatory handling.
• Work in a structured way, take initiative and follow your tasks through to the end.
• Communicate clearly and constructively – both in writing and orally.
• Want to collaborate, share knowledge and help across disciplines.
• Are curious about new tasks and contribute positively to the development of our working methods.

Knowledge of municipal regulatory work and experience with GIS or other relevant IT tools is an advantage, but not a requirement.

What do you get with us?

You get a versatile job with the possibility to influence both your own tasks and the way we solve them.

We offer

• Professional challenges and variation – you take responsibility for your own cases and have the opportunity to work with several different environmental areas.
• Collegial sparring – you become part of a skilled professional community where we help each other and make use of each other’s competences.
• Influence and initiative – we expect you to contribute with ideas and professional perspectives, and there is room to develop the task solving.
• An informal everyday life – we value good humor, helpfulness and a respectful tone.

Nature and Environment is part of the Center for Planning and Environment, which also includes planning and construction. We are 38 employees in the entire center and collaborate across departments when the tasks call for it.

Further information

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact the department head Dan Poulsen at telephone 96 84 84 59 or environmental worker Tanja Sørensen at 96848453.

The position is a maternity leave replacement for 37 hours per week with the workplace in Struer Municipality.

Salary and terms of employment follow the applicable collective agreement and are determined according to the Ny Løn principles.

• Application deadline: 30 November 2026
• Employment period: 1 year
• Start date: 1 Feb 2027 or according to agreement
• Workplace: Struer Municipality, Smedegade 9, 7600 Struer.

Who are we?

In Struer Municipality, the task sets the team. It is your professionality and good judgment that must form the basis for the interaction you create with citizens and businesses.

Together we create strong partnerships and are united in developing future welfare. But what is future welfare? We do not have the answers alone. Therefore we need employees who question and citizens and businesses who challenge. We have set requirements for ourselves, but we also expect something from the citizens and businesses. Good solutions come when everyone contributes to the community.

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Are you considering moving?

You want to apply for the above position, but you are a little unsure about the possibilities of moving here? Maybe it is necessary that your partner also finds a job in the area? Struer Municipality has a Newcomer Service, where you or your partner can get direct and personal help free of charge and without obligation if you are considering moving to Struer. Contact Newcomer Service at [email protected]