Staff wanted for the Karup shooting and training range

Do you want a versatile everyday life, where fire safety readiness and practical maintenance go hand in hand?

We are strengthening staffing at Karup Air Station and are therefore seeking two new employees for the Establishment and Ground Forces Command.

Do you have a knack for work with your hands, a good technical understanding and a desire to take responsibility? Do you thrive in a varied daily routine where you will both participate in preparedness tasks and ensure that firing ranges and equipment are maintained and ready for use? Then you may be the person we are looking for.

About us

The Establishment and Ground Forces Command is headquartered in Hjørring but has employees at service sites all over the country.

We supply and develop the physical framework for the Defence’s operational units and the other authorities under the Defence Command. Our tasks include, among other things, building maintenance, minor repairs, area care in accordance with operating and care plans, maintenance of firing ranges, manufacture of target materials and coordination of subcontractors in connection with larger and smaller projects.

Many of the tasks are carried out by our 28 establishment partner elements, spread across the largest service sites nationwide. Here, everything from user inquiries and procurement to event support and building maintenance is handled.

You will become part of the Establishment Partner Element Firing and Exercise Areas (EPSKY), where we work together to ensure the best possible framework for Defence activities.

About the position

You will be one of Karup Firing and Exercise Areas’ local representatives and contact person for users. You build an in-depth local knowledge of the establishment, enabling you to provide optimal service for our firing units in Karup Firing and Exercise Areas.

You will become part of a dedicated team where we help each other solve both planned and acute tasks. Together, we must ensure the best possible framework for the Defence’s firing units and support a safe and efficient execution of activities at Karup Air Station.

Your primary tasks will include, among others

• Fire safety readiness: You will participate in fire safety readiness. This means you must be able to respond to fire and deploy as needed and follow applicable safety procedures
• Operation and maintenance of firing ranges: You will supervise Karup firing ranges. This includes checking the ranges’ condition and function, minor repairs and ongoing maintenance, so the ranges are safe and ready for use
• Safety compliance and requirements: You must ensure that firing ranges meet the current requirements of the Firing Range Inspectorate, and help identify and remedy any deficiencies
• Areal care and building maintenance: You will perform minor tasks related to area care around firing ranges and buildings as well as simple maintenance of buildings and technical installations. You must also ensure that area care is carried out in accordance with the established agreements
• Material and workshop tasks: You will maintain technical target materials, manufacture target materials in your own workshop and handle the issue and reception of materials
• Practical and administrative tasks: You will assist with goods reception, inspect deliveries and supervise external suppliers’ work. In addition, various administrative tasks and other practical tasks are part of the daily operations

The position requires that you are flexible and can keep an overview when tasks change or when acute situations arise. You must be prepared for shift work, including evening and weekend work in connection with firing and other activities.

About you

We want you to be educated as a property maintenance technician or have relevant experience in the maintenance of buildings and technical installations.

As a person you are firstly a good colleague who values good cooperation with your colleagues and contributes effectively to the community. The same community that ensures everyone reaches the goal. You have a talent for coordination and are good at communicating clearly with colleagues as well as with subcontractors.

You express yourself well in Danish and find it easy to interact with other people. You are outgoing, have a good mood and good situational awareness.

You work independently and have a strong service mindset. You are always ready to take initiative and find innovative solutions to emerging tasks. You are flexible, as the work can involve changing hours and weekend work.

It is a requirement that you have a category B driver's license, preferably BE (trailer license over 3500 kg) and a forklift certificate.

It is desirable that you have knowledge of construction machinery, but this is not a requirement.

Employment terms

The employment is in accordance with the current Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organization – The Civil Service Area (OAO-S collective agreement) and the Agreement for cleaners, sanitizers, skilled workers and certain vocationally educated etc. in the state, etc. (3F).

The base salary as a trained property maintenance technician is 28,911.92 DKK per month. As an unskilled worker, the employment is as a skilled worker with a base salary of 26,228.00 DKK per month.

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is a possibility for negotiation of allowances. There is a employer-funded pension scheme attached to the position.

The workplace is in Karup.

As an employee within the Defence Ministry’s area you are subject to special terms. You must, among other things, be security cleared and maintain the security clearance throughout the employment period.

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

Contact and application

If you want to hear more about the position, you are welcome to contact manager Anne Catrine Agdrup Pedersen at telephone 4033 8693 or Markus Schemhaus at telephone 3091 5233.

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

The application deadline is 18 November 2026 and interviews are expected to be held subsequently. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

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

In the Defence Ministry’s organisation we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. Therefore we encourage all interested, regardless of background, to apply for the position.

About the Establishment- and Terrain Command

The Establishment- and Terrain Command (ETK) is part of the Defence. We ensure good physical frameworks for the Defence and other authorities under the Ministry of Defence. Our more than 2100 employees work with construction, maintenance, area care, building operations and catering. The headquarters is in Hjørring, but most of us support locally at the country’s service sites.

The tasks are often very special, rarely found elsewhere and solved in strong communities. Our employees’ diverse professional backgrounds are our greatest asset, and the mix of civilian and military creates good synergy in task solving.

In ETK we solve tasks with independence and a large degree of discretion, but we also emphasize the ability to collaborate. We offer ongoing skills development in an organization with great development opportunities. Integrity and flexibility help life and everyday life to fit together, no matter where you are in your life’s journey. That fosters well-being and, in the end, better task solutions.