We are looking for a technical manager for the department "Building and Construction" at DIH

Technical Department is an independent department under the staff function “Buildings and Facilities”, where the department is responsible for the operation of buildings and technical installations at Queen Ingrid's Hospital in Nuuk. The Technical Department is physically located in Nuuk at Queen Ingrid's Hospital.

As technical manager, it will be your responsibility to lead the work for the department's staff, ensure mandatory inspections, prepare an annual cycle for your own department, prioritize reported faults from staff at Queen Ingrid's Hospital and of course be a sparring partner for the head of staff for Buildings and Facilities. You will join the management team in Buildings and Facilities consisting of a head of staff, a department manager for medico, project managers and yourself as technical manager.

We offer

• Exciting and varied tasks that will be both professionally developing and challenging, technically, managerially and of course personally.
• A position with a high degree of leadership, where you will exercise both personnel management, operations management and financial management, just as you will have to consider many different considerations.
• An exciting opportunity to set the direction within critical infrastructure, where the health professionals are deeply dependent on their physical environment, which you will be responsible for.

We are looking for you who

• Have experience with or are open to a broad leadership role in Greenland with the cultural and professional considerations that such a position entails.
• Are educated to be able to handle both administrative and managerial tasks. You are typically educated as a mechanical engineer.
• Have experience with or are open to manage both staff and operations.
• Have experience with or are open to learning about health-related considerations within your work area.
• Have good collaboration skills, not least when things are fast-paced or when priorities must be sharply set.
• Are strong in communication both in writing and orally.
• Greenlandic language skills are an advantage but not a requirement.

Application

Application accompanied by copies of relevant attachments must be sent in PDF format via www.gjob.dk

Start date: Oct 21, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter

Application deadline: Oct 20, 2026

Employment interviews will be held on an ongoing basis

Contact

Information about the position can be obtained from Head of Staff Alex Lykke Henriksen at phone (+299) 52 91 03 or at email: [email protected]

Housing

Housing is allocated according to the rules in force for the Greenlandic Health Service at all times.

Salary and employment

Salary and terms of employment, including the right to relocation travel and household effects move, in accordance with the agreement between the Greenlandic Self-Government and the relevant representational organization in force at the time of joining.

Citizenship

If you are not a Nordic citizen, note that employment is conditional on valid residence and work permit. A residence and work permit can only be applied for upon agreed employment.

Greenlandic Health Service – breadth, challenge and professional pride

The Greenlandic Health Service belongs to the Ministry of Health, and is organized into 5 regions, 8 clinical areas, the Community Dental Service, the Greenland Patient Home and the health service's Operations Area.

If you seek professional challenges, are curious and enjoy working broadly, then a job in the Greenlandic Health Service is for you.

You can read more about the Greenlandic Health Service at www.gjob.dk

In Greenland there are great opportunities to lead an active leisure life. In summer, hiking, whale watching, hunting, fishing and boat trips are ideal activities. Winter brings the Northern Lights and plenty of skiing, and if you live north of the Arctic Circle, you can dog sled. In the larger towns there is plenty of cultural life with sports clubs, art exhibitions, concerts, cafes and restaurants. You can read more about the region where the job is located at www.peqqik.gl

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Organizational chart of the Greenlandic Health Service

The Greenlandic Health Service is a smoke-free workplace.

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