About Strukton Group
Strukton is a leading service provider in sustainable infrastructure, focusing on green transport and electrification. With passion and energy, they integrate their century of craftmanship with the latest technology and innovation. Safety, quality, and sustainability always come first. In their 100 years of business, they have developed a strong base in their home countries: Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium. Strukton Group has over 4000 employees and generates an annual revenue of EUR 1.3 billion.
Markets
Strukton’s strength is integrating technical fields like rail and civil engineering. It is in those markets that they wish to make an impact:
- Rail infrastructure (Strukton Rail) – Maintenance, renewal, and new construction of rail infrastructure (light rail and heavy rail), and integration with other public transport systems.
- Civil infrastructure (Strukton Civil) – Design, realization, management, and maintenance of civil infrastructure. Roads, tunnels, bridges, locks, and other structures.
Strukton Rail
Thanks to decades of knowledge and experience, Strukton Rail can count itself among the rail industry leaders in Europe. It has sound maintenance expertise and is at the heart of ground-breaking technological developments. Strukton Rail connects rail infrastructure, rolling stock, and electrical systems.
Strukton Rail in Europe
While their roots are firmly in the Netherlands, they now count Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and
Italy as a part of their domestic market.
- Railway installations:
o Maintenance, reinvestment, and new construction of railway installations - Asset management:
o Monitors the status of track switches and track installations with sensors.
o Measurement and data collection and analysis. - International machinery fleet:
o Machines for track replacement, ballast cleaning, track stabilization, and overhead contact lines.
o Track-bound crane trucks.
o Locomotive - Rolling Stock:
o Repair of locomotives and wagons.
o Customized solutions: One-to-one replacement to modernize electrical and motor
o equipment.
Strukton Rail in the Nordics
Strukton Rail’s operations in the Nordic region are centralized in Sweden, with Danish activities handled by the subsidiary Strukton Rail A/S Danmark.
The Danish Managing Director (MD) operates under Gustav Oscarsson, who serves as the MD for Strukton Rail Nordics.
Strukton Rail in Denmark
Strukton Rail A/S has about 130 employees and generates annual sales of DKK 500 million. The company specializes in renewing and building railway infrastructure in Denmark, with Bane Danmark as the main principal. Strukton Rail shows commitment and pride in its employees, who often have a significant personal interest in track and railways.
Strukton Rail A/S is mainly active in railway construction and renewal projects—from the new construction of track and station facilities to railways, subways, and tracks in urban environments and industry. The company constructs new railway installations, carries out modernization measures and complex BEST projects, tracks and sleepers, switch replacements, ducting, cable lowering and repair, and new construction of signaling systems and overhead contact lines. They deliver safe, sustainable, cost-effective solutions with commitment, high technical competence, and responsibility.
Strukton Rail A/S works closely with Strukton Rail AB, based in Stockholm.
Strukton Rail A/S borrows equipment from Sweden and the Netherlands. Strukton Group has an extensive fleet of railway machines. The larger machines are part of Strukton’s international machinery pool and are deployed across the countries as needed.
In Denmark, the leading projects involve, e.g., the new construction of signals and railway installations and reinvestment work such as track replacements.
Values
The colleagues at Strukton Rail A/S work according to the ‘SPOR’ principles: what they stand for and how they work, meet employees, customers, and the outside world. SPOR is the basis for the work process, which is about creating a good working environment for our employees, being a stable and reliable supplier to our customers, and contributing to safe and punctual rail traffic.
The SPOR letters stand for:
S – Sikkerhed – Safety – We work safely or not at all
P – Pålidelig – Reliable – We deliver on our promises; we complete our projects to the agreed quality, time, and finances
O – Optimisme og realisme – Optimism and realism – We are optimists and realists. We have a positive approach to challenges and seek sustainable and realistic solutions.
R – Respekt – Respect – We respect each other. Our communication with each other and our customers is based on respect.
The position
Strukton Nordics is looking for an MD for Denmark who can professionalize and structure the local company and ensure processes and governance are in place. This person must be operational, engage with relationships, and understand the dynamics of a rail market characterized by an oligopsony, with a few clients and many competitors.
In this market structure, buyers hold significant power, making relationships essential to success. Understanding the dynamics involved and fostering strong connections with key clients is crucial, as each customer represents a substantial portion of the potential revenue.
The position requires a team player who, with proactivity, passion, and ability, can lead, drive, and develop the company forward. This assignment requires a leader with experience in project profit and loss and managing large projects simultaneously.
The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator who can inspire confidence and energy within the organization. This role requires a proactive, hands-on leader with strong relationship-building skills across all business levels and a results-oriented mindset. Essential qualifications include strategic and financial expertise, particularly in KPI management and reporting, and a proven ability to execute and drive results.
Focus areas
- Strengthen and modernize leadership at all levels while enhancing change management for greater efficiency and productivity.
- Boost profitability by equipping leaders with tools, advancing the commercial agenda with stakeholders, and ensuring accurate tender calculations.
- Empower the organization, create stability, and bridge gaps between blue-collar, white-collar, business analysts, management, and group levels.
- Focus on succession planning, talent retention, and promoting clear, transparent communication while identifying best practices and fostering cooperation within Strukton Group.
Profile of requirements
Background
- Proven leader with the ability to inspire and engage with people and customers.
- Experience from tender-driven business (preferably public tenders) – infrastructure, railway, construction, or equivalent.
- Experience in running large projects with operational and cost-efficiency in focus.
- Excellent financial understanding.
- Academic degree in business administration and/or engineering or similar acquired competence from work experience.
- Fluent in Danish and very good English.
Personal Characteristics
- Value-driven.
- Structured and decisive.
- Strong communicator, both internally and externally.
- High stamina for handling challenges.
- Straightforward approach with a preference for clear and simple solutions.
- Strong commercial drive and business acumen.
- Solid, mature personality that fosters transparency and builds confidence with organization and stakeholders.
For more information
For more information, please contact:
Managing Partner Christian Rolin
Mail: rolin@peoplement.dk
Phone +45 22 16 27 15.
You can apply for the position using this link.
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