Regional Manager for Project and Road Engineering at the Danish Road Directorate

Are you motivated to drive development and achieve results through others? Do you want a central leadership role in a professional area that is undergoing ongoing change? Then you may be our new Area Manager for Project and Road Engineering.

As the Danish Road Directorate's new Area Manager for Project and Road Engineering, you will lead the effort to coordinate and develop the entire area and to ensure knowledge sharing, competence development, collaboration, and interaction with the rest of the Operations and Technical Division and the rest of the Danish Road Directorate.

” You should apply for this position if you want to shape the infrastructure of the future and take leadership in an area where the demands for digitalization, innovation and sustainability are developing rapidly ,” says Operations and Technical Director Michael Kirkfeldt.

Your tasks

Project and Road Engineering is responsible for managing externally designed roads and in-house production within design, drainage, road signing, and road equipment for all types of construction projects as well as for roads in the operation phase.

As Area Manager for Project and Road Engineering you will be responsible for, in close collaboration with the area's four department heads for Traffic Management and Road Signing, Road Design, Project and Technology, ensuring strong professional results, high quality in task execution and continued development of the area through new thinking and innovation.

You have the overall management responsibility for the area’s approx. 120 employees and about 20 associated consultants.

The Danish Road Directorate is a geographically dispersed organization with offices and activities in large parts of the country. The majority of employees in Project and Road Engineering work at the Skanderborg site. This also applies to the Operations and Technical Director, whom you report to.

Your profile

We imagine that you have a high level of expertise and a relevant technical and academic education, preferably as an engineer. You are technically well-founded with an interest in technological development.

In addition we would like you to

• have solid and positive results from management roles in comparable positions in either private or public sector
• be driven by developing and creating results through others and ensuring high momentum
• be a skilled communicator, and be able to collaborate both internally and with our external partners, where you can bring the Road Directorate and the area into play
• be able to create good framework conditions for your area and focus on delivering on the many projects on agreed budgets and times, while the area’s employees experience job satisfaction and high well-being

It is an advantage if you have civil engineering industry experience, but regardless of background we will warmly welcome you to the role and provide a thorough introduction to the tasks.

About us

The Operations and Technical Division is run as a matrix organization with five areas and employs about 600 employees and associated consultants in total. The tasks are many and the expectations are high. The Danish Road Directorate works every day to create coherence for the many road users who use the Danish state roads. We strive for solutions with a balanced quality, where safety, mobility, sustainability and economic responsibility go hand in hand.

In this way we contribute to greener traffic and ensure that society gets the most value from investments in the infrastructure. It requires skilled employees who can balance mobility, environment and traffic safety.

Your salary and terms of employment

You will be hired and paid according to the applicable civil service agreement. Salary and terms follow the Framework Agreement for contract employment of managers in the state ( Rammeaftale om kontraktansættelse af chefer i staten ). Employment is on a fixed-term basis initially for a 6-year period with the possibility of extension.

You are placed in pay grade 1, lower tier. As an academic, you are placed with a base salary of 817,443 DKK per year including 18.07% pension. You can see the base salary on page 45 in the State Salary Overview ( State Salary Overview as of 1 August 2026 ).

In addition to the base salary there is a fixed functional allowance attached to the position. There is also the possibility to negotiate a personal allowance depending on experience and qualifications.

Contact HR at [email protected] if you have questions about salary placement. Please note that we only disclose the starting salary/base salary for the position, and any allowances are only negotiated in connection with a concrete salary offer.

The expected start date is March 1, 2027.

You will be part of an organization where flexibility, competence development and work-life balance are high on the agenda. There will be opportunities for remote work.

The Danish Road Directorate is an agency under the Ministry of Climate and Transport. Your employment area will be the Ministry of Climate and Transport with the institutions associated at any given time. You will be employed at the Danish Road Directorate at Thomas Helsteds Vej 22, 8660 Skanderborg. You should expect regular travel to our other service locations.

Read more

If you want to know more about the Danish Road Directorate, and what it means to work with us, you can read more about our tasks and employees at www.vejdirektoratet.dk .

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Operations and Technical Director Michael Kirkfeldt at telephone 7244 2561 or e-mail [email protected] .

Are you interested?

Send your application no later than Wednesday 18 November 2026 . We expect to conduct interviews on Wednesday 25 November 2026 in Skanderborg. In connection with the appointment, a selection board with representatives from management and employees participates.

Case studies as well as personality and logical analysis may be used as part of the recruitment process.

Apply for the position by clicking the link “Søg stillingen” or via our website www.vejdirektoratet.dk. Attach application, CV, exam papers and other relevant documents.

If you progress from the initial interviews, references from previous employers may be sought.

We believe that an inclusive and diverse working environment strengthens the community and the way we solve tasks. We prioritize a workforce composition that reflects society and provides equal opportunities for all. Therefore we encourage all qualified to apply regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political views, disability, political views or ethnic origin.