Mechanics for workshop in Oksbøl at the Defence Maintenance Service

Are you interested in working with the Armed Forces' armored vehicles and trucks? Do you have a professional education as a truck, car, construction machine, agricultural machine, or motor mechanic? Then we need you and your skills at the workshops at Oksbøl garrison with the Armed Forces Maintenance Service.

About us

We are about 350 employees who perform maintenance tasks on the Armed Forces' land-based materiel systems. The maintenance area has workshops in Aalborg, Skive, Holstebro, Varde and Oksbøl.

In Oksbøl we are 70 seasoned employees, and our primary task is to maintain, inspect and repair the Armed Forces' special vehicles, including artillery and mortar systems, battle tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks and passenger cars, containers and other equipment for our soldiers.

With us you will work together with professionally skilled colleagues, and you become part of a strong community in a professional and dedicated unit.

We emphasize quality and commitment in task solving. We offer a good working environment with a good and informal tone of communication between leaders and employees.

The workshop is certified in Quality Management (ISO-9001) and Occupational Health and Safety Management (ISO-45001)

Your working time will be 37 hours per week with a half-hour paid lunch break per day. We have coffee and fruit schemes, and there is a canteen near the workshop. We have a local flexitime agreement, which makes it possible to create a balance between private life and work life.

About the position

You will work closely with the assistant workshop manager, who is also a trained mechanic. Your primary tasks will be diagnostics, inspection and repairs of various armored vehicles, trucks, passenger cars and possibly component repairs.

About you

You are trained as a truck, car, construction machine – or agricultural machine mechanic, or have a corresponding skilled trade education with a journeyman certificate.

You must have at least a category B driving license, and it is desirable that you have a category C-E license.

You have a high professional standard in your task execution, and you take pride in performing high-quality repairs and inspections.

If you, as a civilian, wish to pursue a military career, this is also possible. However, you will first have to undergo an assessment consisting of a physical basic test (running and exercises), a medical examination and a psychology interview before an offer of employment in the Armed Forces. Thereafter you commit to completing the Army Basic Training (conscription) and the Army Response Force Training.

Terms of employment

Note: the position is advertised for both military and civilian candidates.

Employment is governed by the currently applicable General Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees' Organizations – The Public Sector (OAO-S General Collective Agreement) and the Collective Agreement for craftsmen and technicians.

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is a possibility of negotiating allowances. There is an employer-financed pension scheme attached to the position.

The workplace is in Oksbøl.

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 throughout the employment.

As an employee you are obliged to perform service outside the country’s borders, including with units in international operations with a view to participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peace-enforcing, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact OVKM-1 Henrik Karlskov at telephone 2544 7384.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Command, HR consultant June Bastholm at telephone 3266 5470.

The application deadline is 8 November 2026 and interviews are expected to be held in connection therewith. The position is available as soon as possible.

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

In the Ministry of Defence's organization we believe that diversity optimizes task execution. 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 Armed Forces' equipment. Part of the organization is currently ISO and occupational safety certified, which is expected to be broadened 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 also supports Defence operations and missions with well-trained military technical personnel who are lent to Defence units according to agreed planning or ad hoc in special cases.