Weapons Mechanic for Workshop Slagelse at the Defence Maintenance Service

Slagelse Workshop at the Defence Maintenance Service is seeking a weapons mechanic. Do you want to become part of a professional and dedicated team, then you might be our new colleague?

About us

Slagelse Workshop is part of Maintenance Area East under the Defence Maintenance Service. The workshop consists of around 100 seasoned employees who maintain, repair, perform analysis repairs and upgrades of the defence's land-based materiel. The main types are: PIRANHA, EAGLE, IKK, MAN SX/HX, Scania, small arms and radio equipment, etc.

In addition to the Slagelse workshop, we also have a department at Noret in Korsør, where we primarily carry out project tasks for the Defence.

We are an informal and close-knit community, where the focus is on quality, mutual trust and a good working environment.

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

You typically have flexible working hours, so you can balance your private life as well.

About the position

Your primary tasks will be inspection and diagnostics in our Infantry Fighting Vehicle section.

Secondary tasks include inspection of small arms, ordnance materiel and other weapon systems.

In daily work you will collaborate with the rest of the workshop staff. At the workshop we work in teams that are formed according to the task.

You will receive ongoing training in relevant areas and will furthermore be offered to participate in a competence development project.

About you

You have a vocational education with a journeyman's certificate as a precision mechanic, toolmaker, industrial technician, blacksmith or similar.

You hold a category B driver's license. It is desirable that you also hold a category C license and a forklift certificate.

As a person it is important that you are quality-conscious, thorough and systematic in daily work, where you also need to have good collaboration skills and be adaptable.

We expect you to deliver quality in your work - on time and in the right quantity.

Employment terms

The position is advertised for both civilian and military applicants.

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

Depending on your qualifications and competencies, there is a possibility to negotiate supplements. The position is linked to an employer-financed pension scheme.

The workplace is in Slagelse.

As an employee within the Ministry of Defence's area you are subject to some 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, including at units in international operations with a view to participating in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peace-enforcing, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you would like to hear more about the position, please contact Workshop Manager Emil Nimand Jørgensen at telephone 4193 8655.

If you have questions about pay and employment terms, please contact the Personnel Command, HR consultant Stinne Strøjr Hansen at telephone 2023 9031.

The application deadline is 24 November 2026 and interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link, and we ask you to attach the application, CV and a copy of the journeyman's certificate. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Ministry of Defence's organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. Therefore we encourage all interested individuals 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 Defence's materiel. Part of the organization is ISO and occupational safety certified today, which is expected to be expanded to the entire organization. The authority employs about 1700 staff.

The Defence Maintenance Service consists of a Maintenance Division with six maintenance areas spread geographically across the country, and a Planning and Coordination Division located in Brabrand. The six Maintenance Areas are specialized 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, responsible for 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 loaned to Defence units according to agreed planning or ad hoc in special cases.