Workshop Manager for the Structure and Machine Workshop at the Maintenance Area Aalborg

Are you ready to take on managerial responsibility in a highly specialized environment where quality and safety are crucial? Can you balance between tightly regulated aircraft maintenance and the development of specialized solutions for the Defence's capabilities? Do you want to play an active role in implementing the Defence's new airworthiness concept? Then we need you as the leader at the Structure- and Machinery Workshop on Lufthavnsvej in Nørresundby.

About us

You will become part of an organization with about 360 dedicated colleagues spread across seven specialty workshops, a logistics element and a planning section. Together we develop specialized solutions that support and strengthen the Defence's capabilities across the armed forces and emergency services.

In the Defence Maintenance Service we do not compromise. Aviation safety requires thoroughness, responsibility and professional pride.

The Structure- and Machinery Workshop is primarily staffed with civilian employees and consists of a workshop manager, three assistant workshop managers, 31 employees with various professional backgrounds and three apprentices.

We are a unique workplace where high quality in aircraft maintenance must be delivered, followed by proper technical documentation. A high professional level goes hand in hand with a strong social community, where security, trust and mutual respect are the foundation. Safety is an integral part of our daily work.

About the position

You will lead the Structure- and Machinery Workshop, which is divided into two teams. The workshop works with the in-depth maintenance of the Defence's equipment for aircraft, helicopters and much more.

We can offer, among other things

• Leadership of up to 40 employees
• A specialized environment with unique aeronautical tasks rarely seen elsewhere
• A strong professional community
• Salary and employment terms according to qualifications and the applicable collective agreement

You will also be responsible for the professional development of the Structure- and Machinery Workshop and join the Aalborg Maintenance Area management group. You will work closely with your assistant workshop managers, who are master craftsmen for each workshop section under the Structure- and Machinery Workshop.

You will also be responsible for planning and organizing assigned tasks to achieve the set production and quality targets, where Lean will be a natural tool within your area. You will act as a consultant within the workshop's specialty and, in connection with this, advise and guide where needed.

You will have the opportunity to exercise leadership while developing professionally and personally. You typically have flexible working hours, your pension scheme is employer-funded and your lunch break is part of the working day, so you can balance your private life as well.

You get a unique opportunity to use your skills in an industry where your work directly affects the safety of thousands of people in relation to the Defence of Denmark, Europe and NATO borders – a responsibility we all value.

Travel activities will occur, among others, in connection with representing the workshop and participating in relevant competence development.

About you

You have a relevant professional education within the metal trades, mechanical engineering, aviation engineering, master machinists, mechanical engineers, etc. Experience in general maintenance, public administration as well as leadership and coordination of workshop tasks is desirable. We also would like you to be able to meet some of the following:

• You have supplemented your professional experience with further education in leadership or similar.
• It is advantageous if you have knowledge of SAP or other similar systems.
• We expect you to have good language skills in Danish and English, both written and spoken, and at a high technical level.
• You must be quality-conscious, meticulous and systematic in daily work, where you can also work independently and have an understanding of delivering quality on time.
• You must be able to handle a busy day, where you largely have a coordinating and instructing role to create coherence between the customer's needs and the work in the workshop.
• It is also important that you can motivate and create positive frameworks for collaboration.
• Knowledge of the Defence's airworthiness regime, including DKMAR 145, or alternatively EASA from the civilian sector would be a plus, but not a requirement.

Employment terms

You will be employed in accordance with the current collective agreement.

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is an opportunity for negotiation of allowances. There is an employer-funded pension scheme linked to the position.

The workplace is in Nørresundby.

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

You as an employee have an obligation to render service outside the country's borders, including with units in international operations for participation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacemaking, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you want to hear more about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of the Structure- and Machinery Workshop, Mogens Andersen at telephone 2555 2928, alternatively the head of Maintenance Area Aalborg, Michael Fischer Jakobsen can be reached at telephone 2475 0539.

If you have questions about salary and employment terms, you are welcome to contact the HR consultant Rasmus Kunzendorf at telephone 2926 3785 or at email [email protected].

The application deadline is 21 October 2026 and interviews are expected to be held subsequently. The position is available from 1 January 2026.

You apply for the position via the link, and please attach your application, CV and a copy of your trade certificate. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Ministry of Defence's organisation 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 organisation that maintains, repairs and modifies the Defence's materiel. Part of the organisation is ISO and occupational safety certified today, which is expected to be extended to the entire organisation. The authority employs about 1,700 employees.

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 are specialized in repairs, maintenance and modification of specific materiel systems within their technical pillar. The Planning and Coordination Division consists of a Business Department and an Operations Department, which handles 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 the Defence's operations and missions with well-trained military technical personnel who are loaned to Defence units according to agreed planning or ad hoc in special cases.

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Department: Sødalsparken 20 8220 Brabrand

Location: North Jutland