Project Director, Bridges & Structures

Job Description

Are you ready to take the lead on exciting infrastructure projects and grow your career in a truly global setting? As a project Director in our Global Transportation Division, you’ll join a team of passionate specialists who combine high ambitions with a collaborative and positive spirit.

You’ll play a central role in shaping sustainable transport infrastructure for future generations — from roads and railways to tunnels and bridges. Working with major clients such as the Danish Road Directorate (Vejdirektoratet), Rail Net Denmark (Banedanmark), and international partners, you’ll be part of projects that make a real difference in society.

In this role, you can look forward to:

• Leading complex and high-profile projects in an international context
• Collaborating with experts across disciplines and geographies
• Contributing to innovative, functional, and sustainable solutions
• Being part of a culture that values both professional excellence and team spirit

If you’re motivated by driving impactful projects and want to bring your leadership skills into play in a global environment, this is your opportunity.

About the Role

Our team is dedicated to designing and delivering a wide range of infrastructure structures, including new concrete road bridges, platform structures, underground constructions, sheet pile walls, retaining walls, steel bridges, and many other types of civil engineering works.

As a Project Director in Bridges & Structures, you will take on a central leadership role with broad responsibility for both project execution and portfolio management — ensuring that complex infrastructure projects are delivered successfully from start to finish.

Specifically, you will:

• Direct and oversee complex infrastructure projects with a focus on cost, time, and quality
• Lead portfolio management activities, ensuring resources, priorities, and performance are aligned across multiple projects
• Plan, coordinate, and provide strategic reporting to management and clients
• Communicate risks and project status while maintaining strong internal and external relationships
• Contribute to design development while supporting and strengthening your colleagues’ professional expertise
• Provide guidance and support during site supervision and construction management
• Oversee operations and maintenance activities on selected projects
• Lead or support tender preparation and bid processes

You will become part of a professional environment that values knowledge-sharing and collaboration. At the same time, you will engage with our international network to strengthen the transport sector. Your daily work will be characterized by great colleagues, exciting technical challenges, and significant influence on how both projects and the overall portfolio are delivered.

Qualifications

We imagine you will be a great fit for this role if you are motivated by both professional and personal growth, have a passion for leading complex projects, and can demonstrate the following:

• A relevant degree, for example in engineering
• Minimum 10 years of experience in project leadership (more senior leadership experience is an advantage for a Project Director role)
• Solid experience in the design and execution of bridges, tunnels and civil structure projects
• Proven experience with municipal and public-sector projects
• Familiarity with operations and maintenance of civil structures
• In-depth knowledge of road regulations and applicable standards
• Professional proficiency in both Danish and English, with strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Beyond your technical expertise, you are quality-conscious, accountable, and collaborative. You are eager to share knowledge, support your colleagues’ development, and contribute to a culture of excellence.

Additional Information

We are one of the Nordic region’s largest engineering and design consultancies, providing the framework for a great workplace where you have the time and opportunity to develop your expertise through projects from A–Z. We work across disciplines and borders, giving you every opportunity to accelerate your career.

In Denmark, we are around 1.000 colleagues working within buildings, transportation, process industry, pharma, automation, energy, and architecture.

Sparring, feedback, and teamwork are cornerstones of our daily work, where digitalization and sustainability guide our strategic direction. We value a friendly and inclusive culture based on mutual respect, and we actively work with diversity and inclusion — here, you can truly be yourself.

Among the benefits we offer:

• Exciting and varied projects for well-known private and public clients
• Excellent opportunities for professional development within one of Denmark’s leading engineering consultancies
• A strong interdisciplinary network of competent colleagues to collaborate and share knowledge with
• Competitive pension plan, comprehensive health insurance
• Family friendly and flexible working conditions
• High quality canteen service
• Active staff associations and a wide range of social activities

Interested?

We only need your CV. To protect your personal data, please do not send it via email. Instead, use the link provided on this page to ensure your CV is submitted securely and reaches the right place.

Submit your CV as soon as possible — we conduct interviews on an ongoing basis and will close the process once the right candidate is found.

Contact

If you have any questions about the position or about working, feel free to contact Section Manager Ali Al-Jaberi at +45 2131 4663 or via email at ali.al-jabri@afry.com.

At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we're making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.